We are sleepwalking toward an absolute totalitarian panopticon in the name of convenience. The cashless thing is just a tiny part.

I had little to no sympathy with the protestors either but that definitely crossed a line, and do we really think that will only ever be used against those kinds of protestors. I’m sure it will happen at some point to indigenous people protesting an oil and gas project or something. It’s now a tool in the arsenal to crush protests.