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Re:What is the cost of a cashless society? by starkd on Friday August 05, 2022 @08:25AM (#32355100)
Sure, it's convenient for now. You never know what turn society is going to take somewhere down the line. The government is in a much better position to dictate rules for all of your commerce. Whether that happens in a few years or decades from now is anybody's guess, but the temptation to excercise that power is all the more likely.
Re:What is the cost of a cashless society? by EdwardDiego on Friday August 05, 2022 @06:25PM (#32362686)
I'll let you know when New Zealand becomes a dictatorship, I guess.
Re:What is the cost of a cashless society? by inkblotuniverse on Saturday August 06, 2022 @05:19AM (#32366413)
It was pretty authoritarian over the course of the last two years!
Re:What is the cost of a cashless society? by EdwardDiego on Saturday August 06, 2022 @08:34PM (#32372825)
No it wasn't, not sure why people keep choosing to believe that when Kiwis keep correcting them.
Re:What is the cost of a cashless society? by starkd on Saturday August 06, 2022 @11:12PM (#32373549)
There is such a thing as "soft tyranny". It can be just as insidious and demoralizing to individual rights as a hard tyranny.