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Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold by pessimizer on Monday May 29, 2023 @05:56PM (#36118585)
Look what happened to Wikileaks and Assange. I think that was the test that began the slippery slope.

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Wikileaks to sue Visa, Mastercard over "financial blockade"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikileaks-to-sue-visa-mastercar...

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Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold by sclarisse on Monday May 29, 2023 @08:47PM (#36119916)
Also consider Operation Choke Point, where the government pressured banks not to do business with firearms dealers, tobacco dealers, and a variety of other firms they didn’t like.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point

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