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https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1076886857445711872?s=21 https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1076886857445711872?s... Long twitter thread on the rela

https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1076886857445711872?s=21 https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1076886857445711872?s... Long twitter thread on the relation between MasterCard, Visa and Patreon and how the credit card cartel is attempting to minimise political risk. https://skytideseo.com/news/subscribestar-website-gets-shutdown-by-paypal-stripe/ https://skytideseo.com/news/subscribestar-website-gets-shutd... The Patreon alternative SubscibeStar was banned by payment processors Stripe and PayPal, as well as their other six payment processors in one day. It’s all Visa and MasterCard.

ddingus 8y ago
Not OK. Political risks are not all the same. For one, those seeking to chalkenge the current economic status quo, to improve the general welfare have every right to do so and will get lumped in with nefarious actors.
- ohithereyou 8y ago
  The only way to challenge the credit card companies and big banking is cash in the mail. Clubs dues used to be collected this way. A company that can take cash in hand (or through the mail) and handle disabling access for non-payment could be mostly immune to this sort of manipulation.
  - ddingus 8y ago
    Good to know.