THE LETTER SAID LIKE A FEW BEFORE IT IN EARLIER YEARS: YOUR BANK BRANCH IS CLOSING
FROM WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD, TO TAKING THE BUS FOR A TEN MINUTE RIDE OR TRAIN, NOW I HAVE TO GO THIRTY MINUTES AWAY TO FIND A BANK BRANCH THAT THE GREEDY BANKS CLOSE DAILY LIKE WINDOWS SHATTERED FOR EVER!
SO WHAT, MANY WILL SAY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THESE FACTS OF LIFE, THE CONTINUOUS ATTACK ON PUBLIC CONVENIENCES AND THE OLD WAY OF LIFE WHERE YOU KNEW THE EMPLOYEES OF A BANK, WHERE YOU HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSIP WITH THE BANK MANAGER HAS BECOME, ALL THEM HAVE BECOME COMPUTERS AND AI. ALL THAT IS HISTORY, ALL THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED AND THE ONLY REMNANTS OF THOSE FACTS AND HISTORY
THE BANKS ARE CLOSING THEIR BRANCHES FAST!
OH, NO I DO NOT LIVE IN THE COUNTRY SIDE WHERE I WOULD IMAGINE THE CLOSURE OF A BANK BRANCH MIGHT BE CATASTROPHIC FOR MANY AND ESPECIALLY OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONES, MOBILE BANKING FACILITIES AND THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH CASH MONEY.
SO, WHY ARE THE BANKS CLOSING THEIR BRANCHES? ARE THEY GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR ARE THEY SO GREEDY, THAT EMPLOYING ANOTHER ONE OR TWO IN A BRANCH, HAVING A PRESENCE IN THE HIGH STREET ETC ARE NOW OBSOLETE BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE GOING DIGITAL, OUR PHYSICAL MONEY IS BECOMING DIGITAL, OUR MONEY IS BECOMING THIN AIR AND IF YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF IT, YOU CANNOT TOUCH IT AT ALL AS THE BANKS REFUSE TO HAND YOU OVER TO YOU THOUSANDS OF MONEY OVER THE COUNTER.
THUS IN MY LIFETIME, A FEW DECADES, I SAW THREE BRANCHES ON OUR HIGH ROAD CLOSING DOWN OVER THE YEARS AND NOW TWO MILES FURTHER UP THEY ARE CLOSING OR CLOSED ANOTHER THREE BRANCHES WITHING THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THUS, WE ARE ALL FORCED TO CHASE A BANK BRANCH, NOW THE CLOSEST IS THREE – FIVE MILES, NOW THE BUS RIDE WILL BE 30-40 MINUTES AND SOON ENOUGH THERE WONT BE A BRANCH TO TAKE CASH OR DEPOSIT CASH, THUS DIGITAL MONEY, THUS THAT IDEA OF MONEY AND THE CONTROL THAT THE BANKS ALREADY EXERCISE ON US.
NO BRANCHES, NO CASH, NO FREEDOM
THEY KNOW WHERE EVERY PENNY GOES BUT NOT WHERE YOUR CASH GOES. THAT IS THE MISSING DETAIL WHICH THEY ARE NOT HAPPY TO BE IN PLACE. THEY WANT THAT TOO BECAUSE ALL TRANSACTIONS GOING THROUGH THEIR SYSTEMS MAKES MORE MONEY FOR THEM AND DEPRIVES US ALL OF OUR FREEDOM TO HAVE SOME PRIVACY IN OUR LIVES. THAT IS THE GYST OF ALL, THESE EXPLOITATIVE MOVES, DICTATORAIL MOVES THE BANKS AND THEIR AFFILIATES BRING UPON US LIKE SLAVERY WAS BEFORE.
THUS DIGITAL MONEY, THUS DIGITAL IDS AND OF COURSE THEIR DICTATORSHIP THAT IS NOT ON THE HORIZON ANY MORE BUT IN OUR POCKETS AND OUR HOUSES LIKE A DEMON TAKING OUR LIVES AWAY ARE THE NEW FACTS OF LIFE. COMPUTERS DECIDE, AI WILL DECIDE WHETHER WE EAT, LIVE OR DIE AND IT ALL STARTS WITH MONEY BUT THIS TIME ROUND IT IS DIGITAL. THIN AIR TO ME!!!
PETER CONSTANT
