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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by ErikVandeWater on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:03PM (#18424224)
All regulations that are enforced are coercive by definition. The regulations that create a de facto monopoly are coercive.

I would guess some surveillance is involved in terms of audits of banks, but it might not fit the technical definition of surveillance.

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by kalleboo on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:56PM (#18424959)
In this case it's a lack of regulation though. Stores are not coerced into accepting cash, so they choose what's most practical to them.
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