Episode 626 • • 2:22:31 - 2:25:39
626: Preemptive Prosecution
Native Advertising, Venmo and the War on Physical Cash
A Business Insider article by Joe Wiesenthal is criticized as a "disgusting" example of native advertising for the payment app Venmo. The article characterizes physical cash as a "barbarous relic" similar to gold, promoting a cashless society. The hosts argue that this trend toward digital payments is a move to "dumb down" the public and increase financial surveillance.