Thank you for posting the crystal ball image of our future in the US.
When we lose cash or the ability to make trade with what is in our pockets then we become doubly enslaved to a system that can turn off or disallow access to any wealth creation our labor has brought us.
This is a slippery slope that leads to total enslavement.
I understand that it is a Biblical certainty, that a cashless society is coming, but I cannot help but call the alarm when I'm seeing its seed being planted.
Trading under such a system, if trying to live free, may mean trading services for a warm bed and food. Competing against immigrants for room and board for a day's labor still sounds like slavery to me.
If you had nothing, would totally rejecting the system altogether be freedom?
If you had to choose from a backpack and wandering on foot as a free soul vs keeping your comforts and possessions but the price was no more cash, fall in line, take the mark. Would you choose your comfort, or would you choose the freedom to hit the road?
This has long been the case in Zambia. The ATMs have a limit on what they can dispense to a person per day. In their case, I suspect it is an effort to prevent bank runs but, for people who have legitimate funds, it is simply a damned nuisance. ATMs commonly run out of the supply of currency early in the day, as everyone is queueing up for access. Zambia is in crying need of money, but the government creates access barriers for those who have it. The government's response to any complaint is basically, "Shut the fuck up."
Thank you for posting the crystal ball image of our future in the US.
When we lose cash or the ability to make trade with what is in our pockets then we become doubly enslaved to a system that can turn off or disallow access to any wealth creation our labor has brought us.
This is a slippery slope that leads to total enslavement.
Yes. That's why I post this. It's a possibility.
I understand that it is a Biblical certainty, that a cashless society is coming, but I cannot help but call the alarm when I'm seeing its seed being planted.
Can still trade but it would be very difficult.
Trading under such a system, if trying to live free, may mean trading services for a warm bed and food. Competing against immigrants for room and board for a day's labor still sounds like slavery to me.
If you had nothing, would totally rejecting the system altogether be freedom?
If you had to choose from a backpack and wandering on foot as a free soul vs keeping your comforts and possessions but the price was no more cash, fall in line, take the mark. Would you choose your comfort, or would you choose the freedom to hit the road?
I figured the mark was the Covid vaccine so I was going to be uncomfortable and reject the job.
The jab was the test run. The real fun is still coming.
I didn't know. I wasn't taking a chance.
If you're even able to leave the area.
Ill barter. Yhats the ultimate cashless society. The gov won't have a clue what is spent.
This has long been the case in Zambia. The ATMs have a limit on what they can dispense to a person per day. In their case, I suspect it is an effort to prevent bank runs but, for people who have legitimate funds, it is simply a damned nuisance. ATMs commonly run out of the supply of currency early in the day, as everyone is queueing up for access. Zambia is in crying need of money, but the government creates access barriers for those who have it. The government's response to any complaint is basically, "Shut the fuck up."
I would take it out and invest in silver. It's not safe.
Invest? This is money that people live by and pay the bills. Anyone in Zambia with enough money to "invest" is already above these difficulties.
Oh. I got you.
They do that here and I'll drain my accounts. Be sure to keep some cash on hand.
Yes. I do that.