I struggle with how to figure out how to approach this.
On one hand, I want financial services to be considered effectively a civil right.
On the other hand, that makes it a kind of positive right (which doesn't solve the root of the problem), and leaves us with a situation where the government is given an avenue into financial regulation on a sale to sale basis, but we've done nothing to defund the collusion between banks and government.
I'm not saying DeSantis is wrong, these financial institutions need a punt to the skull for the evil shit they are doing. But, I'm just not sure how to optimally integrate that into our current system.
On one hand, I want financial services to be considered effectively a civil right.
On the other hand, that makes it a kind of positive right (which doesn't solve the root of the problem),
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. A couple of positive rights ensuring access to the commons and public square is fine for now. Until you can get people to understand the distinction between positive and negative rights, there's no real downside to that.
The bankers gatekeep pretty well. There's a reason there's not a terrible lot of paypal alternatives with the same access. The government even sanctions their little club and has bailed out the banks in the past.
I struggle with how to figure out how to approach this.
On one hand, I want financial services to be considered effectively a civil right.
On the other hand, that makes it a kind of positive right (which doesn't solve the root of the problem), and leaves us with a situation where the government is given an avenue into financial regulation on a sale to sale basis, but we've done nothing to defund the collusion between banks and government.
I'm not saying DeSantis is wrong, these financial institutions need a punt to the skull for the evil shit they are doing. But, I'm just not sure how to optimally integrate that into our current system.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. A couple of positive rights ensuring access to the commons and public square is fine for now. Until you can get people to understand the distinction between positive and negative rights, there's no real downside to that.
the moneychangers need to know their place.
under the heel of everyone else.
I'm just going to point out that Paypal operates outside of bounds of legality.
The bankers gatekeep pretty well. There's a reason there's not a terrible lot of paypal alternatives with the same access. The government even sanctions their little club and has bailed out the banks in the past.