Re:10 Reasons to Fight Cashless Contagion
by crazygringo on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:56PM
(#38101167)
They're cleaner, that doesn't mean they're clean. But they're still suffering from all of the rest of the logistical and security problems. You need to have change on hand; you need to have armored cars; you need to visit ATMs. These are flaws of banknotes in and of themselves.
Re:10 Reasons to Fight Cashless Contagion
by comte7092 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:51AM
(#38115272)
What exactly does the word “clean” even mean in this context?
Certainly, that cash isn’t going to get you sick. It also is unlikely to be covered in dirt/mud/some other substance that will visibly rub off onto you.
What ritual must it undergo to purge it of its ungodliness?
This is a flaw of implementation, not of banknotes in and of themselves. Some countries moved to plastic banknotes[0] already many years ago: Australia, Romania, Vietnam, just to name a few. They don’t get grotty like e.g. American dollar notes. A cool feature is that if you are at the beach and have nowhere to leave your valuables, you can just go swimming with them inside your pocket.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote