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> cash enables certain crimes Vs > handing full control over our ability to spend money is handed over to the government Seems like the second one enables th
by esperent 4y ago
> cash enables certain crimes
Vs
> handing full control over our ability to spend money is handed over to the government
Seems like the second one enables the crime of disenfranchisement, except that no one will be able to label it a crime and no one will ever be punished because it's the government doing it.
See the recent example of the Canadian government cutting off protesters bank access without trial. Whatever you think of the protests, that's a terrible thing for a government to be able to do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-protest-finances.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-pro...