Swedes discover revolutionary concept — physical money you can touch
While in Liepāja we still remember what coins look like, Swedes have suddenly discovered that cards don't always work.
Sweden's central bank has shocked its people with a radical idea — keeping real, physical money at home. Yes, the same stuff our grandmothers kept in sock drawers and which was once the main payment method before the card era.
While in Liepāja we still remember what coins look like and where to find them when we need half a kilogram of butter, Swedes have been living in digital paradise for years. They don't even know what cash is in banks anymore. Now the government is demanding that grocery stores accept these weird pieces of paper, as if they were something special.
As one Liepāja resident who crossed the Karosta canal bridge this morning said: "We've never had problems with cash here — if the card terminal doesn't work, you can always pay with a five-lat coin or trade for cigarettes. But now Swedes have to learn from scratch how to count money."
Most disturbing is that the Swedish minister acknowledges digital exclusion as a problem. In Riga they don't know this term yet, but in Liepāja we call it simply — grandmothers who don't want to learn how phones work. But at least they know how much bread costs, instead of looking at an app.
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