Something I’d like to mention, money was still mostly cash. I remember when credit cards became a thing. Getting credit and loans was rare. If you didn’t have the cash, you didn’t get it.
You could actually feel and count what you spent and realize how many hours of work it took to make. Now it’s just a fuzzy digital idea of how much youve earned and how much you owe.
Interestingly though… There was still the concept of “bad money, blood money, or filthy lucre.” If you thought someone was buying something with money they’d gotten from drugs, or whoring women or hurting people, you had the option of not taking it. Black balling that person and not dealing with them.
Now it’s so digital, and there is no concept of dirty money. The goal is get it anywhere and everywhere at all costs, and that’s wrong. The morality has gone out of trade and economics. And as crazy as that sounds, yes, there used to be morality in economics.
Certainly more than there is since the start of the new millennium.
Now it’s so digital, and there is no concept of dirty money.
Dude’s never heard of crypto.
Like 80% of what drove the rise of Bitcoins value was the drugmarket, ie dirty money. I myself had more than 120 Bitcoins for a few hours. I never invested in any crypto, just to make it clear. I just went to an anonymous automat in a mall, inserted cash, wrote in a crypto wallet address, went home and purchased drugs online.
Had I been a bit smarter I prolly would’ve invested a few euros into bitcoin, but to be fair I’ve not been in a financial situation where I’ve would’ve justified waited for it to grow for 10 years. I would’ve def cashed out at a few k.
Other than that yeah I feel your comment. I remember when all the adults had proper credit cards and kids had Visa Electrons, meaning it needed verification of funds before allowing a purchase, unlike a credit card you could just charge without verification. With one of these.. Dad had one, as he had a taxi. They don’t call it a “click-clack” for nothing. Using it felt like being an actionhero and loading a shotgun.
I never mentioned anything about a spice road, so either that’s shitty sarcasm or shitty lying.
Edit sorry just bad reading by me I read “I’ve never heard of…” instead of “I have heard of”. Apologies.
Yeah cash is different, but dirty money isn’t always cash. If you believe that then you’re probably not aware how larger scale crimes work.
I am kinda annoyed with stores being allowed to not accept cash nowadays. When I was younger and drove a taxi I always had to have my own change on me, and sometimes I was broke when going to work and couldn’t break a 50 or a hundred and I’d just have to lower the fare to a sum I was able to break. Luckily hundreds were pretty rare and not being able to break one wasn’t a big deal. But breaking a 50 was assumed and once you were somewhere 20km from the nearest atm, the only choice for me was to just lower the price. Sometimes they’d tip the difference, but more often than not I had to round down like 5-10€.
Something I’d like to mention, money was still mostly cash. I remember when credit cards became a thing. Getting credit and loans was rare. If you didn’t have the cash, you didn’t get it.
You could actually feel and count what you spent and realize how many hours of work it took to make. Now it’s just a fuzzy digital idea of how much youve earned and how much you owe.
Interestingly though… There was still the concept of “bad money, blood money, or filthy lucre.” If you thought someone was buying something with money they’d gotten from drugs, or whoring women or hurting people, you had the option of not taking it. Black balling that person and not dealing with them.
Now it’s so digital, and there is no concept of dirty money. The goal is get it anywhere and everywhere at all costs, and that’s wrong. The morality has gone out of trade and economics. And as crazy as that sounds, yes, there used to be morality in economics.
Certainly more than there is since the start of the new millennium.
Dude’s never heard of crypto.
Like 80% of what drove the rise of Bitcoins value was the drugmarket, ie dirty money. I myself had more than 120 Bitcoins for a few hours. I never invested in any crypto, just to make it clear. I just went to an anonymous automat in a mall, inserted cash, wrote in a crypto wallet address, went home and purchased drugs online.
Had I been a bit smarter I prolly would’ve invested a few euros into bitcoin, but to be fair I’ve not been in a financial situation where I’ve would’ve justified waited for it to grow for 10 years. I would’ve def cashed out at a few k.
Other than that yeah I feel your comment. I remember when all the adults had proper credit cards and kids had Visa Electrons, meaning it needed verification of funds before allowing a purchase, unlike a credit card you could just charge without verification. With one of these.. Dad had one, as he had a taxi. They don’t call it a “click-clack” for nothing. Using it felt like being an actionhero and loading a shotgun.
Are coin pockets even still a thing on jeans btw?
I’ve heard of cryptocurrency/bit coin and spice road, but real physical money and face to face exchange was a different feel.
Rule #3 Internet is anonymous.
It’s the way it is… But it’s different.
I never mentioned anything about a spice road, so either that’s shitty sarcasm or shitty lying.Edit sorry just bad reading by me I read “I’ve never heard of…” instead of “I have heard of”. Apologies.
Yeah cash is different, but dirty money isn’t always cash. If you believe that then you’re probably not aware how larger scale crimes work.
I am kinda annoyed with stores being allowed to not accept cash nowadays. When I was younger and drove a taxi I always had to have my own change on me, and sometimes I was broke when going to work and couldn’t break a 50 or a hundred and I’d just have to lower the fare to a sum I was able to break. Luckily hundreds were pretty rare and not being able to break one wasn’t a big deal. But breaking a 50 was assumed and once you were somewhere 20km from the nearest atm, the only choice for me was to just lower the price. Sometimes they’d tip the difference, but more often than not I had to round down like 5-10€.