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Originally Posted by Plooking
That is being attempted in several countries although under disguise. I find it the biggest attack on personal freedom that we are suffering these days. Biggest and by far! It dwarfs all that stuff about communications being saved and emails and phone calls being listened to and all that tech mambo-jambo. As a matter of fact it's a mix of insult with outrage. However nobody really seems to care about it.
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I absolutely agree. In a cashless society, 'they' have complete and ultimate control over nearly all aspects of your life. When this happens, the government will be able to track every transaction, which should send shivers down the spines of most people. The death of cash will kill a lot of small businesses - in short, supreme centralised power!
You only need to look at what happened in Cyprus to see why a cashless society, where people have to keep money in a bank account, would appeal to the authorities in highly-indebted countries in particular.
I re-call reading about an online ".gov" petition against all this nonsense. I'll try and track it down.
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