#I'm not doing business in the US I'm buying European products from European vendors within Europe but the US says no
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another thing that boils my piss about it is I'm not even American
something that boils my piss about visa and mastercard and stripe and paypal unilaterally declaring themselves the final arbiters of what kind of legal business people are allowed to conduct is how much of their bullying is based on pure aesthetics. If you go through the retailer list of a certain specialty herb supplier, the stores that are dressed as legal highs and head shops have all got the banhammer but the stores dressed as wellness and lifestyle have the full suite of payment options available. THEY'RE THE SAME. FUCKING. BUSINESS.
It's the same with adult products, if you want a dildo from Horny Hank's Freaky Fuck Bazaar you gotta pay with crypto or bank transfer but if you want the exact same dildo from the Heterosexual Coupling Healthy Happiness Enhancement Emporium you can pay with paypal.
They don't even truly care what you're selling they only care how it looks. The image of respectable conformity matters more than the substance of the business and products. And actually I don't think anyone should have to meet arbitrary standards of what an acceptable storefront looks like to be able to draw a cartoon dick when drawing cartoon dicks is in fact perfectly fucking legal. You should be able to draw and distribute cartoon dicks in accordance with the law without being forced to dress your cartoon dick dispensary like a hot yoga studio, actually.
#dear diary#someone in the notes said different state and federal laws are why it's like this and#sorry but I don't give a fuck actually and also no it isn't#first the fuck of all I should not be subject to the laws of a country I do not reside in and can not vote in#much less submit to the fickle whims of its tastes and mores and national neuroses#I'm not doing business in the US I'm buying European products from European vendors within Europe but the US says no#and half the time it's not even US law it's just some random C-suite dipshit's personal squicks#which was the point of this post; how much of it in practice has NOTHING to do with ANY law and EVERYTHING to do with image#I know y'all have some fucking stupidass laws and that would be bad enough on its own but I'm talking abt overreach beyond the law#and I get to be subject under US cultural and economic hegemony without any of the benefits of citizenship#I can't even sign the stupid petition
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