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Is that more or less likely than the state deciding to block your access to freedom, and arresting and imprisoning/deporting you? When you live in an authorita
by vkou 2y ago
Is that more or less likely than the state deciding to block your access to freedom, and arresting and imprisoning/deporting you?
When you live in an authoritarian state with arbitrary law 'enforcement', the problem isn't the payment system that you're using. It's that you no longer live in a country of laws.
And that's not a problem that's going to be solved by using dead tree money.
- throw_pm23 2y agoMore likely, by a huge margin, since it takes only checking a box in some software system, whereas the alternatives you mention need a lot of messy work to achieve.
- vkou 2y agoStates that aren't governed by rule of law have no issue with doing 'messy work'. All the pieces of the security apparatus are already there, and they are full of people who will obey.