In Lebanon and Angola, local manufacturers lobby to raise import taxes, crushing competition. It’s protectionism—plain and simple. Like everywhere in the developing world.
What stops centralized #crypto exchanges from doing the same in the west against self custody tech? Pushing for regulations that make self-custody harder, nudging the masses to keep their #Bitcoin locked in custodial platforms?
They’ll say it’s for “consumer protection,” but the real goal #nostr ? Control. Fees. Surveillance.
In Lebanon and Angola, local manufacturers…
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