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> In his home country, you couldn't trust the banks, so people hid their money. Of course that kind of thinking is silly in Australia, but good luck explaining
by xyzzyz 4y ago
> In his home country, you couldn't trust the banks, so people hid their money. Of course that kind of thinking is silly in Australia, but good luck explaining that to someone with war-trauma.
Not too long ago we saw the Canadian government freeze bank accounts of people for protesting the Covid measures. Don’t think that it cannot happen in your country.
- ashwagary 4y agoThe naysayers and poo pooers are finding out why Bitcoin was invented, the hard way.
- liveoneggs 4y agoI'm sure the hospital will accept doge any day now
- ashwagary 4y agoI said Bitcoin, not crypto. Big difference (uncensorable, difficult to confiscate money versus censorable centralized fiat clones).
- franey 4y agoFor people not familiar with Canadian politics, this summary missed some important nuance. Bank accounts were frozen for some people who donated money to support an illegal occupation of part of Canada's capital city, Ottawa. The occupation was a mix of people protesting COVID measures and others demanding that Justin Trudeau resign. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergency-bank-measures-finance-committee-1.6360769 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergency-bank-measures-fin...
- xyzzyz 4y agoYes, the people with power to declare stuff illegal can always say that whatever you’re doing is illegal before freezing your bank account. Was your comment meant to reassure me?
- franey 4y agoIt wasn't, no. It was meant to clarify for other readers that people didn't have their bank accounts frozen for protesting COVID; they had their bank accounts frozen for financially supporting or participating in an illegal occupation of a city centre. Your point stands that governments/courts decide what is illegal and that they have the power to freeze bank accounts when those accounts are used to fund illegal activities.
- odessacubbage 4y agoit is worth remembering that occupy wallstreet was also declared 'an illegal occupation of a city centre'
- Khaine 4y agoThis is one of those 'it's ok when we do it' scenarios. Where its okay when occupy wallstreet, Antifa or another leftist cause occupy somewhere 'illegally', but not those damn truckers.
- torstenvl 4y agoAnd if someone illegally occupies the front seat of a bus, or a diner counter? Is it also okay to keep them from something that belongs to them then?
- martin8412 4y agoIt sure was fun hearing people in Canada complaining about their first amendment rights being violated. I didn't even know anybody was trying to remove the right for Manitoba to be a province of Canada.