Mark Dolan on why he will never go cashless: 'It's inhuman!'

[@seaumiller5982]

KEEP CASH KEEP CHOICE AND PROTECT LIBERTY

[@IBTU]

😂😂😂

[@Si_Mondo]

​@macatac1471Dirty statists, the lot of them!

[@PaulMason-c9m]

GB FAKE NEWS PRESENTERS SHOULD DESTROY THEIR OWN BLOODY BANK CARDS AND BE PAID IN CASH ON LIVE TV. Either that or your cash crusade is a phucking SHAM

[@城田好夫-q3l]

I totally agree, but going on cashless, they don’t allow us to keep using cash.

[@puckinhell622]

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

[@Tia-Louisa]

And elderly.

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

The thing with a cashless society, is that the government gets to decide who will be rich or poor.

[@desres2281]

They're also in total control with Electricity! Cars! They can shut down the grid and stop you travelling, for example to a demonstration, at the push of a button! 😏

[@abazely2743]

​@@Tia-Louisa A double whammy!

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

@@desres2281 That is why they like public transport so much. They can turn it off when it suits them, like they did two years ago. Plus they know who you are and where you are going through your card details (think about it, if it was just about payment choices then I should be able to buy tickets on behalf of other people, yet this is not allowed on buses).

[@jaynewalden2623]

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

[@robbeales5516]

Covid showed me how stupid a hell of a lot of people are 😂😂😂😂😂

[@plj2084]

Agree 💯👍💸💸💸💸💸💸And all because they dont want the hassle of Cash and bulky Wallets) well wait till these No Brainers see there every movement and Transactions being Monitored And then Being denied access to there own money if they dont do everything that there Globalist Woke🏳️‍🌈 Dictatorship Governments want them to do As here's Afew Countries As examples 🇪🇺🇧🇴🇨🇵🇩🇪🇳🇫 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇬🇧🇨🇦🇨🇳☠️🕳️

[@Radiance1324]

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

[@gwd1095]

Hit the nail on the head here Mark

[@karllambert9827]

Cash must always be king.

[@melindacleary5143]

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

[@Anonymous56657]

Ooooo you’re so edgy.

[@Bobisalive]

bet that really bothers them

[@macmachine]

Wife and I so used to cards now when our local cafe insists on cash we have to drive to a dispenser to get some.

[@plusart5322]

@@Bobisalive It will if enough people do it.

[@plusart5322]

@@Anonymous56657 And that means ??? What, in other words, are you wittering about?

[@blueskyeyes7]

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

[@avv397]

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"

[@carlchapman4053]

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

[@marialanchester8180]

You can’t buy or sell without it, mark of the beast book of revelations

[@PaulMason-c9m]

That Joni Mitchell lyric could easily apply to human rights protection and the ECHR if that is taken away. Lose it and then the state surveillors will have a field century!

[@avv397]

@@PaulMason-c9m Indeed it could, and quite rightly so (even without the exclamation mark). Nevertheless, we will casually ignore at our peril the insidious sidelining of cash which will increasingly erode our human rights to privacy, freedom of movement, freedom of expression and indeed, individuality

[@PaulMason-c9m]

@@carlchapman4053 One of the things the great Joni Mitchell will be remembered for is this protest song about the dominance of the automobile and the selfishness of unlimited car use bad enough in 1970 , much worse now The greatest WOKE PRIDE and GREEN anthem. Well done Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi .Only quote if you support her cause.

[@michaelbrennan6045]

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

[@mikeprit424]

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

[@Bobisalive]

good for you

[@sgillard960]

Yes! And shops will soon get sick of putting all those goods you've left at the counter back on the shelves. If everyone did that then it would slow the process of change to digital but only temporarily.

[@abellseaman4114]

@@sgillard960 That is a GOOD POINT about slowing the process in order to punish the "NO cash" retailers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lysdexsick]

I do exactly that myself. I refuse to give my hard earned money to this Idiots!!

[@claudinejames7731]

Boycots do work. Patience!

[@leeshaoloung7302]

Glad to see someone speaking up for ppl who prefer cash

[@CyberCurtainTwitcher]

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.

[@plj2084]

Agree💯 And Brilliantly Put 👍💸💸💸💸💸

[@Nicole-Faith]

Very well said. I like the simplicity of how you put it.

[@Bobisalive]

so no money in bank? all savings in physical cash? in your house? yep that doesn't sound safe to me

[@abellseaman4114]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To take actual currency is much harder than clicking a few computer buttons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@Bobisalive That comment may have had some validity in the last century

[@wendyelsey7765]

Resist, Defy, Do not comply.

[@markmak7548]

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

[@phoenixreborn6065]

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.

[@mikemorley2797]

Ultimately they can't even stop you from withdrawing from a cash machine if you don't behave yourself.

[@christopholies5617]

Same

[@annother3350]

I can help you spend it

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Ots really stupid paying g with card that's costs 2 pounds or paying by card for a newspaper and it also annoys me that there's more perks when shopping if y have an app .

[@josephbrown32]

Well don't moan when your every transaction is being monitored and spied on.

[@alanthecat59]

They can forget digital only control

[@hortonsimms]

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

[@emmahowells8334]

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

[@stardust4987]

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

[@dannycampbell4463]

Am with you mark I only use cash in hand

[@aquarius5461]

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

[@Bobisalive]

um ok

[@Seek.YouWillFind]

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

[@maxdamiann]

Hear, hear! Thank you Mark...

[@catherinedart4777]

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

[@Bobisalive]

they will lose out? you do realise in 2022 in wholesale less then 15% of all money transfers in the UK where in actual cash?

[@abcgif9739]

You realise amazon is one of the top businesses in the world right?

[@joelhall5124]

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

[@citizengkar7824]

And that is exactly how the banks enforced (over time, without the majority of the public realising, or understanding) ATMs, over tellers!

[@kateredhead7334]

They are trying it in Canadian stores. I find the manager, push the grocery basket at him and let him know why I am spending my money elsewhere.

[@CyberCurtainTwitcher]

You nailed it there. I see the same thing with huge queues for cash tills and nobody wanting to use the card only self check outs.

[@sillymadeupusername]

​@@kateredhead7334 That's the way to do it - waste food - the prices will go up - that'll teach them

[@joelhall5124]

@@citizengkar7824 they're getting rid of ATMs now as well

[@merlin6955]

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

[@joelhall5124]

In fairness, the cash belongs to the Bank of England. But they're fucking us over.

[@joelhall5124]

​@Ron P the Poles haven't used the Ruble since 1917 mate. Not sure how that's relevant.

[@abcgif9739]

Cash that comes from government and banks. Remember the government created it

[@audreymartin2515]

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

[@LH-kr4od]

We need an organised campaign to get cash protected.

[@johnhein4851]

God bless you Sir!

[@lysdexsick]

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!!

[@AngryNorth]

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

[@Bobisalive]

yep true dat

[@AlgoNudger]

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

[@Bobisalive]

😂😂😂

[@AlgoNudger]

@@Bobisalive you are a deadman!

[@groomys67]

🤣🤣🤣

[@siobhannoble8545]

Next you'll be saying the card readers steal your soul.

[@AlgoNudger]

@@siobhannoble8545 C'mon. Im not kidding. 😑

[@petecoventry6858]

Charitys will suffer the most

[@Bobisalive]

drug dealers too

[@julieturner3446]

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

[@seandelap8587]

Cash is king simple as that

[@jacquelinepearson2288]

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!

[@buggy879]

You said it perfectly. If you are Buying or a Car or something huge then Paying with Cash is not a good Idea. I'd hate to have to count £15,000 in Cash. But if Your Buying a Quick Chocolate Bar or a Drink then Cash works fine.

[@johnhowe3772]

Tooth Fairy's got a real problem

[@apartridge4582]

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

[@lindamacey6559]

Brilliant couldn't agree more 👍

[@christinepage181]

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.

[@tedcooper5377]

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!

[@Bobisalive]

yep yep, drug dealers will suffer, people.who buy black market / stolen good, prostitutes, tradies trying to get away from paying tax, it's awful.

[@jhuc2869]

@@Bobisalive Enjoy your untested, compulsory vaccines..

[@Nicole-Faith]

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.

[@blodwen6946]

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.

[@janetobi2193]

Absolutely true and beautifully conveyed.

[@siljevege7283]

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

[@Bobisalive]

@@BonusHole does much cost less then £1 these days?

[@bexhays1043]

Boycott places that won't except cash

[@stevensmith6749]

I couldn't agree more...keep using cash...

[@sparkygazza]

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.😂

[@mareegeorge8641]

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

[@hypotheticlz]

Unfortunately not, in most common law countries, private businesses can refuse business for almost any reason.

[@sgillard960]

No, it's not illegal. Retailers can refuse cash.

[@nifralo2752]

Many already do. Pizza hut mcdonalds

[@CyberCurtainTwitcher]

It should be, but unfortunately it isn't.

[@AJ-hi9fd]

Then they won’t give you change

[@heatherjones9773]

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!

[@cyndy2484]

Here here! Cash for me always

[@rachelpenny5165]

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.

[@turtlepoolservices]

Boycott companies that refuse cash!

[@patrickhannon4217]

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

[@theozzy4717]

Not necessarily larger issues but many others... Pocket money for kids, a fiver in a birthday card, lending someone a few quid to buy something, charity collection boxes, car boot sales, tips for bar and restaurant staff, the list goes on...

[@philpayton8965]

Where do you busk pal? I'm a busker as well so fighting this cashless hell is super important to me.

[@Poultrymad]

@@theozzy4717 Don't forget the Tooth Fairy! I don't think she has a card machine.😅

[@Bobisalive]

yep, drug dealers will suffer, Buying black market goods, prostitutes, Tradies trying to get away from paying tax.

[@patrickhannon4217]

@@Bobisalive What are you saying here mate? I busk, which is to say I play music on the street, music and performance is a skill I've worked very hard on for 9 years to get to a decent level from the ground up, so where do druggies, prostitutes and people who avoid tax come into it? Don't throw buskers in to those sorts of categories, some of us buskers are honest workers and we work bloomin hard And I get it, I'm used to the stigma of buskers, and cash in hand isn't always a great thing, so maybe going cashless will stop all of that, your homelessness and your prostitutes, but in my job when I'm short of cash because my job can't provide me with work, what should I do then?

[@jasonmussett2129]

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.

[@radiogagger]

I hope you walked home and taught him a lesson Jase!

[@jasonmussett2129]

@@radiogagger I did! I also told him to stick his bus up his a***e-a painful experience I' m sure and I also reported him😀😀😀😀👍

[@olivethrush7450]

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.

[@sgillard960]

I agree. People will exchange goods or barter. Or, go back to using gold and silver which is and has always been, real money.

[@paulh3935]

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.

[@kerryharvey1559]

NO TO CBDC. #CASH IS FREEDOM 👊

[@MattyMoores]

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.

[@Bobisalive]

your not the only one. only around 15% of all uk money transactions at year was done with cash

[@emmahowells8334]

A good start.

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

Just use the card for online stuff, and pay it off in full by direct debit each month. Avoid using debit cards.

[@annother3350]

@@Bobisalive You're not considering the black economy

[@Bobisalive]

@@annother3350 should we have an economy which isnt taxed?

[@catemorris440]

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. :)

[@gregmoore167]

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!

[@kronos4136]

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!!

[@paulcastle1718]

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 .

[@amiesmith4510]

We need to join together and fight this

[@laura3619]

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

[@georgehj2518]

STOP THE DIGITAL POUND

[@citizengkar7824]

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!

[@milwaukiannative414]

I Will Never Use Credit Or Debit Cards For Any Of My General Purchases I Will Always Use Paper Cash For My General Purchases As Long As I Live Period

[@markfroggatt7707]

My local Tesco store petrol station has removed its ATM and made the pumps ALL PAY AT PUMP ONLY

[@barneyclifton6402]

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!

[@briangibson2990]

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

[@chrislansbury3618]

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.

[@Bobisalive]

yep, drug dealers will suffer, people who buy black market/ stolen goods, prostitutes, Tradies trying to get away from paying tax. it is awful

[@ronmacfarlane110]

Look what they did to the canadian truckers

[@carole5933]

There should have been no better lesson in why going cashless is a bad idea. Trudeau showed the threat and it should be taken seriously.

[@janebrown1706]

I've gone back to cheques and cash. Too many scammers out there. I also pull cash out of bank accounts and leave it at home.

[@gazwit1603]

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 😂😂😂

[@CyberCurtainTwitcher]

The same scenario has happened to my wife and I on multiple occasions over the years. Digital currency is a hackers lottery win.

[@rachelpenny5165]

Yes, during that time, my mother was the only person in the supermarket that she worked to accept cash at the till. There are a lot of elderly people in the area who shopped there so those that used cash made sure that they would shop when she was working (she only worked 3 days a week).

[@douwe4549]

Just refuse cbdc and their app!

[@Poultrymad]

My phone doesn't do apps!

[@newalbion1497]

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.

[@colinlawless5654]

Everyone should be made to, except cash, it's a disgrace.

[@claudiojunior9618]

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

[@iannewman3107]

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

[@Bobisalive]

Card = Privacy and rewards

[@louisecampbell2930]

Brilliant article! Very, very important 🥰 ❤

[@beverleydalton8426]

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

[@shugsbug]

My husband doesn't own, nor wants, a mobile phone, so how can he use apps. This is ridiculous, we need to save our cash

[@sikugord03]

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

[@stequality]

Agreed

[@amandalee215]

I use cash wherever I can while I can

[@chrisj5505]

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

[@nmejias370]

Cash is unique.

[@stevensmith6749]

❤❤❤❤❤Well done for speaking out..

[@anitastanley8986]

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

[@garywilson6047]

It will come. Keep up or get left behind. Like all those old people who are scared of the internet.

[@sarelito9202]

Absolutely spot on!

[@nadie2795]

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

[@martynblackburn9632]

Have you got a gun then?

[@carlstewart8787]

Australians gave their guns up and became pussies, Ameicans kept theirs, and the UK has none.

[@gazwit1603]

​@@martynblackburn9632I think the man's point is hitler took the gun away from the people so did china north Korea. That did not turn out too well for it's people

[@yorkshirepudd7532]

I have been saying this since I was forced to have my wages paid in to a bank instead of a pay packet .and last week, when I wanted my savings I was asked wat for how dare they

[@jaggybee4704]

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

[@timneale8869]

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.

[@marielaveau8761]

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.

[@richardmyer7693]

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.

[@annabocking8824]

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!!!😢

[@waserbiker763]

I have started leaving bad Google reviews for places that don't take cash. I leave a polite message saying something like " they don't take cash, so I won't be going back".