Where I live in London, almost all shops theoretically still take cash, but more and more of them don't have change. In the chemist's today, I tried to pay for something costing £15.99 with a £20 note, but they didn't have £4 change. I had to give them a £1 coin so they could give me a £5 note (and a 2p coin, as they didn't have any 1p coins) as change.
Wow! Remember the concept of planned obsolescence? I believe the WEF and bankers/totalitarian corporatists are focused on planned collapse and controlled demolition of our global systems.
Very fair point. There is a simple beauty to be found in the concrete that the digital (read - illusory and immaterial) cannot offer. Again, imo. We must always consider what we are giving up, losing, trading or eliminating when we seek or create “the new.” Newness can be brilliant! But that is as often the exception as the rule.
My pleasure. My Dad always paid cash…it has worked for thousands of years…and suggesting that poor people in 3rd world countries will benefit from a new-age tech-heavy system their nations cannot support is just…more WEF-esque BS. In my opinion. Change for the sake of change is wrongly-motivated and unnecessarily risky.
It really is. I never understood this desire for 'convenience' that isn't really convenience. Living in Asia for 10 yrs in the '90's might have helped! Almost no one used cards of any kind back in the day. So I just continued those habits when I returned to Canada.
I agree with you March. I prefer to use cash. It's nobody's business but my own where and how much money I spend and what I spend it on. Thanks for writing this article.
I think we're becoming conditioned to the casual sharing of our personal information, which is a way of grooming us to be good citizens of a future totalitarian globalist state. That sounds extreme to some, but only those who have an extremely limited understanding of history. Me spending $$$ won't stop this, but maybe I will join the many voices who are raising the alarm and together, collectively, we'll have a positive impact?
This is going to be a hard habit to break . I like how I can reconcile my spending using my bank’s website and my budgeting app. But I agree with you, March, that this is important. I’ll have to set up a system to keep track of where I spent my cash. How do you do it?
For those situations that demand cards, carry a gift card. Untraceable.
As for cash, and tracking I totally agree. My phone tells google how fast traffic is moving! I like that and I hate it at the same time!
Where I live in London, almost all shops theoretically still take cash, but more and more of them don't have change. In the chemist's today, I tried to pay for something costing £15.99 with a £20 note, but they didn't have £4 change. I had to give them a £1 coin so they could give me a £5 note (and a 2p coin, as they didn't have any 1p coins) as change.
After centuries of having change — at our most technologically advanced moment — we can’t provide small bills and coins to our people? 🙄
Wow! Remember the concept of planned obsolescence? I believe the WEF and bankers/totalitarian corporatists are focused on planned collapse and controlled demolition of our global systems.
Great read. I concur and try to always pay in cash.
Look at the recent drubbing of cryptocurrency markets. People were played as fools and ultimately robbed of their investments.
Very fair point. There is a simple beauty to be found in the concrete that the digital (read - illusory and immaterial) cannot offer. Again, imo. We must always consider what we are giving up, losing, trading or eliminating when we seek or create “the new.” Newness can be brilliant! But that is as often the exception as the rule.
Been saying this since 1989. Thanks for the support!
My pleasure. My Dad always paid cash…it has worked for thousands of years…and suggesting that poor people in 3rd world countries will benefit from a new-age tech-heavy system their nations cannot support is just…more WEF-esque BS. In my opinion. Change for the sake of change is wrongly-motivated and unnecessarily risky.
It really is. I never understood this desire for 'convenience' that isn't really convenience. Living in Asia for 10 yrs in the '90's might have helped! Almost no one used cards of any kind back in the day. So I just continued those habits when I returned to Canada.
I also have a dumb phone! LOL
I agree with you March. I prefer to use cash. It's nobody's business but my own where and how much money I spend and what I spend it on. Thanks for writing this article.
I think we're becoming conditioned to the casual sharing of our personal information, which is a way of grooming us to be good citizens of a future totalitarian globalist state. That sounds extreme to some, but only those who have an extremely limited understanding of history. Me spending $$$ won't stop this, but maybe I will join the many voices who are raising the alarm and together, collectively, we'll have a positive impact?
If we all do our part it will make an impact.
This is going to be a hard habit to break . I like how I can reconcile my spending using my bank’s website and my budgeting app. But I agree with you, March, that this is important. I’ll have to set up a system to keep track of where I spent my cash. How do you do it?