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by leereeves
1417 days ago
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That's not a real choice because governments will abuse it. If you don't have private, permissionless payments, you face the risk that the government will stop you from buying bread. Don't believe it? Here are some other programs governments have abused: The US put people on the no fly list for refusing to become FBI informants [1]. Canada froze bank accounts of protestors. China abused their COVID tracking app to stop protests. [2] It's important to remember past government abuses so we don't give them more tools for future abuses. 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/us/supreme-court-case-no-... 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/business/china-code-prote... |
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