Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold
by midoridensha on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:34PM
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They think they know. Many times, they're right too, but sometimes they're wrong. That's why evidence and due process are important.
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Evidence and due process are important for convicting someone of a crime. You're not violating a basic human right when you deny a credit card transaction. The requirement for evidence and due process should be far lower.
> You're not violating a basic human right when you deny a credit card transaction.
This doesn’t work when it’s something basic like payment processing. It’s the same reason we decided as a society that people can’t “trust their gut” and deny housing to people based on the color of their skin.
Housing is a basic human right. However you can deny housing to someone because they belong to a hate group.
Running a profitable online business is not even a basic human right. No one owes you payment processing. Forcing someone to be a supplier to a hate group violates their basic human rights. If payment processors were discriminating against a protected class such as race or age then you might have a point.