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Cash is available, but very very rare these days. Enough so that using it is an outlier for most people < 60. Debit, or mobile payments are the norm, to the po

• mdp2021 4y ago
  > an outlier Within a Paretian framework, anything good is an outlier. What you need is a system that allows the minoritarian good to be preserved. So, within your sentences: "using it is an outlier for most people below 60 and for privacy conscious individuals".
  • einherjae 4y ago
    Well, problem is that being an outlier isn’t necessarily good for privacy reasons. With a tad more paranoia, why couldn’t stores flag any cash transaction, and combine it with stuff like the current list of parked cars (generally parking is handled by number plate readers), or even something like surveillance cameras? Blending in is generally what a privacy minded individual wants for their data.
    • mdp2021 4y ago
      > Blending in is generally what a privacy minded individual wants "Blending in" is very different from "giving away one's data" - which defies the purpose. You are confusing the two situations, of a dissident trying to conceal his position to survive, and of a normal individual that lives by the natural stance, "a citizen and a free man, never a subject". The one intending to survive will act "in the shadow"; the one intending to defend his own Dignity will be very open in the stance "do not even try". > With a tad more paranoia, why couldn’t ... surveillance cameras Of course they could, and they would have to bear the consequences of facing determined lucid bersekers if they did.