I’m sure someone, somewhere is. The bigger problem is that society seems to be moving in that direction without first having a serious debate about whether it’s a good idea.
I take a hard line and hold the position that, if you’re in business, you should be required to accept legal tender (maybe only up to a threshold where Know Your Customer laws kick in). There’s a strong social value in there being spaces for unmonitored transactions.
Who said cashless means dystopian. With a state-issued, privacy-focused cryptocurrency, you could absolutely have a cashless society where people can keep unknown amounts of money in wallets, supervised by decentralised networks, and without the need for banks to mediate transactions.
I love how in a PRIVACY Lemmy community there are people who actually, unironically argue for a dystopian cashless society.
We’re all fucked, aren’t we?
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No one is arguing for a cashless society though?
I’m sure someone, somewhere is. The bigger problem is that society seems to be moving in that direction without first having a serious debate about whether it’s a good idea.
I take a hard line and hold the position that, if you’re in business, you should be required to accept legal tender (maybe only up to a threshold where Know Your Customer laws kick in). There’s a strong social value in there being spaces for unmonitored transactions.
https://lemmy.world/comment/10491261
That’s not an argument for a cashless society.
That comment is implying that the statements made in the post are incorrect, not that a cashless society is desirable.
Who said cashless means dystopian. With a state-issued, privacy-focused cryptocurrency, you could absolutely have a cashless society where people can keep unknown amounts of money in wallets, supervised by decentralised networks, and without the need for banks to mediate transactions.