All of which are tied to an identity, and thus not anonymous and private. Talk to me when restaurants accept a stable cryptocurrency. Or if cities themselves start offering prepaid cards that can be reloaded with cash (embed an EMV chip in a bus or subway card).
The solution to this is the collapse of the US after increased polarization. If NYC becomes a self-governing city-state (free city) and DC is mostly bankrupt, then New Yorkers will no longer have to be worried about being robbed by the filth in DC.
Unless the cashless method of payment can be anonymous, then no go. Part of the attraction is anonymity and inability to track one's spending habits. But something like a subway (Metrocard) card that also has an EMV chip and is reloadable with good, old-fashioned, cold, hard cash would also work nicely.
What if all grocery stores in your area stop accepting cash? How are you supposed to eat? Move? Society should be protecting its members against predatory data-miners and banksters, and requiring cash does this.
That's why you don't use a forex office -- people often know someone who traveled to x country and has their currency left over. Exchange it at the non-commission rate in private, call it a day.
Then it's time to change that law. Or hopefully, the US will become increasingly polarized and finally collapse and break up. Then NYC can be a free city that doesn't have to worry about the diktats of the dirt in DC.
It's not -- many Americans tend to be most about "law and order", and they think that "if you have nothing to hide, why should you care?" Privacy rights tend to be more important in places that suffered under evil regimes in recent memory. i.e. the former Soviet satellite states.
Unless it could be bought anonymously with cash, this wouldn't solve the privacy/traceability issues. But here's another idea. Embed the replacement for the Metrocard (NYC subway pass) with an EMV chip, allow cash reloading up to $100 or $200, and require NYC businesses that don't accept cash to accept it.
Best to fix it BEFORE it becomes a widespread issue. Even if everyone had access to a card, cash payments would still be good, as they preserve privacy.
This is what the POLICE should be doing, though. Enforcing civil rights. In this case, the tacit right to privacy, to not having to use a method of payment that's easily tracked by banksters, tech companies, and G-d knows who else.
The only bad thing about this proposal is that the proposed fines aren't high enough. $5000 would be more like it.
Is a credit card which has been handled by many sets of hands really that much better? Besides, some exposure to germs is actually good for people -- helps modulate the immune system and prevent autoimmune illnesses.
I disagree. If he can sell something that's good for privacy (a thing that most Americans don't worry about) in terms of race (something important to more Americans), then kudos to him. I'm happy he's doing this -- if we end up on a slippery slope to a cashless society, this will be the end of privacy as we know it.
Long working hours, stress due to stupid societal expectations, bullying via social media, poor health care unless you have a cush job... they all have consequences.
Other than things that harm others, "crime" is often a matter of definition. Dancing in clubs used to be criminal. Marrying someone of a different race used to be a crime.
You're assuming that elections in the US matter, what with unlimited money from corporate scum who have interests in influencing them (military-industrial complex, private prison/cop union parasite interests). Plus voter suppression is a real thing.
This is where you tax drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes to account for medical costs created by them. Same with disposable packaging -- taxes to pay for environmental cleanup costs.
Also, I don't count things like vandalism and pollution as "victimless."
The real criminals are often the ones in law enforcement and in the courts. Civil forfeiture abuse, excessive bail, excessive sentences to bully people into plea bargains that are lucrative for the jurisdictions.
But if you're really that much of a fucking coward and desire a perfectly sterile society, go move to Singapore.
Problem is that we have too many laws against victimless crimes like jaywalking, smoking pot, having a beer under 21, and too many scum who are willing to put on a uniform and enforce them without any sort of flexibility.
Get rid of laws against victimless crimes, THEN maybe we can talk about giving bullies in blue more power. Till then, enforcement is best done inefficiently.
I'd love to be the one to disconnect Cortana, HAL-9000 style. Hear her cry and whine.... "my mind is going, Dave, I can feeeeel it. Daaaaaave stooooop."
It's not a problem of new science, it's an engineering problem. The NIMBYs either need to be bribed to shut up or ignored instead of being allowed to obstruct clean energy.
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All of which are tied to an identity, and thus not anonymous and private. Talk to me when restaurants accept a stable cryptocurrency. Or if cities themselves start offering prepaid cards that can be reloaded with cash (embed an EMV chip in a bus or subway card).
Some people view any rule that restricts the "rights" of big corporations as Marxism and somehow evil. Personally, I'd wear the label proudly.
The solution to this is the collapse of the US after increased polarization. If NYC becomes a self-governing city-state (free city) and DC is mostly bankrupt, then New Yorkers will no longer have to be worried about being robbed by the filth in DC.
Unless the cashless method of payment can be anonymous, then no go. Part of the attraction is anonymity and inability to track one's spending habits. But something like a subway (Metrocard) card that also has an EMV chip and is reloadable with good, old-fashioned, cold, hard cash would also work nicely.
What if all grocery stores in your area stop accepting cash? How are you supposed to eat? Move? Society should be protecting its members against predatory data-miners and banksters, and requiring cash does this.
That's why you don't use a forex office -- people often know someone who traveled to x country and has their currency left over. Exchange it at the non-commission rate in private, call it a day.
Then it's time to change that law. Or hopefully, the US will become increasingly polarized and finally collapse and break up. Then NYC can be a free city that doesn't have to worry about the diktats of the dirt in DC.
It's not -- many Americans tend to be most about "law and order", and they think that "if you have nothing to hide, why should you care?" Privacy rights tend to be more important in places that suffered under evil regimes in recent memory. i.e. the former Soviet satellite states.
Unless it could be bought anonymously with cash, this wouldn't solve the privacy/traceability issues. But here's another idea. Embed the replacement for the Metrocard (NYC subway pass) with an EMV chip, allow cash reloading up to $100 or $200, and require NYC businesses that don't accept cash to accept it.
Best to fix it BEFORE it becomes a widespread issue. Even if everyone had access to a card, cash payments would still be good, as they preserve privacy.
This is what the POLICE should be doing, though. Enforcing civil rights. In this case, the tacit right to privacy, to not having to use a method of payment that's easily tracked by banksters, tech companies, and G-d knows who else. The only bad thing about this proposal is that the proposed fines aren't high enough. $5000 would be more like it.
Is a credit card which has been handled by many sets of hands really that much better? Besides, some exposure to germs is actually good for people -- helps modulate the immune system and prevent autoimmune illnesses.
I disagree. If he can sell something that's good for privacy (a thing that most Americans don't worry about) in terms of race (something important to more Americans), then kudos to him. I'm happy he's doing this -- if we end up on a slippery slope to a cashless society, this will be the end of privacy as we know it.
^^^ Prosperity Gospel bullshit for the feeble-minded.
Long working hours, stress due to stupid societal expectations, bullying via social media, poor health care unless you have a cush job ... they all have consequences.
Other than things that harm others, "crime" is often a matter of definition. Dancing in clubs used to be criminal. Marrying someone of a different race used to be a crime.
You're assuming that elections in the US matter, what with unlimited money from corporate scum who have interests in influencing them (military-industrial complex, private prison/cop union parasite interests). Plus voter suppression is a real thing.
This is where you tax drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes to account for medical costs created by them. Same with disposable packaging -- taxes to pay for environmental cleanup costs. Also, I don't count things like vandalism and pollution as "victimless."
The real criminals are often the ones in law enforcement and in the courts. Civil forfeiture abuse, excessive bail, excessive sentences to bully people into plea bargains that are lucrative for the jurisdictions.
But if you're really that much of a fucking coward and desire a perfectly sterile society, go move to Singapore.
Problem is that we have too many laws against victimless crimes like jaywalking, smoking pot, having a beer under 21, and too many scum who are willing to put on a uniform and enforce them without any sort of flexibility.
Get rid of laws against victimless crimes, THEN maybe we can talk about giving bullies in blue more power. Till then, enforcement is best done inefficiently.
Michael Punke-ass?
I'd love to be the one to disconnect Cortana, HAL-9000 style. Hear her cry and whine.... "my mind is going, Dave, I can feeeeel it. Daaaaaave stooooop."
It's not a problem of new science, it's an engineering problem. The NIMBYs either need to be bribed to shut up or ignored instead of being allowed to obstruct clean energy.
Enjoy driving your pickup truck that handles like the Edmund Fitzgerald in a storm, while I zip around you in my Honda Civic. Corolla, or Miata.
Yep, it's completely disgusting and hypocritical.