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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by brainwad on Sunday June 30, 2024 @04:21PM (#40840062)
Empirical evidence suggests otherwise, at least in liberal democracies.
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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by eimrine on Sunday June 30, 2024 @04:43PM (#40840216)
survirorship bias
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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by elevatedastalt on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:03AM (#40842980)
Empirical evidence can suggest anything you want it to if you choose to ignore empirical evidence that's inconvenient to you.

The Canadian trucker protesters were not "terrorists" by any stretch of imagination, but sure let's assume otherwise because it helps us sleep better at night, right?

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by singpolyma3 on Sunday July 07, 2024 @08:03AM (#40897006)
Pretty sure building a bomb on Parliament Hill makes you a terrorist group. Nevermind all the other dangerous stuff that was going on.
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