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A Cashless Society: Orwell's Perfect 1984 Scenario

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k market", the only truly "free" supply/demand marketplace. The only alternative to electronic money would be gold or other precious material (which, as the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 has shown, can be outlawed by governmental decree) or simple barter.


If, at any time, a citizen might, in any way imaginable, be deemed an irritant to some aspect of government, all accounts could be electronically frozen, which of course would leave the individual totally naked in a cashless environment, unable to access the means to purchase food or shelter or anything else. At such a point, governmental control of The People would be absolute, and George Orwell's vision of the future, with a boot stamping on a human face, would be realized.

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Bill Willers is emeritus professor of biology, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Zoologist, biocentrist, anti-IMF, anti-WHO, anti-globalist, pro-Palestinian. Online articles at Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Veterans Today, Common Dreams, (more...)
 

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