Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant

Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by fkyoureadthedoc on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @09:49AM (#43632078)

Then they can also decide you can't have a license to drive a car, that you can't fly, that you can't own a home, that you can't pass a background check, that you can't have a social security number, that you owe an exorbitant amount of tax, that you should be in jail, that your immigration status is revoked because you wrote a news article they don't let, etc etc etc

Your government already has a monopoly on violence and owns your whole life.

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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by idiotsecant on Saturday April 12, 2025 @12:28AM (#43661357)

The answer to 'bad things exist' is not 'therefore nothing can ever be better'. You fix things 1 step at a time. Removing the hand of the state from the levers and dials of the value transfer system is a good thing.

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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by fkyoureadthedoc on Monday April 14, 2025 @08:37AM (#43680630)

Those things exist because we want them to. You call it bad that there's a government that decides I own my house and nobody else can take it. I call that a good thing. The government can already freeze your bank account with no problem, they don't need Brazil's system to do it.

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