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Feb 28, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Russians can no longer pay for Netflix and Spotify with their bank cards, they also can no longer use Apple pay or Google pay. Before we get rid of cash and go fully down this path, it's worth thinking both about the fragility of the system, and who can turn it off and on.
This photo is especially clear in terms of how fast basic aspects of society can already cease to function when electronic payment goes down
And makes it clear that these sanction target and hurt working class people.
I'm not an expert, nor do I claim to be, but the straightforward thinking embedded here about how this stuff is escalating tensions with a nuclear power makes good sense:

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