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Financial anonymity is important — just because the panic of the day is “secret Nazis” doesn’t make this untrue. Consider a woman trying to escape domestic abus
by cassonmars 5y ago
Financial anonymity is important — just because the panic of the day is “secret Nazis” doesn’t make this untrue. Consider a woman trying to escape domestic abuse, who has been financially trapped. If all transactions are untraceable, a $20 to “a grocery store” here and there can very well be her escape route. Same goes for oppressed individuals attempting to escape abusive families, neighborhoods, countries. Realistically the people you’re most worried about have used what they’ve always used to conduct their transactions anonymously: cash.
- loeg 5y agoJust because the government knows about my bank account doesn't mean my wife/neighbor/rando does. No one is talking about radically public bank accounts; the surveillance is only for the government.
- krageon 5y agoSo what happens when your abusive boyfriend is a cop or a government worker?
- bigger_inside 5y agowhich they are, of course, statistically more likely to be in this instance. https://www.amazon.com/Police-Wife-Epidemic-Domestic-Violence/dp/0994861761 https://www.amazon.com/Police-Wife-Epidemic-Domestic-Violenc...
- krageon 5y agoI was opting for heavy subtext, I completely agree :)
- spinny 5y agowhat happens when your government is corrupt and is after you? such blind trust in big daddy government