> There's something I don't understand: the current system works great. Cash as well as credit cards. So why change that? Control. If you're of the mindset tha

> There's something I don't understand: the current system works great. Cash as well as credit cards. So why change that? Control. If you're of the mindset that there is an upper-class and a lower-class, you're incentivized to create a form of money that makes both permanent. This prevents competition, generational wealth transfer, and guarantees infinite, cheap obedient labor. The movie Elysium is a great caricature of where this will lead.