Going cashless is a bad idea, but it’s not a conspiracy | Aeon Essays
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It’s not in the interests of the ordinary person but it’s not a conspiracy either. A cashless society is a system run amok
    • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      True, but there needs to be convenient digital solutions for that. Currently there are unfortunately no anonymous digital way to pay in a convenient way.

      • AnticorpEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Any way that is invented will quickly be cracked. Bitcoin is very complicated and was built for anonymity, yet the government figured out how to track transactions almost immediately once it gained enough popularity to see common use. The only real way I can see digital transactions being anonymous is an agreement that they won’t be tracked, and that agreement will almost immediately be violated by corporations and the government alike.

  • Cruxifux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I like cash. As a tradesman, doing cash jobs in my off time is how I can maintain being competitive against huge established businesses and help out people who can’t afford to get work done by said businesses.

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Tldr: stopping to use cash is bad as it leaves financial control to the current powers and banks.

    Me: physicial money based economics vs digital money based economics smells like gaslighting from big money.