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The key difference between governments and Visa/Mastercard is that the government has the monopoly on violence. They can force you to do things, with guns. Givi
by Dig1t 3y ago
The key difference between governments and Visa/Mastercard is that the government has the monopoly on violence. They can force you to do things, with guns. Giving them direct control over your day to day spending is a solid step towards authoritarianism.
- adriancr 3y ago> Giving them direct control over your day to day spending is a solid step towards authoritarianism. They already have that control via Visa/Mastercard, banks, limits on max amount of cash for transactions, limits on inter state travel with large amounts of cash, and so on... and the world is not authoritarian in the west. In the east it is, and they still have cash. Voting for wrong people leads to authoritarianism... Or russia invading you and placing their puppets in charge or revolutions...