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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by adanchristian on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:35AM (#43630666)
>Digital payments does present a uniquely frictionless route for tyrannical governments to assert power should they ever decide to weaponize it…unlike paper money which is harder to control.

This is true, and there's already a proposed law to ban paper money in Brazil.

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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by carlhjerpe on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @07:04AM (#43630828)
Digital payments also present a uniquely frictionless route for a functioning democratic government to tax goods and build a better society
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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by pembrook on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @11:37AM (#43633335)
Yes, all governments are honest, non-corrupt, and never abuse power.
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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by carlhjerpe on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @11:41AM (#43633384)
No, but abusing a payment system makes little sense. If people don't trust it they won't use it and then it serves no purpose. Incentives between government and people can have overlap
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