> Do you think MasterCard and Visa networks are dystopian too, or that national currencies themselves are dystopian? There is a major difference between settle

> Do you think MasterCard and Visa networks are dystopian too, or that national currencies themselves are dystopian? There is a major difference between settlement being operated by a democratic government, which will therefore handle the payments market with the public’s interest in mind… …and it being operated by a for-profit. Monetary policy (eg. target inflation rates) can be driven by investors, at the expense of social stability.