Visa, MasterCard, and the Death of Financial Freedom: When Private Companies Decide Your Morality

Welcome back to Between The Lies, where we cut through the BS to give you the real story on what's happening in our increasingly controlled world. I'm Nicky P, and I'm joined once again by the money brains at Perfect Spiral Capital - Luke Tatum and Rob Brayton.

This week, we're diving into something the mainstream media won't touch: Visa and MasterCard's coordinated attack on particular sects of the gaming industry. While YouTube is buzzing with outrage, traditional financial outlets are mysteriously silent about payment processors deciding what you're allowed to spend your money on.

What We Cover:

• How Visa and MasterCard are forcing Steam and other platforms to remove games

• The Australian activist group behind the pressure campaign

• Why this isn't about protecting children - it's about control

• How the same tactics were used against firearms dealers and content creators

• The difference between free market choice and corporate censorship

• Why this proves we need alternatives to traditional banking

• How gamers are fighting back (and overwhelming customer service lines)

Key Takeaways: Luke breaks down how this mirrors previous attacks on firearms commerce and Patreon creators. Rob explains why private morality enforcement through payment systems is fundamentally anti-free market. And I expose the hypocrisy of mainstream media's deafening silence on corporate censorship.

We also tackle the bigger picture: Why do private entities have this much control over money in the first place? The answer lies in our broken SWIFT system and the debt-based currency that forced companies like Visa to step in as intermediaries. Now those intermediaries are acting like moral authorities.

The Silver Lining: Gamers don't take this stuff lying down. Customer service departments are overwhelmed with complaints, awareness is spreading, and alternative payment methods are gaining traction. Plus, we still have cash, Bitcoin, and other ways to conduct commerce without corporate gatekeepers.

Perfect Spiral Capital Insight: As always, Luke and Rob emphasize the importance of financial privacy and alternative systems. When payment processors can dictate morality, it's time to explore private banking solutions that keep transactions between consenting parties.

Ready to learn how to protect your financial freedom? Visit PerfectSpiralCapital.com to discover strategies that work regardless of what payment processors decide.