Cool, I didnt expect you to understand my point.

There has to be an option where digital payment is concerned that allows an intermediate step that anonymizes transactions so one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.

This bullshit really makes me not want to see digital currency at all now, of any kind.

Aww look at how smart you look, good reply!

If you elaborated and actually explained the specifics of your point instead of being vague you run the risk of having to make an argument in favor of it instead of just feeling safely morally or intellectually superior to a stranger on the internet.

I don't want to waste my time on ego. I know I can be ignorant, I'm looking to learn. I also know some people think they have it all figured out, I hope I can provide a meaningful counter for them to chew on. Maybe I didn't understand you: then fucking explain your point or stop wasting people's time with smug vague posts. This isn't bluesky.

Otherwise, it sounds like you were actively hoping I did not understand your point so you could enjoy the aroma of your own flatulence.

I asked that people be as passionate for things I've mentioned.

No, you didn't. You've bombarded them with a long list of "whatabouts" that is only going to exhaust them, not move them to action.

It makes a difference because it's about having an effect.

American politics is really fucked, seriously it's utterly beyond repair it's totally corrupt. No one can achieve anything in that failure of a nation state.

Meanwhile we might actually be able to affect real political change here and I don't want American politics all over an actual worthwhile cause.

If you want to advocate for American causes please go create your own goddamn thread, I promise not to involved in it.

Cool story.

Lol so predictable. In a comment or two you'll devolve into name calling

White hat social hacking. What a time to be alive.

Pretty wild how they can literally gatekeep a digital entity.

Maybe they'll demonetize Amazon next..

I just learned about one, because of all this. A newer one.
Gnu Taler

GNU Taler - Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Resources

A payment system that makes privacy-friendly online transactions fast and easy.

(www.taler.net)

Also, crypto, technically. Its got a lot of baggage though, and hoops and all that.

Ya I feel really conflicted about it but I do think the outcome in the long run is good.

You could argue that adults should be allowed to commit fake sexual abuse but its still likely not a positive for those who consume it.

Should they be allowed to commit fake physical abuse? There are a lot of "violent" video games out there as well.

Probably not, there's a reason the US military has spent money funding call of duty games.

Well you'd have to give me something to call you a name about first.

It might be because of child abuse themes and the portrayal of robot sex workers. It has been criticized before.

We knew right from the start that Detroit: Become Human was going to be heavy going. The 2016 and 2017 trailers both featured children in peril: first a child dangled from a rooftop, then a young girl being beaten by her father, but David Cage defended the dark subject matter with the promise that “there’s a context in the story, there’s a reason for that”, and we gave the game the benefit of the doubt. The problem is that having now seen the game in full it is clear that Cage’s child abuse narrative isn’t content with just one scene, and definitely isn’t used with care, context, and solid reasoning.

‘Detroit: Become Human’: Exploitative and Tasteless

I'm not sure if I agree with this sentiment. I feel like it was mostly focused on the way Kara goes out of her way to protect Alice, but I can kind of understand how someone else could see this differently.

For EU Wero

It's only implemented in 4 countries and mine doesn't even use Euro

People tried to ban video games that contained violence decades ago and were unsucessful. Interesting that banning sexual content is working.

I'm sure you'll find something