Maybe it's about money, but it's definitely about porn. From the article:

However, in September 2025, the Taliban banned the use of fibre-optic internet in Balkh, and the restriction was later extended to several other provinces. In some cases, local Taliban officials said the move was aimed at “preventing vice”.

This is the Taliban we're talking about, "vice" is a woman with part of her face uncovered or the concept of education for girls, not Anal Angels 2.

Heavy THC vaping absolutely screws up my bowels. The Munchies eventually changes into anorexia and constipation.

Have you tried gummies?

And if someone gets into your account and robs you, that's your problem too!

Isn't the idea that it's a land value tax, and not just a land tax. The land in your example is not particularly valuable. Unless I have misunderstood the idea.

Small landlords aren't the ones dropping junk fees on tenants

Who are you implying it is? China? Iran? NK? Someone else?

I'll give you a hint: many of our most prominent politicians openly proclaim that it is a religious Commandment from God Himself to do whatever that country's leaders want.

In case anyone else is not sure, I asked ChatGPT and it says Saudi Arabia is a match.

There you have it, it isn’t that hard to write the name of the country.

By amount of money it is most definitely Qatar.

Well, there's a pretty obvious answer that doesn't require a conspiracy theory, because the influence is well documented and, in many cases, isn't even denied or concealed by those being influenced.

I'd rather tackle this problem from a different angle. If a bank gives a fraudulent loan to someone in your name, its YOUR problem and not the bank's problem. Why don't we make it the bank's problem? They gave the fraudulent loan. How is it not their problem to fix?

If we fix that, then having your ID stolen is a much, much smaller problem.

It's probably related to "the optimal level of fraud in a financial system is not zero" and reducing false positives would make way harder for everyone to get loans, which is bad for both banks and consumers.

Good. People abuse the hell out of merchants. It sickens me what people think is OK to return.

I suspect an absence of auditable financial transactions is itself a red flag