also issues with mass surveillance and centralisation of the economy iirc
This is a common argument, but with 93% of people not really using cash would anyone be bothered surveilling the other 7% ?
Should be. There are many reasons you may not want a transaction to be public knowledge, or even known by governmental bodies. Apart from the actual illegal/grey area stuff, there are things that can be deemed “suspicious” which are actually completely harmless.
I’m talking about mass surveillance being easier with card
I know that. I’m saying I don’t see the point in capturing that last few percent.
Anyone with nefarious intent will use crypto anyway.
Guy doesn’t want the government to know about his brothel visits.
“Australia’s transition to a cashless society”. Misleading headline; the article is reporting on a relative decline in the number of cash transactions. Don’t think there’s been any policy or legislation on phasing out cash.
We can become a cashless society without legislation; the headline is merely the reporter’s commentary on the current state
Maybe. How many businesses are refusing cash? *Could* they refuse cash? The article does not cover this. I found this piece insightful: https://nitter.net/CBSMornings/status/1185527270125002752
Nice share! While it is from a US perspective some of those issues certainly apply here, however, in Australia at least we have banks such as Macquarie which offer free savings and transaction (debit card) accounts so there isn’t so much of a cost (apart from having an address I suppose) to opening an account. But the question is should we have to have a bank account?
I don’t think we should have to have bank accounts to interact with society. However, the economics professor in the video did make some good points about how cash fuels crime
I’ve started using cash again this year after like a decade using cards (and even a stint with my phone). Unfortunately crypto has failed as a realistic alternative so cash needs to survive until something else comes along.
My colleague was very big into crypto; he ended up with a VISA linked to his crypto wallet and was very proud that it “couldn’t be tracked”.
I think I broke his heart when I pointed out that the specific card number could be tracked every time he used it. The bank of the seller could see every time he used that card.
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