

I can’t read the full article because of the paywall, but duh? If you aren’t paying physically or in crypto you can assume your government (and probably others!) already has that transaction on record, and to my knowledge those aren’t totally secure either.





Hicks and rednecks aren’t the same thing, although there is enough overlap. And no, the hick has usually been on the wrong side of history. In my experience (born and raised in the rural South) they’re stupid, uneducated, cruel, greedy, have very little experience, and are more authoritarian than not.