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Re:Facebook urged to pause Libra crypto-currency project by dswalter on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:46AM (#20222778)
> it can become more powerful than governments.

We've probably crossed that bridge already, but this would certainly speed up that outcome.

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Re:Facebook urged to pause Libra crypto-currency project by cyphar on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @10:43AM (#20223815)
That bridge is definitely crossed with Google which has an (approximate) effective userbase of 3 billion people. That's a larger directly-influenced population than any government in the history of mankind. And the best part is that Google's operations are entirely undemocratic to their users.
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