another idea, as an alternative to straight up nationalization, would be to simply grant payment processors complete immunity while classifying the refusal to process a payment as an unlawful business practice.
if necessary, also require them to make financial records available to law enforcement with a warrant (I'm pretty sure this is already in place) so that illegal goods and services can still be found in prosecuted.
This way they have no excuse to refuse service beyond, and any attempts to do so reveal them as the meddling scumbags they are.
I've been saying this for a while, it's the perfect middle ground. They get freedom from liability and we get freedom to purchase and sell whatever legal goods and services we want with OUR OWN money.
another idea, as an alternative to straight up nationalization, would be to simply grant payment processors complete immunity while classifying the refusal to process a payment as an unlawful business practice.
if necessary, also require them to make financial records available to law enforcement with a warrant (I'm pretty sure this is already in place) so that illegal goods and services can still be found in prosecuted.
This way they have no excuse to refuse service beyond, and any attempts to do so reveal them as the meddling scumbags they are.
I've been saying this for a while, it's the perfect middle ground. They get freedom from liability and we get freedom to purchase and sell whatever legal goods and services we want with OUR OWN money.