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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Notaphylic_C, post: 25527843, member: 130786&quot;]Cash has always accounted for about 40-50% of transactions in the past. It never was the main way we paid for things but opponents of cash (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Cash_Alliance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Cash_Alliance" rel="nofollow">The Better than Cash Alliance</a>) <b>BTCA</b> actively promote myths like cash causes crime, it was a vector for Covid or that getting a CC will help women become independent.&nbsp; The average Joe seems oblivious to the fact that since the arrival of credit cards (&amp; media/ads promoting the avg consumer to take on greater amounts of debt), that opportunities to use cash has gone from minor decline to a rapid rate. Cash use is seriously threatened globally.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly [USER=4626]@Troodon[/USER], I feel that assuming cash will never disappear is dangerous b/c retailers, government &amp; law enforcement all seem bent on removing our rights to use cash.&nbsp; The <b>BTCA</b> actively support co to not use cash &amp; spread propaganda that cash is dirty, criminal oriented, etc. Check <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47456698" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47456698" rel="nofollow">out this article from BBC</a> with its prediction that cash will no longer be an option in the UK by 2026.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest problem (obviously) is personal debt. I honestly don&#039;t mind electronic payments but am truly alarmed how few cash-check outs remains here in Canada. Personal debt has become a huge problem (just like the housing crises). Very few people talk about this. Everyone I know seems to embrace going cashless (even though it has a terrible long term affect)!</p><p><br /></p><p>Please check out this <a href="https://youtu.be/GbECT1J9bXg?si=f0oCXXxv8xOnNCGo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://youtu.be/GbECT1J9bXg?si=f0oCXXxv8xOnNCGo" rel="nofollow">DW German documentary</a> (in English) entitled, &quot;How cash is becoming a thing of the past.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Absolutely! Well put! But to be honest, I am becoming paranoid of the <b>BTCA</b> conspiracy to make cash a thing of the past. I think it&#039;s disgusting that it continues to grow (&amp; is supported by the UN). I think we should all be aware of their silly campaign to denigrate cash esp when electronic money laundering is much more catastrophic than physical money laundering.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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