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Then they can monitor all transactions and turn off purchases based on what they want the population to buy. Too much meat for a week, sorry can’t buy more unti
by lettergram 3y ago
Then they can monitor all transactions and turn off purchases based on what they want the population to buy. Too much meat for a week, sorry can’t buy more until next week. “But I worked for this money” too bad.
It’s effectively “the company store”, except government (“by the people and for the people” - ie your neighbors) dictating what you buy. They just happen to also invest in the companies they direct you to.
- Scarblac 3y agoThey can already do that by rationing meat, like they did in WW2. Require that you have the correct stamps for buying what you want. Or probably introduce some horrible mobile app for it. No need to outlaw cash for that.
- lettergram 3y agoWhile true, they couldn’t block private trading of the meat on the black market. They can with this
- bluescrn 3y agoThe drugs trade and sex trade will figure out alternatives within minutes of cash disappearing, and that'll enable other black markets.
- mrguyorama 3y ago>It’s effectively “the company store”, except government (“by the people and for the people” - ie your neighbors) dictating what you buy. You act like there isn't a MASSIVE distinction between a private business's CEO deciding what his employees should be able to do and an entire society democratically choosing what they want to be allowed.