Gun dealers have had to deal with payment processors suddenly dropping them for a while. And more recently there has been a proposal to have credit cards track gun store purchases.

msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusin

This has led many of them to become crypto proponents to avoid payment censorship.

MSN

Credit Card Companies Drop Plans to Track Gun Store Purchases After Pressure From Lawmakers

Gun rights’ activists have argued the plans were an infringement on the Second Amendment.

A bet deep dive into checkout.com would be interesting.

In the 19th century there was a concerted effort in the UK to thwart small business by the working & middle classes.

Enclosure acts thwarted small farm operations. Land expulsions were common. Increasing regulation targeting home based business. In particular, crafts where women made an independent living were replaced by automation and monopolies, or targeted for additional policing.

Sound familiar?

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@mmasnick
 I'm not getting the direct connection to the working and middle classes, in either case. That's like blaming inflating food prices on people demanding higher wages while investors thwart coastal erosion laws to build new in order to charge astronomical rents. It's just not that simple.

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