So should we be pulling cash out right now or is that me just panicking?
Mmmmmm I love living at the beginning of The Handmaid’s Tale.
So. All they have to do is say that they suspect you of a crime, then they get to seize your bank account. It doesn’t even have to matter whether they think it’s true or not, as long as they say that they think it’s true.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he accuses members of congress and governors to be supporting immigration, such as Ilhan Omar. Thus, stripping them of wealth and trying to force his enemies to go with whatever he wants.
Stealing people’s entire savings and closing their bank accounts is how people get radicalized and when you have nothing to lose, you have no limits.
This will backfire for sure.
Dang, Trump is speed running the end of American Empire. Avast, ye swabs, the US dollar is about to go belly up.
I often thought America was dying, but I assumed it would be a slow descent into senility and infirmity. Now it seems more like a game of Frogger, being played with our everything.
Like a house that has been hollowed out by termites over the years will collapse without visible warning…
So the bank accounts of nearly every farmer in the USA?
…what?
Melania at the ATM tomorrow: Why my card no work?
Remember in The Handmaid’s Tale when all women suddenly lost access to bank accounts?
Exactly what I thought of.
Next: Anybody I don’t like is an illegal immigrant.
Which step of the Nazi plan was debanking the Jews?
So is money free speech or not?
(Yes, I know, the real answer is it depends on whose money and how much of it is in the unmarked envelope)
Always wanted a reason to get a fake identity. Just never really motivated to do the work. Until now.
Or. I could Open a Canadian bank account. Could do that instead.
Canadian bank accounts suuuck.
Yeah but trump can’t take my money if it’s in Canada
Israel will
Ah, so they’re working on new ways to ruin the lives of anyone who protests ICE.
Eh, well, despite the narrative that protestors are lazy and wealthy, most of us take a loss to get the day off to protest. Freezing my over-drawn account is not the worst thing to happen to me. By all means, make capitalism impossible, we’ll just be forced to barter and trade.
Just want to point out that they are adding friction to commerce or making it “impossible” as you say for some people, but that isn’t making capitalism impossible. Corporate Authoritarianism is basically the logical outcome of capitalism and we are there now.
Too many people conflate capitalism with commerce. You can totally have a different system and still have a similar type of commerce that we know today.
Yep. Too many entrepreneurs think they’re capitalists. Small business owner operators protecting a system that protects the interest of financiers.
AKA petit bourgeoisie
Why’s everyone making such a big deal? It’s just a petit bourgeoisie!
Corporate Authoritarianism is basically the logical outcome of capitalism
It’s funny (as in not at all) because I said the same thing a few years back and people thought I was crazy
The best way to demonstrate this is by playing Monopoly with a competitive family and not insisting to play strictly by the rulebook. The winners (capitalists) will invent all sorts of ways to keep the game dragging on while still inflicting financial pain on the other players. They will loan money at ridiculous rates, they will buy stuff off people out of turn so they can remain solvent, they will let them have just enough money to collect $200 by passing go, but not enough money to ever exit the game.
Are they going to freeze Walmart’s accounts if they find a single illegal immigrant working there? or just the immigrant bank account with peanuts they use to send some money to family back in wherever?
Sounds like something that would trigger a run on the banks.
Good
