the genocide victims of the USSR very much did not rule the world. when your edgy atheist persona takes over the critical thinking part of your brain maybe that’s a sign to stop doing that

banning religions never goes well. ask the Ukrainians who survived the Soviet gulags and purges

they’re not banning it because it’s a church but because they’re Kremlinites

Russia is currently keeping Ukrainians safe by evacuating all of them to a safe shelter /s

if it adopts the Ethereum blockchain or a proof-of-work model it may prove just as harmful

Russia considers all of Ukraine to be part of Russia, so getting any of that land back would be doing them a favor according to Putin

this is what happens when liberals keep repeating that Israel has the right to exist

what is it with tankies that has them always forming red-brown alliances instead of supporting trans leftists?

yeah, you got me. not liking liberals makes me a trump supporter. the overton window always ends at being a “progressive” slightly to the left of Ronald Reagan and anything beyond that is just the ice wall keeping us from finding out that the earth is flat

not surprising at all that you chose to go the blue MAGA “enjoy your camps, then” route instead of taking a step back. the only smug person here was you not realizing you’re way out of your depth

i hate to inform you that these lobbying groups are acting exactly like a state would, actually. maybe don’t lecture to trans people and tell us how the state works, we interact with the state way more than you will ever have to 💋

what are you going to do against oligopolistic payment processors taking away your rights?

idk, what are YOU gonna do? are cis people gonna finally fight for trans autonomy or are they gonna act like us having autonomy is too insane?

are you gonna finally listen to us like when trans sex workers told you a decade ago that banks, the police and payment processors are policing our money or are you gonna let the issue fester because you don’t want your family to know you stand with trannies and whores?

gotcha, my whole issue was with the whole state surveillance of “dangerous people” part of it, because trans people are gonna end up on that list just for existing

hot take: people ought to start forming morals outside of legal morality. a Lotta freaks are gonna end up illegal otherwise and the freak factor certainly includes some thing you do that your prudish neighbor doesn’t like

the Stasi are never gonna stop at the particular marginalized group you dislike. plus nobody’s offending shit, being a freak isn’t illegal (yet). acting like it is certainly helps move the overton window that way though

Kamala doesn’t trust women so that’s a garbage argument. judging by the way she treats incarcerated trans women

thanks for clarifying. there’s still the risk of your IBAN getting leaked in a hack, no?

you mean gift cards bought at convenience stores? or do they buy them using a credit card and then the credits show up in your account?

regardless, Visa and MasterCard have hegemonic monopolies on the market. anybody not using them will see huge losses in sales.

excluding SEPA, it’s impossible to buy most things using them in my EU country.

SEPA also doesn’t have disposable credentials using randomized credit cards. i don’t want the stores I buy from to have my bank account info and potentially be charged by them randomly.

it’s always been a pump and dump scheme, as all black markets are

not really. Russia made their own payment processor because of being kicked out from SWIFT but using their system would be immoral.

it would be interesting if the EU makes their own payment processor.

some people were peddling crypto as a way to regain autonomy but most consumers don’t have the skills to buy it using cash and sideline Visa/MasterCard. it’s also not as accessible to people without technical skills.