THE DALE BLUES – JONTY HALL EXCLUSIVE
Why a Cashless Society Works for the Government – But Not for the People
And Why Cash Isn’t Leaving the Deck Until the Cryptobugs Are Fixed and America’s Next Wave of Digital Currency Arrives
By Jonty Hall, Senior Columnist, The Dale Blues
For years now, politicians, bankers, policy-wonks and tech evangelists have pushed the “inevitable” march towards a cashless society. They dress it up in sleek language: efficiency, innovation, cleaner transactions, safer economies.
But strip away the glitter and you discover something far more predictable: a cashless society is brilliant for government power, brilliant for data harvesters, brilliant for the financial status quo — and a raw deal for the everyday citizen.
And despite the noise, the PR gloss, the hashtags, and the predictable endorsements from corporate megaphones, here’s the truth:
Cash will remain in the deck.
At least until two things happen:
- The current cryptobugs are ironed out (and that’s a long, long way off).
- A new breed of US-backed cryptocurrency — built, tested and secured within the highest levels of American special operations and intelligence infrastructure — is ready for the world stage.
Until then, the funeral service for cash is postponed indefinitely.
Why Governments Love a Cashless Society
Let’s not pretend otherwise — a cashless society gives central authorities something they’ve dreamt of for centuries: total visibility.
Every purchase logged.
Every transaction trackable.
Every citizen mapped financially from cradle to grave.
No gaps, no shadows, no private transfers, no economic discretion.
In that world, governments can freeze accounts with one keystroke, tax in real time, and exert economic pressure on individuals or groups without needing courts or due process. It’s efficiency, yes — but efficiency for them, not you.
A cashless world also reduces the government’s reliance on messy, unpredictable human behaviour. It centralises, sterilises, standardises — exactly the kind of controlled environment bureaucratic systems adore.
Why It Doesn’t Work for the People
A cashless society removes the smallest but most powerful fibre of human economic freedom: choice.
Cash allows:
- private purchases
- spontaneous charity
- informal exchange
- resilience during outages
- independence from the corporate banking machine
- the simple ability to function when systems go down
Cash is the people’s veto — the one part of the economy not defined by digital permissions or corporate policy updates.
Take it away, and people become dependent on systems they do not control, run by institutions that have repeatedly proven they do not act in the public’s best interests.
The Cryptobug Problem
Here’s where the big dream of digital freedom collapses: current cryptocurrencies simply aren’t stable or secure enough for global civic reliance.
The bugs, scams, system vulnerabilities, energy consumption, anonymity loopholes, and market manipulation are so severe that no serious government can rely on them as a national backbone.
Add to this the fact that most crypto ecosystems are controlled by:
- private élites
- unpredictable markets
- tech cult leaders
- chaotic global exchanges
… and you understand why the world isn’t ready.
But there is a movement brewing in the background — one that very few people are talking about publicly.
The New Wave: American Special Forces & the Illuminated Digital Frontier
While Silicon Valley stumbles around with unstable tokens, certain American special operations and intelligence circles have been quietly exploring the next generation of digital currency infrastructure — one built with:
- military-grade encryption
- decentralised-but-coordinated nodes
- zero-failure redundancy
- global operational continuity
- embedded constitutional safeguards
- transparency mechanisms for the public
- and hard-coded barriers against corporate or governmental abuse
This isn’t your standard crypto start-up fever.
This is the Illuminated Society approach — the idea that a future digital currency must empower citizens, not control them.
When that system is ready — and not before — cash might finally be allowed to retire.
Until Then: The People Keep the Ace in Their Pocket
Governments may push the cashless agenda. Banks may cheer. Corporations may salivate.
But societies do not delete fundamental freedoms simply because the tech sector demands it.
Cash is security. Cash is dignity. Cash is autonomy.
And until the bugs are eliminated and a new, genuinely citizen-first digital currency emerges from the shadows of America’s most innovative intelligence minds,
cash stays in the deck — a bright, stubborn symbol that the people still have a card to play.
JONTY HALL
Senior Columnist
THE DALE BLUES