[liberationtech] Cryptocurrency: War On Cash - Moving Fast Against You - NOT

[Rand Strauss]

There seems to be no threat of a cashless society.

That first HumanEvents.com article was horrible, mostly just highly exaggerated opinions. It was often contradicted by it’s own links to sources.  It started with the "don’t let the media shame you" crap was just that- crap trying to create fear.  Whether it’s because the author really fears a cashless society or just wants to monetize eyeballs, I don’t know.

Grarpamp, please don’t share such low-quality articles here.  Or maybe just avoid ambitious politicos (author is:  president of the New York Young Republican Club, chair of the Assn of Young Republican Clubs, digital director of the Young Republican etc)?

Sure, we’re using less and less cash.  And sure, FinTech businesses would like a cashless society.  But there was no true evidence in the article that it’s happening.

And there seems to be a bit of a coin shortage, but the stores that the article says are refusing cash are not.  Plus, a dime is worth a bit less than a penny was when I was growing up 50 years ago.  We could easily do without pennies and nickels (could even make a quarter worth $0.30).  It’s weird that stores can give large discounts (sales) but not round the total down so pennies and nickels aren’t needed…

And no, cash is not worthless. All money, including gold and silver, only has value because people agree it does.  Yes, gold and silver have a different kind of value, but they’re not liquid…  And no, the government doesn’t control its value.  They wish they could.  Yes, government bail-outs and borrowing make the chance of inflation much larger and the value of a currency can plummet, but that’ll effect digital currency as well.


> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:44:31 +0000
> From: bo0od <bo0od at riseup.net>
> 
> I agree that cashless is more freedomless and contain huge issue 
> regarding the stability of its availability since its relay on 
> electricity and internet and device properly handling that... but even 
> what we call cash now is worthless since its not gold or silver (which 
> has the value by itself)... what i mean is that the paper called dollar 
> is priceless and the government only who in control can value it (yeah 
> price manipulation included)
> 
> grarpamp:
>> https://humanevents.com/2020/08/22/media-deems-cashless-society-a-conspiracy-theory-after-admonishing-cash-use/
>> 
>> "Don’t let the media shame you into complacence regarding a cashless
>> society. It’s only crazy not to question such a system that clearly
>> some have no qualms about forcing on us all."
>> 
>> Clearly one cannot create or enjoy any liberation or freedom
>> when one is surveilled, datamined, blocked, censored, shutdown,
>> turned off, and thought policed into only appoved consumer channels
>> from buying all that which is needed for and part of it.
>> Therefore you need to fight against their "war on cash" with everything
>> you've got. And start hedging by using with your peers and businesses
>> real money again that is not subject to their centralized off switch...
>> gold, silver, cryptocurrency, goods, services, private ledgers.
>> Cashless is freedomless, and that is their plan for you.
>> Wake Up!
> 

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