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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by greglindahl on Saturday November 10, 2018 @06:20PM (#18424053)
I have some friends who find that they budget much more successfully when they use only cash... they can see exactly what they have left this week or month.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by rmrfrmrf on Saturday November 10, 2018 @09:01PM (#18424614)
Really? I find it to be the exact opposite. I budget much better when I can see what I'm spending money on rather than how much cash I have on-hand.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by llukas on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:04PM (#18424225)
Youre blaming victims - if system makes it harder for people to be in control this is systems property not peoples - youre making "fundamental attribution error".
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by greglindahl on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:37PM (#18424902)
They don't think they're victims, they think they found a system that works for them. And they don't think it should be what everyone does. I had no idea that such a simple story would attract such strong reactions.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by Aeolun on Saturday November 10, 2018 @08:13PM (#18424466)
Everything else being equal. If one payment system helps you budget better, then it’s clearly better than the other.
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