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Julinthecrown's avatar

I cannot understand how the ppl - of any country - aren't crying out about these injustices as you are. It isn't just crime. The governments of many countries are becoming more and more authoritarian. It seems as tho every week I read an article - from independent journalists - about some new circumstance which is eroding their populations' freedoms. Here is one such case from last week: https://slaynews.com/news/major-australian-banks-cash-preparation-cashless-societies/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter.

There are some places to get this kind of news but you have to seek it out yourself. So many of my friends and family are completely detached from any awareness of what is happening - world wide - or they do not want to hear or discuss what is happening - world wide.

Journalists such as Peter Sweden, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi - just to name a few - along with comedians like Jimmy Dore and Russell Brand - to name a few - and platforms such as Substack and Rumble are one of the last bastions of free and unaltered speech. I thank God for these.

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NeverForget1776's avatar

These Australian banks look to be trying to do this under the guise of being about staffing. Without cash they can run people-less locations, over sized ATM's that are probably powered via some ChatGPT like AI. This is standard practice of the roll-out of anything teh public resists. Claim the change is for one thing when in reality its another. The other stories on ti I found said 3 of the 4 major banks in the nation are looking at going cashless at some branches and not entirely. That's OK because it's just a stepping stone. They've made it very clear they want cash gone so all purchases can be more easily tracked so they WILL get rid of it even if they do it against the publics will. If necessary they'll find enough people in the legislature to vote for it who don't mind loosing the next election or who are planning to retire and have them pass the bill to end cash. And there's nothing we can do about it if they do that because the legislatures are filled with establishment hacks instead of people seeking to do the actual job and for their constituents and not some wealthy investment firm willing to fill their re-election coughers. The only way to stop it is to to stop voting in these establishment hacks.

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