[AnabeeKnox]

Racism! Stong word, but this is what the Swedish cashless society is: indirect racism. Those at the margins of society are excluded from participating in society because they don't have Swedish bank accounts or Swedish credit cards. Many clubs and pubs require that to enter. Indirectly, this means that non-Swedish (non-white) people don't get into the club. Not direct racism, but indirect (the outcome is the same, no white people allowed entry, or to participate in society).

[antocv]

Not necessarily aimed at white people, but also security-conscious people as well. I am white, and feel excluded due to not having Swish at many events where everyone is "swish me this swish me that", and all go high horse "cash not accepted".

[PeterisP]

What's stopping non-white immigrants (presumably residents of Sweden staying there for a nontrivial time) from getting a Swedish bank account? If there are significant barriers to that then the "getting into a club issue" is a trifle compared to the broader participation in society. E.g. how are they getting paid for their work if almost no legal employers will pay salaries in cash?

[antocv]

There is many borders, not just getting into Sweden, one of them is getting bank account, the other is getting a BankID, the third border is getting Swish, for example. For each, there is criteria and different requirements, and costs.

For me, I refuse to run non-free software on my computing devices, Swish is a non-free proprietary spy-ware. Just because of this decision, I am excluded and made feel like an outcast at social events where money is involved - such as splitting a bill at restaurant. Yet Im white, so I can politely tell my white friends to suck my dick if they refuse the cash I hand them. For an non-white immigrant, telling other people to suck it is not so easy.

[alkonaut]

I think it may be a misconception from someone from e.g the US where there is a threshold for getting a bank account.

[PeterisP]

Yeah, around here any old homeless alcoholic would have a bank account, because that's the only way how they'd get social security payments, and also any student (or working teenager) would have a bank account, because that's the only way how they'd get paid for a summer job or internship or study loan or whatever.

A bank account is a basic thing that's required (at least in come countries) for any participation in the economy and should be available to anyone; IIRC there's an EU directive about a requirement that everybody must be able to access basic banking services.

[ptaipale]

That equating Swedish (in terms of residency, citizenship and belonging to nation) with whiteness is just wrong.