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The implications on life for the poor are terrifying! Businesses would love to be able to exclude people too poor to use their services from society- It's a re
by awakeasleep 8y ago
The implications on life for the poor are terrifying!
Businesses would love to be able to exclude people too poor to use their services from society- It's a real ugly situation. Like a decentralized apartheid based on financial status.
Without the government stepping in and trying to prevent this discrimination, there is no one to stand up for these human being's lives
- Broken_Hippo 8y ago"Businesses would love to be able to exclude people too poor to use their services from society" I'm pretty sure there are large swaths of society that would really hurt even though some would exclude folks. Everything from fast food to grocery stores to cheap clothing outlets.
- IshKebab 8y agoI don't see what any of that has to do with using cash vs using a prepaid debit card. Are you thinking about credit checks to stop poor people getting phone contracts? Because that already happens and cash existing hasn't stopped it.
- Nextgrid 8y ago> Businesses would love to be able to exclude people too poor to use their services from society How would that work, and what's the incentive for it? People who can't afford a business' service are already excluded from it by definition, regardless of payment method. For those who can afford it, what's the incentive for the business to turn them away and not profit off them?