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So long as you have the right and the ability to ignore that private company I agree... the company's choice in no way erodes your rights. BUT, if merchants st
by mcherm 10y ago
So long as you have the right and the ability to ignore that private company I agree... the company's choice in no way erodes your rights.
BUT, if merchants stop accepting cash, and only a handful of financial companies control your ability to accept and spend money, THEN it's no longer irrelevant. Have you read the stories about payments being stopped because the memo field happened to contain the word "cuba"? Have you read articles about how difficult it has been for Marijuana companies to operate in US states where it is now legal because banks refuse to provide them with support (no loans, no credit card processing, etc). What if that kind of moralizing were targeted against guns, doing an end-run around the 2nd amendment because it's technically not the government doing it? Or for that matter, what if ANY right that isn't particularly popular were targeted in this fashion?