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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by pdonis on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:08AM (#30441817)
> banks exist and can make digital transactions when you give them cash.

And as soon as I use a bank for this, I am no longer protected against law enforcement preventing me from paying my bills and supporting myself, which was supposed to be the whole point of using cash in the first place. Law enforcement can block banks from making digital transactions on my behalf just as easily as they can freeze my accounts at those same banks.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by throwaway22032 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @07:50PM (#30448914)
Ok, so go to me, I'll send the funds.

I feel like people want this centralized vision of money. Just give someone cash to do a transfer.

Why so bureaucracy? What's the point?

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