Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country’s constitution (apnews.com)

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My gut tells me cash should be some kind of baseline. A hedge against digitally enforced tyranny. One should not be forced to use “technology” (beyond that which needs to exist for a cash based system?) to interact with the larger economy.

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