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Cashless Society

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  • 04-03-2015 12:57am
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    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭


    Is the cashless society a step closer now that tech firms like Apple, Sony, Samsung are rolling out mobile money?
    Fingerprint identification could be a major part of its security.
    A public health scare about a virus such as severe flu could convince people that notes and coins could be a carrier of infection.

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    #2
    weisses
    Registered Users Posts: 9,430 ✭✭✭weisses


    Had my brother visiting from mainland Europe and he told me he did not carry any cash for the last couple of months .. its all done by cards/etc


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    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    We certainly have many people in the society who are cashless.


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    #4
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    I have barely used cash since xmas


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    #5
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Im gone back to the olden days of the weighing scale and gold flakes. The euro is worthless sure.


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    #6
    2Mad2BeMad
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    i never use cash anymore, always debit card or credit card if needed
    Not that I do be thinking where the notes could of been, just hate carrying money around, whether its a 5er or 50 note

    I tell a lie, only time I do use cash is in a pub/club, cause I hate been that guy who takes 10 minutes to buy drinks because the barman is taking ages setting up the machine
    but other then that theirs no real reason to have cash on you
    everything can be done by debit card


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    There's two shops I visit semi regularly and neither take card, it's a PITA but their specialised shops so I can understand.

    Would a cashless society not reduce crime and longterm, increase government coffers by stopping nixers and the black market. I understand all these things will still continue, but it will hurt them.


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    Torakx
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    For a start, police/army around the world will have a lot of trouble selling drugs LOL
    Maybe when drugs like marijuana, heroin, cocaine are legal or semilegal that need willbe gone for the blackmarket in that area.
    then it should be okto move to a cashless society.


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    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    Senna wrote: »
    There's two shops I visit semi regularly and neither take card, it's a PITA but their specialised shops so I can understand.

    Would a cashless society not reduce crime and longterm, increase government coffers by stopping nixers and the black market. I understand all these things will still continue, but it will hurt them.

    This is exactly why we'll never have a cashless society.


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    MrStuffins
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    Senna wrote: »
    There's two shops I visit semi regularly and neither take card, it's a PITA but their specialised shops so I can understand.

    Yeah, pretty crumby alright!


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    Torakx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Torakx


    Senna wrote: »
    Would a cashless society not reduce crime and longterm, increase government coffers by stopping nixers and the black market. I understand all these things will still continue, but it will hurt them.

    Governments rely on black markets I think.
    By governments I mean corporations and rich people in power. That is the silk road for them.
    Without the black market, tons and tons of heroin and marijuana could not be exported from afghanistan(by the army and security contracters) during the invasion.
    This would mean the homeless and poor on the streets of europe and america would not be controlled and repressed. They would become more active and people would stop turning against them and begin to look elsewhere for troublemakers.
    That is really not good for government.
    The marijuana is a double edged sword though.
    It causes people to become open minded, thoughtful and see the world differently. Also it would lower production in the herd if a large portion of them partake in it.
    Actually I see no reason for a government to want to legalize that one lol
    It just does too much good for citizens and somuch bad for organised crime at the higher levels.
    At least with it illegal they can turn much larger profits without paying tax.
    This is why police and army around the world are at the forefront of drug sales. It is like a bonus.

    Weapons is another obvious one.
    How could the USA, Russia, China and so on, arm terrorists around the world and cause political and economical unrest if everything was done openly.
    Without a black market, wars would have to be honest( to an extent).

    I think there will be moves toward a cashless society for people like us though. For the plebians it would probably be acceptable, but there will always have to be a silkroad somewhere. Maybe bitcoins is the new silkroad for all this stuff... well it is..


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    #12
    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/sweden-on-course-for-a-cash-free-future/articleshow/50349678.cms

    Advantages and disadvantages!


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    Overheal
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    I don't foresee cashless economies being the default even in light of recent electronic pay advances.


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    #14
    ScumLord
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    I generally don't have a problem with a cashless society, as long as they make it free to use. I hate using my debit card (I do all the time though) because I know the bank is getting a cut of every transaction I and everyone else makes. I think that's a disgusting state of affairs until we can use cards for free and there's a mechanism there for people to use cashless payments privately and without charge I'd fight any moves to a completely cashless society. I do think bank charges should be something that's addressed immediately though.


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    Overheal
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    not really a CT so moving this to Humanities


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