not long ago here where i live today it was illegal to be gay, i would have been locked up/ chemically "treated"/ killed. It took people doing illegal things an

not long ago here where i live today it was illegal to be gay, i would have been locked up/ chemically "treated"/ killed. It took people doing illegal things and being able to organise and communicate to build their defence and solidarity so they could stand together and push back against the violence and injustice of the state. its not that the credit card company might sell you a rainbow card, its that you might not even get to exist. Many things are illegal, but not immoral. You have probably broken the law in your life, most people have. ultimate surveillance is damaging to society as it strips away our ability to change "how things are done around here". I know a few sex workers whove had their bank accounts frozen and forced into cash/crypto, is that fair? are they really causing damage to society? theres many examples of sexism/racism from bank managers giving mortgages/loans with different rates depending on who they are talking to, could we use zkproofs to prove income/assets/liabilities without revealing personal information? amongst all the hype and speculation (caused by desperation in our current systems) crypto is about these issues and is doing real work to address them. and thats before we even get into how things might change in the future. maybe its fine for a credit card company to know if you are gay today, what about in ten years? what if it becomes a crime again?