A cashless society will punish the poor the most. But ultimately, this is about control.

KEEP CASH KEEP CHOICE AND PROTECT LIBERTY

I will walk away if they don’t take cash.

Totally agree so many people are so stupid not seeing how bad things will get once we lose cash

Cashless = Control ......reject it.

Hit the nail on the head here Mark

Mark, you nailed it. Protect cash or we are slaves.

If any business insists card only, just walk away and shop elsewhere

My motto is that cash can only be taken from me by a person physically, either from me or my home. On the other hand, digital currency can be taken from me at any time from anywhere in the world! I know which one I feel safer with.

Cash must always be king.

When u go cashless, u r not human being anymore.

I will not support any cashless businesses. They will lose out eventually.

Cash only don't let them take away your freedom. Fight back

Great to near people are finally speaking out about this. Use it or lose it. "You don't know what you've lost till it's gone"

Keep cash on hand in case there is an emergency,ATM's go down,internet goes down, It can happen.

I have personally made it a mission of mine to withdraw and spend as much cash as possible ever since I learnt about the CBDCs and will happily continue to do so. The alternative potentially coming down the road if we don't stop it will be a lot scarier and more inconvenient to say the least than constantly withdrawing notes from a cash machine. Take a stand folks, don't give them the incentive they need to take cash away.

100% agree it’s all about control and yes cash is king.

Am with you mark I only use cash in hand

I absolutely refuse buying where it’s card only!! Having no money in one’s purse, is like walking naked down the street!!!

They can forget digital only control

The companies are to blame. In our supermarkets in Aylesbury we have self-service check outs. A bank of card only, and a bank of cash and card. Often the "cash and card" will say "card only" on the screen. There are always queues for the cash checkouts. The big corporation's are trying to force (excuse me, "nudge") us towards card and digital payments. I will resist as long as possible

Glad to see someone speaking up for ppl who prefer cash

Absolutely, CASH IS KING. Cash is independence and freedom, digital currency is like a prison, being told what , how & where to spend.

We must all make the change use cash as much as possible. Walk away from outlets that refuse cash

Remember, it's your cash, not the banks or the governments.

Cash is king simple as that

Thank you, Mark! You always hit the nail on the head. I have shared this with many here in the U.S.!

It's all about freedom of choice - the individual's right to use cash, pay with a card, or an app. No single payment method should be obligatory. Everyone has a right to access their own money whichever way they choose!

We need an organised campaign to get cash protected.

Since COVID I refuse to spend a penny on shops that don't accept cash!! I will never use them again!! Some of them were shops I liked but I will not give them anymore of my money!! No chance!!

Tooth Fairy's got a real problem

If we go cashless, as a busker, that's me stuffed too, no more tips for me. Sure there are larger issues than me getting a few bob for playing music, but I'm on piece-work and sometimes my job doesn't pay well, sometimes I need to busk so I have even a bit of money

I've been saying this for years people need to wake up to the government they are not in our corner...

Charitys will suffer the most

Happened to me just now in a pub. sickening. happening because people accept it and don't care.

Homeless people, buskers will suffer terribly. I drive a London taxi, card payment is normal for me now but on 4 times in the last few months, I've not got paid because the GPS wouldn't connect. CASH DON'T CRASH!

No prizes for guessing whose idea this is. It's all about control and tracking people. I had an argument over cash with a bus driver. I told him where to stick his bus. We must NOT less this happen. It is all about control nothing more. Well said, Mark.

Mark with his scissors ✂ at the ready 😂 I'm still laughing about him cutting up the face mask. On a serious note I've noticed this happening a lot and I'll start speaking out or going elsewhere.

Old habits die hard and I am unfortunately part of the problem. Been using plastic since I was 18. Using a credit card is good for one's credit score and I always paid it off every month. The only thing I ever used cash for was to buy beer at pubs and bars as they were either cash only or had a minimum spend for card. I will do my best to change my ways. One thing I do do is write as many cheques as I can as they are on borrowed time as well. I once took cash for granted but no more.

Absolutely we all need to fight the cashless craze. Pethaps by campaigning against charging cash machines.

Hear, hear! Thank you Mark...

It's an April Fool joke 24 hours late. There will always be trade in some form of tangible way. Cowrie shells, beads, even smarties. I won't be cashless until I am penniless.

Regardless of all the truth coming out, there are still sheep who refuse to see what is happening. What a huge shock they have in store soon.

We went out in Leeds for the weekend and the amount of bars which only accepted cards was pretty shocking.

Cash is legal tender and it should be illegal for anyone to refuse cash. The problem is that some people are so short sighted and use cards out of sheer laziness.I don’t trust anyone in authority.

I agree with this 100 percent. That’s the huge concern.

Fill your shopping trolleys up if they don't take cash just leave it there at the check out if we all done it they would soon start crying.😂

God bless you Sir!

Resist, Defy, Do not comply.

Isn't it illegal for companies to refuse cash? .need to remind them

NO TO CBDC. #CASH IS FREEDOM 👊

Absolutely right Mark and I can't help wondering why people had not been told about this sooner ? Cashless is a disaster believe me , if you allow them to do it to us then you are as bad as they are ! Many youngsters and even middle aged people love this , they say , not having to carry cash around but what's the problem ? it's never been a problem except for those who have no money at all and they would love some cash , please .

Tyrants take the guns first, then everything else. Any questions?

Keep using cash as often and in as many different places as you can. It will make it harder for the Government to justify going cashless. Once we go cashless they will have everyone by the balls.

I've gone back to using cash, wherever feasible (bit hard to purchase electronics' components overseas, with fiat currency), once I understood the ramifications, of no cash. Bet it wasn't his credit card 😉 Also, keeping the print stuff on hand, in case New Zealand suffers similar issues, as US (& other countries) banks are shut down, & customers cannot withdraw THEIR funds! Remember, we are mainly controlled by the Australian financial system-they own most of our banking structure!

A homeless person wouldn't be able to get a bank account. They need cash to get a crust and a cup of tea for survival.

Went to the supermarket in lockdown all the card reader's went off .then a shout from till what's just opened, people with cash only .look of disgust from people with no cash as I walked past from the back of the queue 😂😂😂

In Canada, if you ask questions about Digital anything at the banks, they all look sheepish and say they don't know what we are talking about!

And I reckon that digital cash cannot be 'saved' or stored as for savings for a rainy day. You will have to spend your allocation within a calendar month! No one is talking about this!!

Does anyone recall the media reporting the truckers protest??

Saw an excellent video about this. Ask any retailer refusing cash to see thier terms and conditions of business. UNLESS it states in those that this business does not accept cash they HAVE TO. So leave the money owed on table if they won't physically accept it. You cannot be prosecuted. Research this further to confirm. :)

It is all about tax, but they will paint it as stopping criminals. Yeas, it will stop petty criminals, but the sophisticated ones will make up the difference!

Brilliant couldn't agree more 👍

I agree with you. I use cash on principle. Occasionally I use card payments. But I prefer using cash. I have even avoided shops that only use card payments. During the pandemic, my mother was the only cashier in Waitrose that would accept cash, none of the others would.

Look what they did to the canadian truckers

Boycott places that won't except cash

Always use cash. You know how much you have & can spend.

The local shopping mall that I work for here in England has gone cashless. Back during 20 20, only 20% of all our transactions through the pay machines were by cash. We were paying G4S a lot of money to come and collect that cash only for them a lot of the time to not be turning up because of Covid and having to lay off their employees. I was against going cashless but the manageress at the time thought if everyone else is doing it why can’t we. The problem is is that a lot of people still want to use cash and it’s causing quite a problem for people who do want to. The major problem is that if you don’t have any physical form of money that you can control and everything about your money is digital Then those who own the digital banks and digital apps have totalitarian and authoritarian control over your money and in a democracy we can’t allow that to happen. I thought I was the only one to think this until Ron Desantis Governor of Florida said the same thing just over a week ago.

I'm confused about how you'll withdraw cash without a card. I won't be going cashless either. And I'm seeing quite a lot of people using cash too!

I am fully aware of this but people think I am crazy. My husband thinks it is marvellous that he can pay on his phone for everything and not carry cash. We, who think otherwise, are ridiculed as were people who dared question matters around covid. Our so called leaders have learnt, over the last couple of years, that people are easily controlled and here we are. To my despair one of my friends recntly said to me 'it was on the news so it must be true'!!! God help us.

Interesting this was pushed to me on my feed, I went back to using cash only a week ago, and I tell you, it hurts when you hand over cash, card is easy. This alone makes it better to use cash, you spend less. I don't even carry a smartphone nor card anymore. I feel so much free-er. Maybe that's because this is actually all about control.

Don’t spend where they don’t accept cash.

If the retailer doesn't want cash leave the items on the counter and walk out its simple

I use cash wherever I can while I can

I have a feeling if we are forced to go cashless then people will start a new form of trading, using surrogates like gold button, or other commodities that can easily be stored at home or in pockets.

I won't go cashless either. If it means I got to steal then so be it

I cannot believe Trudeau is still breathing😅

Boycott companies that refuse cash!

Absolutely true and beautifully conveyed.

I educate people everyday on how they should carry on using cash.

The ATM ate my card! Not sure how long it’s going to take my new card to come! But in the meantime I have no cash!!!😢

Some cafes here in nz are not taking cash. Don’t support them!

Cash is king indeed , I would continue to use it

CBDC is the Big Goal for the global gov in waiting, and must be opposed to the bitter end. If we lose cash we totally lose our freedom

Just refuse cbdc and their app!

If a shop refuses to take cash, I leave and shop elsewhere. If a restaurant refuses to take cash, they had better put up a dozen high viz signs before I sit down to order and eat, or else they will find they won't get paid.

Holy moly, the cashless thing is far more horrible than I can imagine. Thank you for sharing knowledge, sir. The key word is CONTROL, total control.

I was in Malaga a couple of years ago. Paid for everything with cash despite waitresses and cashiers huffing and puffing every time I did. What the hell is wrong with people who want rid of cash?

I use cash as much as possible and encourage others to do so! But as it looks inevitable that CBDC will be introduced, then the populace must insist that there are laws in place to prevent Governments/central bank from mis-using the digital currency. No ability for Governments/CB to restrict, meddle or use information (in a benevolent way), must be part of the deal when the DC comes into play!

We need to join together and fight this

If I go and buy something with cash then I get told I can't use use cash I'll tell them get stuffed and put it back.

This is a VERY serious issue. We should absolutely resist a completely cashless society. It is inevitable that a pure digital currency will be used by a government to control people. It could well be that having an opinion that disagrees with the government will stop you from buying anything. It will certainly eventually stop you from buying foodstuffs and other regular non-specific items from outside your "15 Minute City".

I have made a conscious effort to only use cash,we all need to use cash ,they can't track every purchase you make etc.

Will we get the choice. I haven't yet found anywhere in Germany where I moved to 8 years ago that refuses to take cash in fact a lot of the small shops prefer cash.

Cash = Privacy. And we can't have that, can we?!

Brilliant article! Very, very important 🥰 ❤

This is our right....NO CASHLESS...IT IS OUR RIGHT!!

A cashless society make my blood go cold.

I love you for saying and doing this!!! Absolutely time for action from everyone or we’re all DONE

People have no idea what's going to happen Mark. If a cafe or restaurant refuses my cash I just walk.