On: Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant

[dyingkneepad]

Well, I can vote so that the thing my government does to me is something I want.

The foreign corporation will always be exclusively interested in doing things to me that generate revenue for them.

[djrj477dhsnv → dyingkneepad]

> Well, I can vote so that the thing my government does to me is something I want.

You better hope that your interests closely align with those of millions of your compatriots.

And that no one with political power has a personal vendetta against you.

[Vilian → djrj477dhsnv]

>You better hope that your interests closely align with those of millions of your compatriots.

corporation NEVER has my interests in mind, so coordinating millions is easier

>And that no one with political power has a personal vendetta against you.

same argument can be used with corporations

[djrj477dhsnv → Vilian]

Those points are true, but a private corporation can't take away my life, liberty, or property under the threat of violence.

[q3k → djrj477dhsnv]

> [the government can] take away my life, liberty, or property under the threat of violence.

I do not envy your life situation if this is something that you have to genuinely worry about.

[GuinansEyebrows → djrj477dhsnv]

Blackwater?