Swiss vote places right to use cash in country's constitution

627467

I contrast this with all then noise about megacorps passing private information to law enforcement, age verification, when discussing how (method of payment) we pay for services actually makes so much difference when facing these attempts at policing what is done online

bell-cot

Not mentioned - not unlike Finland's home emergency supply kits, having a cash-based backup payment system is an important part of national resilience.

like_any_other

Meanwhile Canadian government funded media research organizations are tarring resistance to going cashless as conspiratorial: They argue that digitization will enable governments to monitor financial transactions, restrict purchases, travel, and access to healthcare, freeze accounts, and punish people for exceeding their carbon limits or for dissent. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299410

iamnothere

Fantastic news. I don’t mind digital payments as an option, but without a guarantee like this, gatekeepers will always be motivated to kill off cash.

SilverElfin

We need this in America. I am increasingly seeing stores see that they do not accept cash. But it is also in public services. For example, transit systems where the only option is to use a smart phone because they’re getting rid of the cards that you could previously get from a kiosk.