"Give me convenience or give me death."
Some beggars now have the electronic swiper thingy:
I would say "it's Orwellian" except it's non fiction. The ramifications are immense, humanity may be sleep walking into tyranny. It does not bode well for sovereign or civil rights, let alone any hope of privacy or anonymity, both of which are now almost redundant concepts due to the status quo of contemporary human behaviour. I wonder what impact it will have on precious metals? Will they still be useful for barter trade or simply be added to the pile of contraband that only criminals would traffic in and thus subject to civil forfeiture.
Jello Biaffra was kind of influential to me in my 20s and I saw him do a live spoken word performance once at the Enmore that I still remember to this day. One of his other great quotes from the 90s was "Don't hate the media, become the media" and was one of the inspirations for me in the early internet days. He was well ahead of his time.
I don't know what the future is for PMs. I think they will be valuable regardless of what happens, but if we lose the crypto revolution I can see PMs being targeted along with cash in the aftermath.
Well spake, both of you.
JB made some great hypothetical statements, good for reflection. BTW: I have a near mint vinyl copy of "The last temptation of Reid" complete with "Lard Illustrated" broad sheet liner notes.