Freestyler
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- Jul 29, 2023
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Give it 10 years at most and cash will be gone. Correct?
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[Finance] A Cashless Society.
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dsr-burnley
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- Aug 15, 2014
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I certainly hope not. Not unless they provide a free electronic alternative.
More to the point, unlikely. There will still be a lot of people who really don't want to have to pay their 6 year old's spending money by transfer to a smartphone. There may even be people who don't want their 6 year old to have a smartphone!
More to the point, unlikely. There will still be a lot of people who really don't want to have to pay their 6 year old's spending money by transfer to a smartphone. There may even be people who don't want their 6 year old to have a smartphone!
Brightonfan1983
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Best long-term argument I've heard for "against" is that £10 isn't worth £10 after just one transaction. Leaving Shops to one side (the major places where one has always tended use card payments), the chiropractor you go to, or the local bike repair shop, or the little pub on the corner, it's always best to pay in cash if you can.
The really interesting science programme Secret Genius of Modern Life (iPlayer) looks at how credit cards came to be; fascinating on its own, but the technology behind 'tapping' is astounding, what the card people (usually Visa) do in a fraction of a second is amazing - my point being that it has to be paid for. So why pay for it if you don't have to?
The really interesting science programme Secret Genius of Modern Life (iPlayer) looks at how credit cards came to be; fascinating on its own, but the technology behind 'tapping' is astounding, what the card people (usually Visa) do in a fraction of a second is amazing - my point being that it has to be paid for. So why pay for it if you don't have to?
This. Hallelujah!
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I insist on bit coin for my illegal activity only an amateur would opt for sum up
Tyrone Biggums
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People must reject CBDCs.
Tyrone Biggums
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That's the evil plan already underway.
To push CBDCs onto the population.
"A CBDC could not only grant a government total, unchecked surveillance into someone's financial life — down to every cent spent — but also allow a government to, for example, prohibit an individual from engaging in commerce altogether or literally delete the assets of some disfavored individual or group of individuals."
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
You know the ‘ if you have nothing to hide ‘ brigade will be in full favour.
danish seagull
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Almost there in Denmark and has been for a while. Annoying when you end up with cash now as not everywhere takes it. Works a treat and struggle to see arguments against it
Same when I was in Sweden. I’m very much in favour of it.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
- 6,362
The banks are determined to close all their branches and move everything online. Cheques now have a limited shelf life. Cash is our last bastion against Big Brother knowing every minute detail about your life. Not for me.
How about when you lose your card (as I did 18 months ago, just before Christmas)? I managed to get to the bank and got a wad of cash out for my shopping. I'd have been stuffed in a cashless world.
What will ‘big brother’ know that they don’t already ?
Cash argument is a bit bollocks, most small businesses don’t use it because the cost of banking, risk of cash on premises etc. only really sold traders have a benefit, for obvious reasons
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I was shocked when a customer pulled out a grand in cash to pay me a couple of weeks ago. To be honest I’d rather it was a bank transfer as I ended up paying half into the bank to cover some direct debits which I did at the post office and they charged me £2.75 for the privilege.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
- 6,847
I only use cash at the local chippie as they are CASH ONLY.
As soon as they go chippie and pin, I’ll be cash free.
As soon as they go chippie and pin, I’ll be cash free.
Rarely use it these days, but there is a place for it, particularly for some of the elderly who prefer it.
Tyrone Biggums
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I'd say it boggles the mind that anyone would want such a system in place but then when you see how so many people slavishly keep the two party corrupt systems in place it's probably not that surprising there's people out there who would happily have the Government control their lives entirely.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Sadly yes we are becoming a brainwashed society needing wet nursed 24:7. The plebs in Greece were a recent example many crying there wasn’t an 18 year old holiday rep to tell them to move away from the fire.
As has been mentioned, and also from my personal experience, Denmark and Sweden are pretty much cashless......I wonder what happens over there in such events? Calling @danish seagull