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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (11 children)

cashless society is a really stupid idea. it's not worth sacrificing privacy and stability for a tiny bit of convenience.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I don't understand why we can't have multiple forms of payment. I'll keep cash and cards so I have options

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Same here. In a more general way, I don't understand why people can't simply let things coexist in peace. Just because one doesn't like or use something, doesn't mean that others shouldn't. I'm getting tired of that behavior in our society, to be honest.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    People are shilling something they don't understand and the regime is taking advantage of their poor education and impulses.

    Adults need to adult. Use cash and educate people around you about risks of cashless.

    Prolly a futile fight but what are we gonna do, give up? Fuck that

    Doing my part.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Does anyone actually want a cashless society though?

    I don't carry cash for the same reason I don't carry my socket wrench. I use it for specific things at specific times but I don't need it day to day. That doesn't mean I think socket wrenches should be outlawed.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Governments love the idea. It's much easier to collect taxes or punish dissidents in a cashless society.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Well, our own government has never said anything about it. If they did propose it I guess our democratic process would find the best way forward. The same could be said of a great many things that will never exist.

    Also collecting taxes ought to be easy and fair. If no one cheats then no one pays too much if they do not cheat. Besides that, there's plenty of other measures that can be applied in 2024 to diminish tax evasion.

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