Leftist Activists FORCE Mastercard To Vote On Banning The Far Right

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🗓️ 1 May 2019

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Leftist Activists FORCE Mastercard To Vote On Banning The Far Right. Activist group "The Sum Of Us" has successfully forced Mastercard to hold a vote that would see the creation of a "human rights committee" to oversee who uses the mastercard service.The goal of the leftist activist group is to shut down access for 'far right' groups as well as politicians and activists. They stress that stopping to flow of income will stop people they do not agree with.This may be the most dramatic escalation in the Culture War we have seen yet, the targeting of major financial institutions to shut down opposition. While it sounds noble to ban certain groups we do not like it won't end there. Massive multi national corporations should not have the right to sever access to basic services based on bad opinions.Far left social justice activists have pushed for restrictions and censorship and this news marks the most dramatic escalation we have seen yet. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A far-left activist organization called The Some of Us has successfully forced MasterCard
0:05.2	to announce a vote that would allow them to ban the far-right and even politicians from using
0:10.7	their service. MasterCard is set to hold a shareholder meeting where they will vote on whether or not
0:15.6	they should appoint a human rights committee that will evaluate those who use its service.
0:19.8	The intention? Ban the far-right, white supremacists and even politicians from being able to
0:24.8	receive money. This may be the most dramatic escalation in the culture where we've seen yet.
0:30.3	Far-left activists have targeted social media networks to get you banned. They've targeted
0:34.8	Patreon, PayPal, even Chase Bank has banned conservatives from holding bank accounts. But now they
0:41.2	want to take away your ability to even use a debit card and this could have a global impact.
0:46.1	All the while, we are seeing a dramatic escalation in rhetoric and violence from the far-left.
0:51.3	These activist groups are escalating their efforts across all fronts today. Let's take a look at
0:56.8	how MasterCard is responding and what these activists are trying to accomplish with this vote.
1:01.5	But before we get started, make sure you follow me on mines at mines.com slash Timcast.
1:06.9	The past few videos I've done have stressed the problem of censorship and its escalation so I cannot
1:12.0	be more serious when I say I don't trust YouTube. Make sure you follow me on mines because they are
1:17.2	substantially less likely to censor me if I cover controversial or sensitive topics. Again,
1:23.2	mines.com slash Timcast. If you want to support this video, just share it on social media to help
1:28.4	spread the news. From Buzzfeed news, activists are trying to force MasterCard to cut off payments
1:34.2	to the far right. The payment giant shareholders will vote on a proposal to set up a human rights
1:38.8	committee at the company to monitor money flowing to hate groups. Buzzfeed reports activists have
1:44.0	successfully forced MasterCard to hold a vote by shareholders on a proposal which if passed could
1:49.5	see the company monitoring payments to global far right political leaders and white supremacist
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