Quite a few folks already are - it’s why MasterCard felt the need to issue a statement trying to obfuscate their role in things, meanwhile Visa is doubling down in the UK by trying to push laws banning content with consenting adults wearing “childish clothes”, a category so vague that it’s designed to be abused by the powers in charge.

This is why companies shouldn’t be allowed to engage in politics or lobbying: a handful of for-profit entities are abusing their capture of western finance to push personal agendas regardless of popular opinion or actual legality.