Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by aidenn0 on Sunday November 11, 2018 @12:06AM
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I remember that too; my grandfather used to go on business trips to NYC, and after adjusting for inflation the amount he carried was almost 5000 USD. Very few people walk around with that amount of cash today.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by pyre on Sunday November 11, 2018 @01:42AM
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> Very few people walk around with that amount of cash today.
... because the cops would stop him, insinuate that the money probably had something to do with crime, and then seize it to line their own pockets cough cough I mean "bolster their budgets."
Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by aidenn0 on Sunday November 11, 2018 @01:27PM
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My grandfather was a WASP in a business suit. He's not going to get stop and frisked in NYC.
Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia
by angry_octet on Sunday November 11, 2018 @06:02PM
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It's tragic that the unbanked (unable to get credit, often paid in cash, just don't have bank accounts) are the ones most likely stop be stopped by police and subject to unjust forfeiture. (With the exception of the Amish.)