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Regardless of what he said, do you think Visa / Mastercard should be content filters?

What if you said something bad about MasterCard's services? "Oops, no more credit cards for you" ?

This kind of monopolies should be treated like utilities, however I guess they're too useful as political tools to get that treatment.

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No, I don't think they should be content filters.

Yeah, I think they should be classified as common carriers since a lot of the money individuals spend in the western world gets filtered through their coffers.

If they are allowed to decide who they will do business with on "moral" grounds what protections are there for people when those morals shift?

"Sorry, you're an unmarried mother, and we frown upon that so you're not allowed to use your debit card any more" is a stretch, but roughly 60 years ago it was the norm and we could easily backslide to that era again.

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