Any push for eliminating cash is just another version of the nonsensical "if you have nothing to hide..." argument all over again to curb freedoms. > If we are

Any push for eliminating cash is just another version of the nonsensical "if you have nothing to hide..." argument all over again to curb freedoms. > If we are going to refer to bank payments as ‘cashless’, we should then refer to cash payments as ‘bankless’. Because that’s what cash is, and right now it is the only thing standing between us and a completely privatised money system. [1] For those who are arguing about an inevitable future where cash won't exist, I'll just say that people will find other ways to transact (like barter, cryptocurrency, shadow currencies). And those will be for legal purposes and illegal purposes, depending on the people and the situation. Blanket assumptions of crime and illegal activities with cash are extremely naïve. [1]: https://aeon.co/essays/if-plastic-replaces-cash-much-that-is-good-will-be-lost https://aeon.co/essays/if-plastic-replaces-cash-much-that-is...