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There is an element of injustice, the poor and immigrants may not have the same access to banks and credit as others do.
by bagels 3y ago
There is an element of injustice, the poor and immigrants may not have the same access to banks and credit as others do.
- shapefrog 3y agoUnironically, those that rage against "The Cashless Society" also rage against "the poor and immigrants".
- LocalH 3y agoYou would be incorrectly generalizing. I believe cash is a pillar of a stable society, and I also believe that the way most Western nations treat their homeless and poor is varying degrees of bad and disgusting.
- hackernewds 3y agoThey have access to alternate options for where they shop.
- pyrale 3y agoHave you seriously tried that "alternate option" you offer?
- cornholio 3y agoPerhaps we should fix that? I mean, if you can't get banking services, how exactly are you participate in the modern economy? Is it a good idea forcing homeless to deal with cash, when they are the most vulnerable population to drug abuse? How can they safely save to prepare some solution for their situation? So many questions, with "how will you buy your coffee" very low in the order of priority. Electronic money remittance should be seen as a basic human right. Seems like neither side really cares about these people, but they make a useful rhetorical prop.
- bagels 3y agoNo reason can't we have both cash and full free access to electronic payments.