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Agreed. Unfortunately the reality is Sam didn't "pay" the right officials off so this ban is less altruistic than we're lead to believe. Edit: the down v00ter

Agreed. Unfortunately the reality is Sam didn't "pay" the right officials off so this ban is less altruistic than we're lead to believe. Edit: the down v00ter clearly doesn't understand how African countries work (China has made inroads as well as they have because of bribes). This is the reality on the ground whether you like it or not.

CrazyPyroLinux 3y ago
You say that like it doesn't happen everywhere. See-also: the other crypto Sam.
mike_hock 3y ago
In what way would we ever expect the ban to be altruistic? Kill the cancer before it grows. It's in every country's best interest to destroy this scam as early as possible. So the cancer didn't pay the right officials to disable Kenya's immune response. Good news!
pessimizer 3y ago
Again, whenever we do stuff, it's somehow China's fault. It would be nice if we could refer to the bad things we do without calling them Chinese.
- jrm4 3y ago
  In theory, I agree; it wigs me out. It feels almost racist when I describe their social credit score -- but, sorry -- facts are facts.
  - _lvbh 3y ago
    “Social credit score” is pure western propaganda. It’s called “trust score” and it’s by companies like Tencent (at the behest of the Chinese government) instead of directly from the CCP. Having a low score prevents usage of public facilities (transport, vending machines). Mine was so low I can’t buy a drink via WeChat
alienthrowaway 3y ago
Your comment adds nothing to the discussion, and is a digression. I noticed you casually implied people familiar African countries wouldn't dare down vote your comment. Take this exotic downvote[1], it is straight out of Africa. 1. for lowering quality of discourse with a speculative, off topic shallow dismissal Edit: if you want me to reverse the downvote, you know "how things work" :) Paypal deets are on my HN profile

CrazyPyroLinux 3y ago

You say that like it doesn't happen everywhere. See-also: the other crypto Sam.

mike_hock 3y ago

In what way would we ever expect the ban to be altruistic? Kill the cancer before it grows. It's in every country's best interest to destroy this scam as early as possible. So the cancer didn't pay the right officials to disable Kenya's immune response. Good news!

pessimizer 3y ago

Again, whenever we do stuff, it's somehow China's fault. It would be nice if we could refer to the bad things we do without calling them Chinese.

jrm4 3y ago
In theory, I agree; it wigs me out. It feels almost racist when I describe their social credit score -- but, sorry -- facts are facts.
- _lvbh 3y ago
  “Social credit score” is pure western propaganda. It’s called “trust score” and it’s by companies like Tencent (at the behest of the Chinese government) instead of directly from the CCP. Having a low score prevents usage of public facilities (transport, vending machines). Mine was so low I can’t buy a drink via WeChat

alienthrowaway 3y ago

Your comment adds nothing to the discussion, and is a digression. I noticed you casually implied people familiar African countries wouldn't dare down vote your comment. Take this exotic downvote[1], it is straight out of Africa. 1. for lowering quality of discourse with a speculative, off topic shallow dismissal Edit: if you want me to reverse the downvote, you know "how things work" :) Paypal deets are on my HN profile