Under what law can a funding organization seize directed funds without committing robbery? Time to break that practice, as JFK said about the CIA, "into a thousand pieces and scatter them to the wind."
Under what law can a funding organization seize directed funds without committing robbery? Time to break that practice, as JFK said about the CIA, "into a thousand pieces and scatter them to the wind."
Think back over the last, say, 20 years. Did you protest against the Iraq war? How about protesting at Occupy Wall Street? Were you a member of the Tea Party? A member of #TheResistance? Did you disagree with the government’s covid response? It’s nearly certain that everybody with a political pulse has crossed the government at one time or another. How comfortable are you with the idea that the person you’re protesting against can shut off your bank account?
Because now, it seems, those perfectly legal actions at least have the potential to come with harsh monetary consequences, as well as the ensuing chaos caused by financial ruin. And this is happening all without a single shred of oversight or due process. It’s just some asshole in an expensive suit giving a list of ‘subversives’ to another asshole in an expensive suit. The no-fly list but with the very real potential to ruin your life.
So even as the world’s eyes move onto the newest crisis, we must closely watch the actions of the ‘leaders’, for the tools used against ‘those people’ today are likely to be the tools used against us tomorrow.
Under what law can a funding organization seize directed funds without committing robbery? Time to break that practice, as JFK said about the CIA, "into a thousand pieces and scatter them to the wind."
The Canadians set the precedent.
If only somebody had seen this coming!
https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/for-a-glimpse-of-the-future-look
Think back over the last, say, 20 years. Did you protest against the Iraq war? How about protesting at Occupy Wall Street? Were you a member of the Tea Party? A member of #TheResistance? Did you disagree with the government’s covid response? It’s nearly certain that everybody with a political pulse has crossed the government at one time or another. How comfortable are you with the idea that the person you’re protesting against can shut off your bank account?
Because now, it seems, those perfectly legal actions at least have the potential to come with harsh monetary consequences, as well as the ensuing chaos caused by financial ruin. And this is happening all without a single shred of oversight or due process. It’s just some asshole in an expensive suit giving a list of ‘subversives’ to another asshole in an expensive suit. The no-fly list but with the very real potential to ruin your life.
So even as the world’s eyes move onto the newest crisis, we must closely watch the actions of the ‘leaders’, for the tools used against ‘those people’ today are likely to be the tools used against us tomorrow.
I'm guessing they would have to return the funds to the donors, but I'm sure they take their sweet time about it.
Let's hope they don't try to retain any funds. A trustworthy watchdog should be vigilantly auditing the accounting activities of GoFundMe.
it happened to Attilis Gym in NJ. gofundme account taken by state of NJ.