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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by selfhoster11 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:29PM (#30435919)
Some developed societies don't actually make it legal to rob you as long as you wear a police uniform.
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by freedomben on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:50PM (#30436096)
I'm not fully understanding your point. Are you saying that we shouldn't have saner laws in Canada because a country somewhere else struggles with corruption?
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by selfhoster11 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:08PM (#30436226)
No, I'm saying civil asset forfeiture on the basis that "cash kinda sus" (to borrow an expression) doesn't seem to be practiced elsewhere in the developed world to the extent that it's done in the US.
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