• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I wonder how many trillions of dollars the Trump dumpster fire will end up costing American business.

    You’d think our corporate overlords would remove him.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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      3 months ago

      Let’s say the pre-Trump economy is worth $100 trillion, and a particular billionaire’s share is $2 billion. Let’s say Trump catastrophically decreases the economy’s value to $50 trillion, while increasing corruption such that that Trump is getting more power, and the billionaire’s share is $10 billion.

      This is followed by a collapsing market that creates a dip in share prices or private valuation, the assets of which can be bought for pennies on the dollar, eventually leading to that billionaire having $30 billion in a total economy worth $20 trillion.

      Win/win for Trump and the billionaire, at the cost of everyone else.

      That’s basically what’s happening, and will continue to happen.

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    reminds me when Brazil launched their Pix payment system nationwide, which is free for individuals, and the US launched an investigation into unfair trading

    potential unfair advantaging of Brazilian payment services over US competitors was cited

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has accused US president Donald Trump of being “bothered by Pix” because it “will put an end to credit cards”

    lol get rekt

  • Zink@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Hello, friends in civilized lands, especially those of you who work at financial institutions…

    Some of us in the states are excited to watch you do some damage to the entrenched middlemen that have been skimming from all of us for so long. Please do consider letting us sign up for the new stuff. Our money is still worth something, for now!

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      3 months ago

      Seconded.

      i would gladly make the switch if for no other reason than just playing a tiny part in screwing over Visa and MasterCard.

      Why? Cause fuck em! That’s why!

    • BanMe@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I agree 100% but also this is like when you watch your brother punch your dad to make him stop hitting your mom, and you know you’re going to get the shit kicked out of both of you later for it.

      …unless one of your grabs the crowbar and goes for broke…

      Hey blue states…

  • Limonene@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m glad to see Visa suffer, but I’m pretty concerned that Wero requires a proprietary phone app. There is no way to shop using Wero without this proprietary software.

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      3 months ago

      It doesn’t require an app. When you pay, you select your bank and it will redirect you to a page that the bank provides. My bank provides a QR-code I can scan with their banking app, but it also offers a log in form to pay.

      So I guess it is based on what your bank is willing to provide.

      This is based on my experience with ‘iDeal’ the predecessor of wero.

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      3 months ago

      Wero is intregrated into the banking apps we already have. In Germany the banks ING, Volksbank and Sparkasse already implemented it.