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by Jommi 1287 days ago
What makes you think you own money on your bank account?
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The introduction of bail-ins after the 2008 crisis is also worth mentioning here. For instance, "47.5% of all bank deposits above €100,000 were seized" during the Cypriot Financial Crisis 2012-2013 [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%932013_Cypriot_fina...

A common-sense assumption that justice ought to be served.