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A comment on Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019. Parent comment

Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by aNoob7000 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:55AM (#20555217)
If people truly understood the ramification of a completely cashless society, I think they would have no problem with some of the trade-offs.
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Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by torified on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @01:26AM (#20562323)
Sure, if it's anonymous cryptocoins.

But I don't want the government able to monitor every $2 purchase I make.

Please state what all the positive ramifications you are referring to are. All I see is essentially some extra convenience in exchange for a probable privacy nightmare.

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Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by hndamien on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:50PM (#20562002)
If they cashless society used Monero, or a fungible version of Bitcoin, sure. Even then though, it still excludes people without digital means - which is immoral.
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