A Chinese guy is here. Last Friday, I was buying snacks at a convenience store near my office. When I was checking out, a lady in front of me paid with cash, and the cashier helplessly told her that she couldn’t provide change, showing her the empty cash drawer. The lady couldn’t make her purchase and left disappointed.

I mean, yeah, it’s a fucking totalitarian dystopia.

I haven’t used cash in years. It is happening here too and I don’t see it as a bad thing.

how do you pay people off-books and off-contracts? how do you pay prostitues or buy drugs? no way homeless prostitues all use monero uniswap and kyc exchanges to load up their wechat. how if not cash?