Maybe this time it was triggered by this specific group, but it comes in a line of events that all went into that direction for years and years.
American puritanism is neither a flash in the pan nor a fringe movement of people that just need to be told how it is, IMHO.
I suspect that they'll start refusing them (or charging them waaaayyyy more) pretty soon.
He's a very good defense against politicians with stronger ideologies, especially those more aligned with international values which tend to smooth out specific cultural gripes.
I'm grateful my parents, who were life long conservatives, haven't lived to see the tragedy of what passes for Republicans these days.
It's too bad that puritanism is often co-opted by the largest hypocrites. SO perhaps they would vote him in in practice.
Yeah, because they got sued for processing payments on some porn sites that weren't taking down revenge porn. They're not puritans, they're concerned about their bottom line, and the lawsuits threatened them with losing lots of money.
They don't need to. I'm saying that we've seen the same pattern for a while now, and puritan groups have enough money/influence to dictate a lot of how the online world looks like now.
I'd argue Visa/Mastercard could deal with the issue if they really wanted to, but as you point out they're following the money, and I wouldn't expect them to do otherwise either. I still think they share the blame (being opportunistic doesn't mean being above criticism), but you're right that more or it lays on other shoulders.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Puritans_in_N...
> some puritan groups
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https://puritanboard.com/threads/who-are-the-modern-puritans...