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diff --git a/content/entry/re-ive-stopped-using-mobile-phones-in-my-life.md b/content/entry/re-ive-stopped-using-mobile-phones-in-my-life.md index 385bbc2..3b2ea23 100644 --- a/content/entry/re-ive-stopped-using-mobile-phones-in-my-life.md +++ b/content/entry/re-ive-stopped-using-mobile-phones-in-my-life.md @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Jakub goes on to talk about how he makes purchases without using a proprietary b > "My solution to money is to just pay use cash. I can hear people who read this screaming in disbelief, but it is true. I only use cash, I always did and I dont know why I should stop. I honestly don't even know why I get so many weird reactions when I say this, or actually very cheerful reactions from people involved in Free Culture or Privacy. As if it was something hard, almost impossible to do. I truly don't know what is so hard about it. Cash is the only good way of transacting privately nowdays, without being surveilled by Big Brother. I think people should be more aware of how dangerous it is for democracy that the government knows what each and every person is buying, where they're sending money etc." -I live in Mexico where cash is universally accepted and many vendors don't even have card readers, so carrying cash is necessary anyways. I'm happy that I never need to worry that cash might be rejected. But I'm keenly aware of societies that are trying to go cashless, making private monetary transactions impossible. I think this could account for why some people into free culture and privacy are so impressed. Where they live, it may be much harder to go cashless. +I live in Mexico where cash is universally accepted and many vendors don't even have card readers, so carrying cash is necessary anyway. I'm happy that I never need to worry that cash might be rejected. But I'm keenly aware of societies that are trying to go cashless, making private monetary transactions impossible. I think this could account for why some people into free culture and privacy are so impressed. Where they live, it may be much harder to go cashless. As for the weird reactions Jakub receives, they probably come from clueless people who don't understand why privacy matters. In a world filled with people who either don't know or don't care that their choices are empowering a surveillance state that erodes democracy, hearing about other young people who see the problem clearly and do something about it cheers me up. |