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I'm worried that in the future we will be forced to use smartphones just like in China (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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In China, you can't exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the future and I hate "progress".

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it even legal to be cashless? What happened to “this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private"?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happened to “this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private"?

The key word is debts. When you want to buy something in a store, you owe money if you want it, but you have not incurred a debt. You can just not buy it. You and the seller start at an even place, trade goods/services for money, and end even. If you have a debt, you're starting the transaction at a negative place and are trying to get back to even.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If one were to consume the product before getting to the register, is it then considered a debt? Asking for a friend that is going to get some beer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's technically stealing. It would be a debt if they agreed in advance to give you an interest-free loan of the beer while in the store.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dang, they thought of everything!