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Re:Cashless society in Switzerland? People to vote on keepin... by languagehacker on Saturday February 18, 2023 @11:26AM (#34848108)
Switzerland has a very specific reason for preserving cash, and it's called money laundering
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Re:Cashless society in Switzerland? People to vote on keepin... by lasftew on Saturday February 18, 2023 @11:41AM (#34848252)
Swiss here. This is true. Buy an expensive watch and want to pay with credit card? We'll need to verify name and address, apologies Sir! Have a bag of cash? No questions asked, have a nice day!
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Re:Cashless society in Switzerland? People to vote on keepin... by FpUser on Saturday February 18, 2023 @11:32AM (#34848167)
Alternatively the specific reason is to protect people from ever more hairy government paws crawling all over and inside their lives.
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