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guys the real villains here are the payment processors, the silent shadowy blacklisting cabal that dictates the kind of moral behavior we're allowed to engage in, who, without any sort of oversight, can wipe any company they wish out of existence.

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i'd normally be like 'this is fine because of the free market', except we don't have a free market; the natural competition to this, crypto, has been defanged with regulation that prevents it from being the rightful free market competitor it should be.

10:45 PM · Aug 19, 2021

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What's the regulation that's been passed that is preventing crypto from being a free market competitor? I can't find any regulation that would prevent that here:

en.wikipedia.org

Virtual currency law in the United States - Wikipedia

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u have to report every single crypto transaction you make to the irs

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Stewart Alsop III - Host of Crazy Wisdom Podcast

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Aug 20, 2021

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@Aella_Girl

Only in the US and China. Decentralization will happen outside of those two countries. About to get wild

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but there are still multiple payment processors, right? Why is it to the advantage of any one of them to stop doing business with some website for morality reasons?

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That is a fundamental flaw of capitalism. It concentrates decisive power in a few hands, of a nature. There isn't a solution for this that has worked yet. So far, it has only gotten worse.

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The free market doesn't really apply when the federal government goes after payment companies to shut down industries it doesn't like.

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How is the natural competitor to OF type sites "cryptocurrency" lmao🤔

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Bitcoin has not been defanged. What are you talking about?

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wouldn't the "natural competition" in this sphere be actual porn subscription sites like AVNStars? OF tried so hard to distance themselves from being an adult-oriented platform & thus ran into CC processor issues. if you work for a legit adult company this shouldn't be a problem.

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Haha, you know it would only be worse with a "real free market".