3 ms·
> But cash is going to be gone too in the future-future. Like famine, poverty, cancer and CSS? ;-) Yeah, sure. Seriously though: history shows that if offici
by mbork_pl 3y ago
> But cash is going to be gone too in the future-future.
Like famine, poverty, cancer and CSS? ;-)
Yeah, sure.
Seriously though: history shows that if official money is not trusted (for some reason), another form emerges. So no, cash will be there as long as humankind exists.
- gregoriol 3y agoIt'll be marginal at some point, like people riding horses to work.
- mbork_pl 3y agoMaybe, though I doubt it. Cash has some advantages which make it very appealing in certain circumstances. Anonymity is only one of them, and probably not even the most important one – cash does not rely on network being available.
- freeone3000 3y agoWhere do you live where there isn't 24/7 internet saturation from at least three different sources? When the internet goes out, the stores just close.
- mbork_pl 3y agoWhat about when the internet goes down for several weeks or months...?
- freeone3000 3y agoThis is not a thing that happens in the US, except in disaster-recovery scenarios.
- mbork_pl 3y agoThere is a regular war going on in the country neighboring my one, a thing that was hard to think of several years ago. We had a pandemic and lockdowns destabilizing lives of millions of people and thousands of businesses. What makes you think the US are immune to disasters resulting in having no internet for weeks or longer?