Debate around any technical merits of the Libra proposal is entirely beside the point. An extra-governmental currency owned and run by a consortium of big busin

Debate around any technical merits of the Libra proposal is entirely beside the point. An extra-governmental currency owned and run by a consortium of big businesses from the payments and data monetisation industries is an intrinsically terrible idea and Facebook couldn't be trusted to do this in a responsible and ethical manner even if it were not.