Cash in hand is a physical manifestation of personal freedom. You can buy what you want with privacy with no electronic record of your identity tied to the purchase. You can buy what you want without a requirement for Internet or electricity to be working for the transaction to be processed. You can even buy things that your government says are illegal for you to buy. That's true freedom.

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm someone who almost exclusively pays for things digitally, but even I agree that getting rid of cash is a horrible idea. The Internet goes down, electricity goes out, but you'll never not be able to pay for something with physical currency. It is absurd to try and abandon it if only for the fact that it is a foolproof backup.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Heck, there are people in Hawaii right now who desperately need propane but they can't get it because the dealers are only accepting cash. One of the best bits of advice I ever got was to have a small emergency fund of cash on hand - and to make sure that it includes lots of small bills because a lot of places aren't going to be able to make change.

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can even buy things that your government says are illegal for you to buy. That’s true freedom.

Yep. The only reason I still interact with paper money is to pay the weed dealer once a month.

[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Damn, my weed dealer is the government