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The freezing of bank accounts of political dissidents has precedent in recent history
by ellopoppit 4y ago
The freezing of bank accounts of political dissidents has precedent in recent history
- jqpabc123 4y agoWhere these dissidents doing more than just protesting? Perhaps committing crimes by impeding and infringing on the rights of other citizens? Cry me a river of unfounded paranoia.
- SemanticStrengh 4y agoI'm pretty sure Snowden or the schihub founder would be candidates to freezing. Cryptos are really useful for specific edge cases where the law become too retrograde. That is not a huge market, but that is a meaningful one.
- drdaeman 4y agoWell, if we'd step out of "citizens of liberal democracies" scope defined by a parent comment... Then, there's also another story of "freezing of bank accounts of political dissidents" - Mr. Navalny and FBK. Obviously, the government position is that they're criminals who impeded and infringed on the rights of other citizens. It's not that I agree or disagree with your example - honestly, I've no idea, I haven't really tracked that story I presume you're talking about. What I suspect, though, is that ultimately, it's all a matter of trust. Which is a highly subjective matter. What I wanted to say is that it might not exactly be a good idea, tone-wise, to call it a "paranoia", when it's just a matter of disagreement about subjective things.
- ellopoppit 4y agoSo you admit there is now recent precedent for people allegedly committing crimes having their bank accounts frozen, without even a public hearing or trial? Dr. King and Gandhi were also committing crimes by "impeding and infringing on the rights of other citizens"