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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by simplecomplex on Saturday September 14, 2019 @06:27PM (#20974251)
Preventing people from preserving their wealth and the fruits of their labor is not liberty. It’s a restriction of liberty.

Capital controls have historically been associated with despotic governments.

Why shouldn’t I be able to put my wealth where I want ?

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by ClumsyPilot on Saturday September 14, 2019 @09:17PM (#20974960)
Can I invest in Cocaine or LSD? What about enriched uranium?
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by wnkrshm on Sunday September 15, 2019 @04:43AM (#20976225)
Organs are good investments these days.
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by azernik on Saturday September 14, 2019 @07:32PM (#20974538)
They've also been associated with places like Finland, Israel, France, and the UK. Capital controls are just a necessary enforcement mechanism for attempts to control the exchange rate of a currency.
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