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Kind of jarring to see one of those four things you seem to cherish so casually mentioned beside the others...

by rob74 5y ago

sattoshi 5y ago
While there isn’t a risk of cash being banned or anything of the sort, we should cherish it as if it can be. Cash gives you a level of financial discretion for which the only comparable alternative is gold, but more liquid.
throwaway0x7E6 5y ago
just one? there are at least two that are nearly equally problematic
uncomputation 5y ago
Don’t play the pronoun game, it makes the conversation hard to follow and reply to. Which one of the four things - privacy, freedom of expression, gun ownership, or right to bear cash - are you finding jarring?
- rob74 5y ago
  Sorry for being too nebulous, it was the guns.
  - s1artibartfast 5y ago
    Interesting observation and a good reminder that what isn't even noteworthy for half the US is shocking for others. Many people are completely serious that the only way to take to take their guns is quite literally over their dead body.
    - LinuxBender 5y ago
      In my community the folks here have a ratio of firearms to people of about 20:1. Many of them save their brass/steel and reload their own ammo. Most here carry concealed and are not required to have a permit. Same goes for some neighboring states. Permits are only required if traveling into a state that does not honor permit-less carry based on state ID. As a funny side note this is only place I have lived where it is normal to see people get out of their vehicle with hunting/assault rifles at the gas station sorting/shifting their gear and nobody bats an eye. My bank has a fundraiser poster on the door for a rifle giveaway prize.
mulmen 5y ago
Privacy and cash are closely linked. Credit card companies are the experts on consumer spending data.
brigandish 5y ago
“A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.” - Frederick Douglass, 1867. It's still true. Yes, all three are dangerous and open to abuse, but they - with the right protections in place - will provide better outcomes than the alternatives. If Douglass could've conceived of a world without cash then perhaps he would've mentioned a fourth.

Kind of jarring to see one of those four things you seem to cherish so casually mentioned beside the others...

by rob74 5y ago

Kind of jarring to see one of those four things you seem to cherish so casually mentioned beside the others...

While there isn’t a risk of cash being banned or anything of the sort, we should cherish it as if it can be. Cash gives you a level of financial discretion for which the only comparable alternative is gold, but more liquid.

throwaway0x7E6 5y ago

just one? there are at least two that are nearly equally problematic

uncomputation 5y ago

Don’t play the pronoun game, it makes the conversation hard to follow and reply to. Which one of the four things - privacy, freedom of expression, gun ownership, or right to bear cash - are you finding jarring?

rob74 5y ago
Sorry for being too nebulous, it was the guns.
- s1artibartfast 5y ago
  Interesting observation and a good reminder that what isn't even noteworthy for half the US is shocking for others. Many people are completely serious that the only way to take to take their guns is quite literally over their dead body.
  - LinuxBender 5y ago
    In my community the folks here have a ratio of firearms to people of about 20:1. Many of them save their brass/steel and reload their own ammo. Most here carry concealed and are not required to have a permit. Same goes for some neighboring states. Permits are only required if traveling into a state that does not honor permit-less carry based on state ID. As a funny side note this is only place I have lived where it is normal to see people get out of their vehicle with hunting/assault rifles at the gas station sorting/shifting their gear and nobody bats an eye. My bank has a fundraiser poster on the door for a rifle giveaway prize.

mulmen 5y ago

Privacy and cash are closely linked. Credit card companies are the experts on consumer spending data.

brigandish 5y ago

“A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.” - Frederick Douglass, 1867. It's still true. Yes, all three are dangerous and open to abuse, but they - with the right protections in place - will provide better outcomes than the alternatives. If Douglass could've conceived of a world without cash then perhaps he would've mentioned a fourth.