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It also seems to be fear of losing money. Most of my family use mostly cash, because as they say they don't trust shops to keep their card info secure and fear
by rndgermandude 8y ago
It also seems to be fear of losing money. Most of my family use mostly cash, because as they say they don't trust shops to keep their card info secure and fear that "some Russians will steal their money". Payback, however, cannot be abused to steal your money, so even my tech adverse grandma had one when she was still alive because "not having one is like leaving money on the street".
- BjoernKW 8y agoYes, the Weimar Republic and its runaway inflation problem is often cited as a cause of this. However, most people who actually lived through that are dead by now. I find it baffling that for some reason this still seems to be such a deeply ingrained aspect of German national identity.
- rndgermandude 8y agoWell, it's something that was "thought" by the older generation to the younger generations. My grandparents grew up post WWI in the Weimar Republic and then lived through WWII, had to repeatedly flee, losing most of their possession because of it. Other families had the same experience, or lost their stuff due to bombings etc. That heavily informed their decision till the day they died, and of course also to some extent influenced/influences my parents' behavior, which in turn influences my and my siblings' behavior to this day. I'm not saying it's rational, but it's very human still.