Actually, pirates are a global thing, when you count all the smugglers. They don't keep parrots on their shoulders or shiver any timbers.
But, can anyone tell me about marauding pirates and where they are predominantly found?
Proponents of cashless claim it's a crime stopper. It's their number one selling point. And, it's not at all true.
That means that the only idiots are people who believe the lie.
So, the point of this thread is not about the front system being novel, but rather about the cash free monetary system being sold like snake oil as a means of stopping crime. Why do proponents of cashless have to lie?
I have forty feet of 32 ohm tv cable tied to an antenna. What's the line loss over that distance?
Serious question, actually. I'm pondering the purchase of lower resistance cable.
The dollar has not had gold backing for many years. Yet, there is an international agreement that it is the standard of trade in the production and movement of crude oil.
That's why Russia and China are trying to devalue the dollar and replace the standard with the yuan or ruble.