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Isn't this overreach? Financial organisation making conditions on which political party you can support.
by samsquire 6y ago
Isn't this overreach?
Financial organisation making conditions on which political party you can support.
- Damorian 6y agoThis isn't new, Visa and Mastercard will block payments when it's politically expedient (see: pornhub, Kyle Rittenhouse legal funds).
- zionic 6y agoYet they won’t ban payments to law firms that fight for child abuse.
- grahamburger 6y agoIt's not about which political party they support. Literally no one is being banned from stripe just for voting republican.
- camhart 6y agoThis takes it a step closer, and certainly invokes that fear.
- AYBABTME 6y agoThey would have done it sooner if it was politically motivated, as opposed to being in reaction to breach of their ToS.
- camhart 6y agoI disagree. Earlier would mean Republicans have more time to enforce consequences. With looming antitrust cases with many big tech companies, this could be construed as a pledge of loyalty.
- AYBABTME 6y agoInteresting point I hadn't considered, but in the face of it, Occam's razor makes me more inclined to believe this isn't a cross-Big Tech conspiracy and more in reaction to the bad press following the Capitol events.
- koolba 6y agoI’d argue it’s both. They’re acting in concert and not letting a good crisis go to waste.
- sumedh 6y agoOr they wanted to do it sooner but they were afraid that Trump might get angry and come after them like what he did to Tic Tok?
- pmiller2 6y agoYou should be afraid of supporting fascists.
- skynet-9000 6y agoAre you saying all Republicans are fascists?
- pmiller2 6y agoThe GOP most certainly supported a fascist for the past 4 years.
- enw 6y agoI'm surprised seeing these sort of comments on HN. Implying Republican == fascist is the exact type of thinking this world doesn't need, and prevents any kind of nuanced discussion.
- pmiller2 6y agoI never said that. I said if you support fascists, you should be afraid. Mitt Romney didn't support fascism. He's a Republican, last I checked. Got any more words you'd like to stuff in my mouth?
- derptron 6y agoAs if anyone actually believes that tripe
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- tbabb 6y agoFinancial organization choosing not to facilitate transactions that fund literal terrorism.
- avianlyric 6y agoYour political party isn’t a protected class. If you think it should be then call your congress critter and get them to change the law.
- gnicholas 6y agoExcept in California (where Stripe is HQ'd). https://californiaemploymentlaw.foxrothschild.com/2018/10/articles/discrimination/does-california-prohibit-political-discrimination-at-work/#:~:text=So%20employers%20in%20California%20are,on%20political%20activities%20or%20affiliations.&text=Political%20belief%20is%20not%20a,abusive%20behavior%20in%20the%20workplace https://californiaemploymentlaw.foxrothschild.com/2018/10/ar....
- lenitabinol 6y agoTrump wasn't banned for being a republican...
- cccc4all 6y agoYes, it's very much overreach. They have been doing it on other less prominent people and businesses, and haven't suffered any major consequences. But, this is major escalation in political activism, and likely will not end up the way things have worked out in the past.