Cashless society will have real repercussions for the lower rungs of the economic ladder. As it is I ask myself how do I give money to homeless people when I'm not carrying cash? How do people without phones or cards interact with no cash merchants?
As cell phones and credit cards become ubiquitous the acquisition of these devices will need to be mandated by the gov. Aka, you can not be barred from getting a phone/bank account/credit card because you do not have a place to live.
Don't give money to homeless people, please. The homeless who need it get their money from services that help them get back on their feet. The degenerate drug addicts who plague the city need to stop getting cash from people.
I am very uncomfortable with your presumptive use of 'degenerate' here. Are you equating addicts with degeneracy, and what comprises degeneracy in your view?
And what is a drug - Does alcohol count? I know a guy who's drinking himself to death but has his own house.
I'm sorry that makes you feel uncomfortable. I view degeneracy as the moral decay that causes the societal and familial ties to dissipate, as well as the inability for a local or state government to manage its people, that results in feces and tents littering my street from broken humans unable to take care of themselves.
Obviously it's both, right? Although "help" is an interesting term. It can span a lot of policies, some that make sense, others that don't. Meanwhile the degeneration of familial support networks and moral codes plays a part in a more atomized society, where falling into drug addiction with no non-state help becomes increasingly common.
As cell phones and credit cards become ubiquitous the acquisition of these devices will need to be mandated by the gov. Aka, you can not be barred from getting a phone/bank account/credit card because you do not have a place to live.