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Did the people who live in those countries ask Mark Zuckerberg et al to come replace their national currencies with one which allows Mark et al to control how t
by ihm 7y ago
Did the people who live in those countries ask Mark Zuckerberg et al to come replace their national currencies with one which allows Mark et al to control how they’re allowed to use their money?
If so then maybe this would be an ok argument, but this is a massive change to people’s lives that’s being forced upon them without the slightest consultation, and which will almost certainly be used to control and surveil them for Facebook’s benefit.
- orf 7y ago> but this is a massive change to people’s lives that’s being forced upon them without the slightest consultation I can't tell if this is satire. Who's forcing them to do anything? What even is your point here: people shouldn't do things in other countries? Who's even talking about replacing their national currency? Or, to put how ridiculous that is another way: > Did the people who live in those countries ask Brian Acton et al to come and replace their national post with one which allows Brian et all to control who they're allowed to message?
- ihm 7y agoLooks like you live in Portugal. Do you feel like no one is forcing you to use the euro? > Who's even talking about replacing their national currency? I’ve heard from people close to the project that this is Facebook’s explicit long term strategy. What else would their end game be here?
- ekianjo 7y ago> I’ve heard from people close to the project Oh, these anonymous sources which are proven to be highly reliable like... never? > replace national currencies They can have a strategy but that does not mean they are able to execute on it. Plus, by the time they get to a point where they endanger a local currency they would probably get a national ban in such countries. I mean what would you expect anything else?