I think there could be a steelman why this post is LW-relevant (or at least possible variants of the post). If this Canadian precedent becomes widely adopted in the West everyone should probably do some practical preparation to ensure the security of their finances.
P.S: I live in Sweden which is an almost completely cashless society, so a similar type of government action would be disastrous.
I agree that that information would be useful, but I’d expect a post to be written differently to fit with LessWrong’s frontpage content (more practical advice, less political discussion).
I say this as someone who thinks this post is good and interesting, but didn’t upvote because I think this kind of content would distract from what LessWrong is good at.
I think there could be a steelman why this post is LW-relevant (or at least possible variants of the post). If this Canadian precedent becomes widely adopted in the West everyone should probably do some practical preparation to ensure the security of their finances.
P.S: I live in Sweden which is an almost completely cashless society, so a similar type of government action would be disastrous.
I agree that that information would be useful, but I’d expect a post to be written differently to fit with LessWrong’s frontpage content (more practical advice, less political discussion).
I say this as someone who thinks this post is good and interesting, but didn’t upvote because I think this kind of content would distract from what LessWrong is good at.