I mean, it kinds seems inevitable to me. Books has become e-books. Cash is becoming digital transfers. China has done it. The west is mostly doing card-swipes. One day, that transition will be complete, and cash would be phased out.

What happens then? Think like the power outage in Spain recently. Some people had cash. But in 20-40 years. There might not even be any cash in existence. What then?

What if, instead of a few hours, its a few days? Or weeks?

I guess riots break out all around the world?

(Seriously, has none of the politicians ever thought about this? Where are the backups? Are we just going full “YOLO” on the reliance on the power grid?)

  • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
    92·
    13 hours ago

    look at sweden…hands out papers telling you to have cash for week…but doesnt accept cash anywhere. we all can learn from the dumb nations.

    no cash means government controls who you can give money to. beggers,homeless ppl, panhandlers… are all doomed. if you cant get a phone, you cant have money. if you dont have a home or money you cant sign a phonecontract and so on…

    cashless societies are nothing but a nasty techbro dream.

    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      51·
      13 hours ago

      beggers,homeless ppl, panhandlers… are all doomed

      In China, they have Wechat Wallet that people can give money to homeless people. Even homeless people have phones.

      cashless societies are nothing but a nasty techbro dream.

      It is nasty and dystopian, I agree. But its not really a fantasy anymore, its real, the dystopian future is on the horizon. Soon, it’d be too late to stop the dystopia.

      At first, mass surveillance cameras is only in China, but then even supposed “democracies” like the UK have millions of cameras. Then China became mostly cashless, that will also eventually happen to western countries.

      The dystopia is coming. You can’t stop it.