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"Not if your country is under tyrannical or authoritarian rule and disallows access to basic financial services for some arbitrary reason." became "flee Brazil or Russia with financial assets".

Why is it that "we're providing basic financial services to the unwashed and huddled poor masses of the unbanked" always becomes "move large amounts of money from one jurisdiction to another without any government control look Russia Brazil" (but in reality international monetary fraud).



Moving large amounts of money IS basic financial services.

Would you argue Jews should leave all their money behind in Nazi Germany when fleeing?

By your logic, Nazi Germany should have the right to inspect and disallow the transfer.

Just because it is a government making an arbitrary decision, that doesn't make it morally right.


> By your logic, Nazi Germany

Mmm. Godwin's Law. I haven't seen one in the wild for a loooong time.


Well what is your rebuttal?


Godwin's Law does not involve any rebuttals. Neither does reductio ad absurdum. You've managed to do both.

Adieu.


Remind me in 10 years.




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