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Re:Facebook, Libra, and the Long Game by Despegar on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @01:23PM (#20276565)
>That's the point of confusion. This is not an end around.

Whether that's the intention or not doesn't matter, it has the potential to be and that is simply not acceptable.

When a developing world country like India needs to use monetary policy to stimulate their economy but those transmission mechanisms aren't working because a significant part of the economy is using Libra, that's a major threat to their sovereignty. It's digital colonialism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/07/31/argen...

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Re:Facebook, Libra, and the Long Game by baq on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @03:03PM (#20277684)
It's both. I'd compare it to what UK, France and Spain did in America. Competitive colonialism.

Or you could say that all these European superpowers of the time competed with Native Americans.

Re:Facebook, Libra, and the Long Game by headsoup on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @10:08PM (#20281268)
What is the competition for? What outcome is Libra competing for?