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Mastercard/Visa’s control (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The destruction of cash in the EU is jusy disgusting. I dont want to have to leave a paper trail for everything.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    There are digital payment schemes that would be completely anonymous for the vast majority of consumers, like GNU Taler. Support an implementation of it in your country. Cash is dying because of how inconvenient it is, we must build something that has the convenience of digital payments while also preserving privacy, there's no other way.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That would be ideal, but the people in office and their corporate overlords want to know every single breath we take. It will be hard to gain that right and easy to lose it.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Right, there's no permanent solution to this issue while the working class is not in control of the state, because ultimately it's the state which sets the value of fiat currency. If we win the fight to get a Taler-like system recognized as an official one, it would be as difficult to get rid of it as it is to ban cash right now.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Could be an alibi if you ever get in major trouble, lookup the transaction, match to security footage, prove you weren't there.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have to prove I wasn't there. They have to prove I was.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    So if someone is lying and says you were? Mistaken identity? Easy fix if you show you weren't where the crime took place.

    https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE

    You have a lot of trust in "the system".

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    I have no trust in the system whatsoever, which is why I wouldn't talk to police. And I have seen that video and easily over a hundred police interrogation videos. It astonishes me how readily people talk to police and say shit that would have landed them in jail even if they were not involved in the crime they were discussing. As an autistic person, the interrogation videos with commentary and breakdowns have helped more with understanding social situations than most of what my parents ever told me.

    Edit: interestingly enough, the best example of what to do when interrogated by police on YouTube from an actually guilty guy called Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam. When interrogated and asked about the murder, his responses are basically 'I don't want to talk about it' and 'I have nothing to say', when asked about irrelevant questions he was curt and dismissive in much of his answers.

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