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That sounds like an argument to hold HSBC to account, *and* Tether as well. Or was this meant to be nothing more than a false equivalence?
by EA-3167 2y ago
That sounds like an argument to hold HSBC to account, *and* Tether as well. Or was this meant to be nothing more than a false equivalence?
- capybaraStorm 2y agoIt is a data point to suggest that Tether has another common property. For instance, it has been observed that oxygen is consumed by all living money launderers. If we could not produce evidence anyone but money launderers breathed, we may be able to assess cutting off oxygen might be a useful tool in surgically cutting out money laundering. Knowing Tether and HSBC are both used for money laundering add a data point in finding surgical precision.
- Aurornis 2y agoIt’s a textbook whataboutism appeal. HSBC actually paid significant fines, according to the linked article. Tether has not. So in this case Tether does not have moral equivalence despite how much the Tether proponents want everyone looking at everything except Tether.
- tbrownaw 2y agoIt's a claim of selective enforcement. Which is rather different from actual "you need to eat your vegetables because there are starving children in Africa" whataboutism.