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next, money. "I heard that this guy went to his dealer with some cash and walked away with some drugs leaving no paper trail whatsoever."
by junklight 15y ago
next, money.
"I heard that this guy went to his dealer with some cash and walked away with some drugs leaving no paper trail whatsoever."
- omouse 15y agoThey're already trying to limit how much cash you're legally allowed to carry without having to explain yourself to a police officer in some states. You don't need to make cash illegal though, you just have to make the alternatives really really attractive.
- jonprins 15y agoIn The Sprawl trilogy, cash is almost never used for legitimate purchases. It's almost exclusively used for black/grey-market transactions.
- DrHankPym 15y agoYou might not be that far off. Electronic payments are becoming the standard. Banks love electronic payments.
- Symmetry 15y agoI think you're joking, but in some jurisdictions having large amounts of cash may be considered grounds for seizing it by the police. Sometimes this leads to abuse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenaha,_Texas#Police_seizures_scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenaha,_Texas#Police_seizures_s...