It looks like the War on Cash is ending, and we are losing that war. It's in it's last phases, it looks like the banksters have pushed forth their final offensive against the last remaining pennies out there to forcibly digitalize everything.
Yesterday I took my wife to a restaurant, we go there often, once in 2 weeks sometimes more frequently. We love that restaurant because it has a nice garden next to it, it's our favorite restaurant, it's where I proposed to her.
I know this place for years and whenever I ate there, I have always paid in cash, I know all servants there and one of the cook was my highschool colleague. I always pay in cash, and tip generously, the waiters in cash.
Well to our misfortune, they have just stopped accepting cash last week. Just like that, you could buy a full meal with wine in a very nice place with cash the last time we went there, now you can't anymore.
I was shocked, my wife didn't really care, but I always carry around some amount of cash, and I have my card with me too loaded, but I almost never like to pay with my card. I prefer cash, more privacy friendly, and more relaxing. Why the hell would I want my entire transaction record stored in a Government database being sold to ad companies so that I can get horrible ads all day long?
I could not talk to the manager but I have talked to his second guy there, who I also know, to ask why the sudden change? Are they afraid that terrorists will buy pancakes with wine or what the hell?
No he, unofficially, said that it's basically because they were under pressure for years by the Government that some of the waiters are not paying taxes on their tips, plus they also got several offers from local banks who said that they will offer them 0% commission business accounts if they make their entire business (that is revenues + expenses ) cashless.
Yep so you have a Government that is running out of money rapidly and trying to tax you to the last penny. Oh boy you can't earn that 5$ extra without paying 50% taxes on it my friend!
And you have shady banksters paying off businesses to lure them into their cashless matrix. Basically all transactions monitored, civil asset forfeiture, bank bail-ins and such. But if you can save 5% management commissions (which would be your average business account cost) then they all sign up for it.
And what do those stupid customers care anyway? They have all their shiny cards in their wallet. Fucking contactless cards now, where you don't even need to enter a PIN code, so basically they (anyone) can just steal that money easily off it, since you don't even have that protection that a crappy 4 digit number gave you.
And look I am not angry at that restaurant, they just respond to incentives, they have plenty of costs, and if they can save 5% they will do it. This is a Government+Banking System kind of corruption, and everyone falls prey to it.
The guy said that it's also more secure for them as a business because they don't have to handle the cash anymore in their tills, so they can save on security costs too.
What a naive person, if only he knew. Nowadays it's not the petty thief that is the big danger, like some teens with masks breaking into the restaurant and stealing like 3000 EUR.
If I'd be him I'd be more worried about civil asset forfeiture (government theft) and bank bail-ins (banking theft), it's a far bigger threat than any burglar. Their restaurant business can simply cease to exist in the next bank bail-in, simply because they bite into the poisoned apple of the cashless matrix.
So it is coming my friends, you will be taxed down to the last penny, and when you run out of money, they will come for your house and car too. Some civil asset forfeiture here and there and from a middle income family you become a homeless wreck instantly.
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