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Conservative thinking isn't responsible. That's how you end up like Germany still using cash and fax machines for 60+ years.
by GardenLetter27 6mo ago
Conservative thinking isn't responsible.
That's how you end up like Germany still using cash and fax machines for 60+ years.
- lazide 6mo agoEveryone is starting to get a real good lesson in why cash is important.fax, eh
- krior 6mo agoI agree that fax machines belong into the past, but cash? I'd like to be able to pay even if the internet/power goes down, thank you very much.
- defrost 6mo agoCash will have relevance as long as internet and cloud failures are still an ongoing thing .. both for lovers of privacy and viable fallbacks as required. Of interest, today in Australian media: Why cash has made an unexpected comeback in Australia: new study - https://theconversation.com/why-cash-has-made-an-unexpected-comeback-in-australia-new-study-281029 https://theconversation.com/why-cash-has-made-an-unexpected-... which includes figures that show while only 8% of Australian transactions are cash (by some metric, see article) 33% (a third) of the population fully supports keeping cash on.
- tomjen3 6mo agoAnd that is fine and I do the same. In Germany in many places you can only pay with cash.
- pjmlp 5mo agoCash allows for freedom and not being tracked by organisations. Many European countries have learnt hard lesson about state protection police agencies. A lesson that younger generations seem keen to forget and live through by themselves, because our stories aren't real enough.