Mastodawn

The year is 2032.

You have to buy shitcoins for every online retailer now.

Anything not approved by Mastercard or Visa's Moral Committee is only possible to view on the dark web. (domain purchases are blacklisted if the domain hosts something against the moral committee's wishes)

Food products and electronics now have to be "Visa Certified"

A rep from Visa or Mastercard has to inspect every product and ensure that it doesn't contain any dissenting opinions or other thought crimes. Only then can it be Visa or Mastercard Certified and you may purchase it with your money.

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Colin Jun 25

@ocean @creideiki why does Visa/MC give a shit in the first place?
Is it purely bc puritans run it or is it something else? I swore I heard something “legit business would drop them if they allowed it” like really, who fucking cares?
You’d think they’d want to earn max money, why limit what it could be used on? And if biz wanna drop them over it, let em? They’re gonna make way more on porn than whoever they’d potentially lose.

There’s gotta be some motivation here and I’ve never pieced it.

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Tvorsk

@colinstu @ocean @creideiki I remember hearing something about Mastercard CEO (...or his wife?) belonging to some super puritanical religious organization and pressuring other top finance C-levels whenever there's some new hive of sin to smite and cancel...