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A cashless society will enslave us, what do you think?

Ralph Nader thinks about this stuff...
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Keraunos · 36-40, M
I'd have to agree. It will also have the unintended consequence of providing further impetus to the "shadow economy" of informal barter which already exists among the American poor.
Platoscave · F
@Keraunos people on ssi won't be able to get under the table jobs anymore
Keraunos · 36-40, M
@Platoscave I'm guessing on the basis of some the other comments in here that you're playing devil's advocate with that, but if I were to make a list of the top one thousand things in the world to be concerned about, that particular problem wouldn't even cross my mind as a candidate for the list. The threatened notion of a cashless society itself probably would make the list, however.

In any case, I doubt anyone is putting this minor of an issue forth as a justification for making that major of a transformation in good faith.
Platoscave · F
@Keraunos I was just listening to a lecture by someone who knows way more than me.