used to be. doesnt work like it used to now.

seems implausible.

is that just the text

hmm, is this a change of topic?

very thorough!

someone made me pickled strawberries one time. amazing condiment

a massively fatal pandemic in recent memory seems to have effected close to zero real change in public health funding/policy/etc

otoh a lot of the most useful and enduring software ever made has been made by volunteers in their spare time

I always interpreted legal tender not to be a mandate to accept that form of payment in general, but rather a formally recognized method for resolving debt in the event of legal dispute.

Hmm, now that I think of it, in USA the supply of cash flows from banks and thus supply of cash, whether directly or indirectly, requires some association with them too… the alternatives seem to be barter, scrip, etc. But if it’s illegal to freely trade directly between suppliers and the needful for basic necessities, that does at least seem objectionable.

I’m also thinking about “banking hours”/bank requirements constraining the ability of even bank account holders to garner those necessities freely.

Yes, for cases like you are illustrating here, seems to me that is forcing some association as you argue. Then again, it doesn’t force a /specific/ association, as long as there is a free marketplace for banking with real options. However, even then it does still make a compulsory partition in that way.

Seems that case requires it for such engagements, but doesn’t mandate it? If it can be refused freely, seems that would not violate?

under what circumstances do governments unconditionally force their citizens to get bank accounts?

cant recall looking at a new republic article before but noting to self that is some of the most yellow coverage ive seen

ah, that, and bringing their diseases.

interesting, guess the greys are filling the same niche.

he was shot in the ear while grifting. wounded warrior

just imagine gremlins running around in your election system at every level. thats pretty much whats happening

im sorry

species could still either thrive or die out because of or in spite of the meddling.