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> How do you know it's for human trafficking? It's a thought experiment. There are surely cases in life in which you know for sure that crime is being committe
by tchaffee 3y ago
> How do you know it's for human trafficking?
It's a thought experiment. There are surely cases in life in which you know for sure that crime is being committed. What you're asking for though is that due criminal process be a part of denying a payment. Which seems extremely heavy handed.
If my payment processing company doesn't want to help sell guns, or help with human trafficking, or hell, doesn't want to support the meat industry, then I should be able to run my business according to those ethical choices. My company isn't sending someone to jail. They are just refusing to accept a payment. There is no need for due criminal process to refuse a payment.
Should it be illegal to start a vegan payment processing company?
- kubanczyk 3y ago> There are surely cases in life in which you know for sure that crime is being committed These are the cases of having evidence, right? Which should be reported. > I should be able to run my business according to those ethical choices. My company isn't sending someone to jail. They are just refusing to accept a payment. There is no need for due criminal process to refuse a payment. And if two or three large businesses cover 99% of a given market (payment market), how about some anti-monopolistic legal protections? Them colluding to stop the meat industry, continuing your example, would be a monopolistic practice.
- tchaffee 3y ago> if two or three large businesses cover 99% of a given market (payment market), how about some anti-monopolistic legal protections? Yes, that's the actual problem. Breaking up the existing near-monopoly and creating a functioning market with thousands of competitors would be a far better solution than trying to force the existing payment processors to process all payments, regardless of risk or ethical considerations.