CONVENIENCE — THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY NEED TO CARRY CASH AROUND
THE CONS
EVERY TRANSACTION YOU MAKE WILL BE TRACKED
YOUR SPENDING HABITS CAN BE LINKED TO YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SPEND ON THINGS THE GOVERNMENT APPROVES OF.
THINGS THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE LUXURIES — MEAT, FUEL, TRAVEL — CAN BE RESTRICTED
YOUR MONEY CAN BE PROGRAMMED WITH AN EXPIRY DATE — IF YOU DON’T SPEND IT BY A
CERTAIN DATE, YOU’LL LOSE IT
THERE WILL BE NO ‘BLACK’ ECONOMY. IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO AVOID TAX, BUT THEN
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE POCKET MONEY TO CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN AND
NEITHER WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BORROW OR LEND MONEY TO FRIENDS WITHOUT THAT
BEING TAXED BY THE GOVERNMENT
PARKING AND SPEEDING FINES WILL BE TAKEN AT SOURCE, WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
CHALLENGE AND POSSIBLY EVEN WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE
IF YOU PROTEST THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, YOUR MONEY CAN BE SWITCHED OFF.
IF YOU THINK THAT’S UNLIKELY, IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
CANADIANS WHEN THEY PROTESTED AND IT ALSO HAPPENED TO A BRITISH JOURNALIST
A CASHLESS SOCIETY MEANS THE END OF HUMAN FREEDOM
IF YOU WANT THAT, DO NOTHING
IF YOU DON’T, THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO IS RESPOND TO THE GOVERNMENT’S
PROPOSAL ON DIGITAL ID, UPON WHICH A CASHLESS SOCIETY MUST BE BASED
Ok… but most of those negative points are perfectly doable even with cash.
“EVERY TRANSACTION YOU MAKE WILL BE TRACKED YOUR SPENDING HABITS CAN BE LINKED TO YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT” True enough.
“YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SPEND ON THINGS THE GOVERNMENT APPROVES OF. THINGS THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE LUXURIES — MEAT, FUEL, TRAVEL — CAN BE RESTRICTED” This is already true. Things that the government deems illegal are… not legal to buy? And luxuries are already taxed higher than necessities. This already exists as written.
“THERE WILL BE NO ‘BLACK’ ECONOMY. IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO AVOID TAX, BUT THEN YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE POCKET MONEY TO CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN AND NEITHER WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BORROW OR LEND MONEY TO FRIENDS WITHOUT THAT BEING TAXED BY THE GOVERNMENT” - Avoiding paying your taxes isn’t the gotcha you think it is. This should be lumped in with the pros. And before anyone @'s me over the pocket money thing, at least in my country you don’t need to declare stuff like this on your taxes. There’s a threshold for income that below that it’s a waste of EVERYONE’s time to track. So things like allowances and pocket money between friends is just not affected.
“PARKING AND SPEEDING FINES WILL BE TAKEN AT SOURCE, WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHALLENGE AND POSSIBLY EVEN WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE” Why would they? Even in a cashless society it’s still possible you simply do not have the cash in your account. They would still need to be able to charge you for it later. They would also still need to do due process for fines. If we are not doing due process in the legal system, we have big problems beyond if we are using cash or card.
“IF YOU PROTEST THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, YOUR MONEY CAN BE SWITCHED OFF. IF YOU THINK THAT’S UNLIKELY, IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHEN THEY PROTESTED AND IT ALSO HAPPENED TO A BRITISH JOURNALIST” - Is this about the Flu Trucks Clan? Well the way the Canadian gov’t handled that was pretty shit. I’ll give you that. But um. We still have cash in Canada. And if they can turn off your ability to spend in a cash society then this is at the worst a net zero. Neither better nor worse.
“A CASHLESS SOCIETY MEANS THE END OF HUMAN FREEDOM” What? The onus is on you to explain this one further.
The remainder of points highlighted are a call to action so I don’t have anything to say on that. Protest digital ID if you want. ID is ID though. Even with paper ID it’s still registered and tracked. And if they want to track our movements all they need to do is ask apple and google or buy the data from 3rd parties. It’s easier than implementing all the scary stuff the OP mentioned. It’s cheaper. And you don’t need a warrant to buy data from a broker. Pretty much all the scare mongering here is actually in place already.
All that being said, I don’t think moving to a totally cashless society would be good either. But these talking points aren’t actually the end of the world that OP would like you to believe.
“YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SPEND ON THINGS THE GOVERNMENT APPROVES OF. THINGS THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE LUXURIES — MEAT, FUEL, TRAVEL — CAN BE RESTRICTED” This is already true. Things that the government deems illegal are… not legal to buy? And luxuries are already taxed higher than necessities. This already exists as written.
I don’t think so. I think they want to say that the restrictions can (and will) become “personalized”. You can’t buy this because you are like that, this costs more for you, etc.
Things that the government deems illegal are… not legal to buy?
you can still buy them. and when something is illegal, that unfortunately does not always mean that it’s harmful or otherwise bad
And luxuries are already taxed higher than necessities
equally so for everyone
There’s a threshold for income that below that it’s a waste of EVERYONE’s time to track. So things like allowances and pocket money between friends is just not affected.
it is a waste of time to track that because it’s manual work for relatively little gains. without cash it will be automated and much easier to tax that too. whether they want it is another question, but it wouldn’t be a waste of time anymore
“PARKING AND SPEEDING FINES WILL BE TAKEN AT SOURCE, WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHALLENGE AND POSSIBLY EVEN WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE” Why would they?
which part do you mean? you might not be able to challenge it if it turns out as a system like google or facebook, where there are no human support personnel to be contact
you might not be able to know it happened if you are not notified, and you’re just supposed to see it in a transaction history. maybe the writer was thinking about something else, though, because that’s already the case with bank accounts.
IF YOU PROTEST THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, YOUR MONEY CAN BE SWITCHED OFF. IF YOU THINK THAT’S UNLIKELY, IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHEN THEY PROTESTED AND IT ALSO HAPPENED TO A BRITISH JOURNALIST" - Is this about the Flu Trucks Clan? Well the way the Canadian gov’t handled that was pretty shit. I’ll give you that. But um. We still have cash in Canada.
How fortunate. That doesn’t look like to be the case for too long, though, and that’s why we are in this comment sectioat
And if they can turn off your ability to spend in a cash society then this is at the worst a net zero.
how would they do that? in my understanding, they can’t disable your (physical, to be clear) cash, because the notes are almost indistinguishable (almost because of the serial number, however nobody looks at that), and not programmable either
“A CASHLESS SOCIETY MEANS THE END OF HUMAN FREEDOM” What? The onus is on you to explain this one further.
by making you unable to use it for its intended purpose, and also - by surveiling you through electronic payments, which record when, where and how much did you pay to who and for what.
surveillance alters people’s decisions, even of good persons who should have no reason for fear
And if they want to track our movements all they need to do is ask apple and google or buy the data from 3rd parties
that only worksif you don’t do anytanything against it for yourself. honestly, this phrase sounds pretty defeatist, while that’s not warranted.
And you don’t need a warrant to buy data from a broker.
nobody needs a warrant for buying data
But these talking points aren’t actually the end of the world that OP would like you to believe.
Technically china level surveillance isn’t the end of the world either, neither were communist dictatorships in eastern Europe.
I think I didn’t say the right thing when I wrote it isn’t the end of the world. Because I agree that level of control and surveillance is BAD. I really meant to communicate that it isn’t a future doomer scenario. It’s the world we live in RIGHT NOW. And if you don’t like that, it’s not just cashless society that should concern you. It’s not something we can prevent. It’s something we have to undo.
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Ok… but most of those negative points are perfectly doable even with cash.
“EVERY TRANSACTION YOU MAKE WILL BE TRACKED YOUR SPENDING HABITS CAN BE LINKED TO YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT” True enough.
“YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SPEND ON THINGS THE GOVERNMENT APPROVES OF. THINGS THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE LUXURIES — MEAT, FUEL, TRAVEL — CAN BE RESTRICTED” This is already true. Things that the government deems illegal are… not legal to buy? And luxuries are already taxed higher than necessities. This already exists as written.
“THERE WILL BE NO ‘BLACK’ ECONOMY. IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO AVOID TAX, BUT THEN YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE POCKET MONEY TO CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN AND NEITHER WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BORROW OR LEND MONEY TO FRIENDS WITHOUT THAT BEING TAXED BY THE GOVERNMENT” - Avoiding paying your taxes isn’t the gotcha you think it is. This should be lumped in with the pros. And before anyone @'s me over the pocket money thing, at least in my country you don’t need to declare stuff like this on your taxes. There’s a threshold for income that below that it’s a waste of EVERYONE’s time to track. So things like allowances and pocket money between friends is just not affected.
“PARKING AND SPEEDING FINES WILL BE TAKEN AT SOURCE, WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHALLENGE AND POSSIBLY EVEN WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE” Why would they? Even in a cashless society it’s still possible you simply do not have the cash in your account. They would still need to be able to charge you for it later. They would also still need to do due process for fines. If we are not doing due process in the legal system, we have big problems beyond if we are using cash or card.
“IF YOU PROTEST THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, YOUR MONEY CAN BE SWITCHED OFF. IF YOU THINK THAT’S UNLIKELY, IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHEN THEY PROTESTED AND IT ALSO HAPPENED TO A BRITISH JOURNALIST” - Is this about the Flu Trucks Clan? Well the way the Canadian gov’t handled that was pretty shit. I’ll give you that. But um. We still have cash in Canada. And if they can turn off your ability to spend in a cash society then this is at the worst a net zero. Neither better nor worse.
“A CASHLESS SOCIETY MEANS THE END OF HUMAN FREEDOM” What? The onus is on you to explain this one further.
The remainder of points highlighted are a call to action so I don’t have anything to say on that. Protest digital ID if you want. ID is ID though. Even with paper ID it’s still registered and tracked. And if they want to track our movements all they need to do is ask apple and google or buy the data from 3rd parties. It’s easier than implementing all the scary stuff the OP mentioned. It’s cheaper. And you don’t need a warrant to buy data from a broker. Pretty much all the scare mongering here is actually in place already.
All that being said, I don’t think moving to a totally cashless society would be good either. But these talking points aren’t actually the end of the world that OP would like you to believe.
also, the quote in the post is not the real content, that is in the linked article
I don’t think so. I think they want to say that the restrictions can (and will) become “personalized”. You can’t buy this because you are like that, this costs more for you, etc.
you can still buy them. and when something is illegal, that unfortunately does not always mean that it’s harmful or otherwise bad
equally so for everyone
it is a waste of time to track that because it’s manual work for relatively little gains. without cash it will be automated and much easier to tax that too. whether they want it is another question, but it wouldn’t be a waste of time anymore
which part do you mean? you might not be able to challenge it if it turns out as a system like google or facebook, where there are no human support personnel to be contact you might not be able to know it happened if you are not notified, and you’re just supposed to see it in a transaction history. maybe the writer was thinking about something else, though, because that’s already the case with bank accounts.
How fortunate. That doesn’t look like to be the case for too long, though, and that’s why we are in this comment sectioat
how would they do that? in my understanding, they can’t disable your (physical, to be clear) cash, because the notes are almost indistinguishable (almost because of the serial number, however nobody looks at that), and not programmable either
surveillance alters people’s decisions, even of good persons who should have no reason for fear
that only worksif you don’t do anytanything against it for yourself. honestly, this phrase sounds pretty defeatist, while that’s not warranted.
nobody needs a warrant for buying data
Technically china level surveillance isn’t the end of the world either, neither were communist dictatorships in eastern Europe.
I wouldn’t want to live in such a world, however
I think I didn’t say the right thing when I wrote it isn’t the end of the world. Because I agree that level of control and surveillance is BAD. I really meant to communicate that it isn’t a future doomer scenario. It’s the world we live in RIGHT NOW. And if you don’t like that, it’s not just cashless society that should concern you. It’s not something we can prevent. It’s something we have to undo.