Sure a government can make barter illegal, and they’d justify it by saying that taxes have to be collected on all transactions between individuals involving goods and services, and
bartering evades paying the taxes. Now of course you’re likely to say “oh well the government would never do such a thing” but that’s what everyone always says, right up until the government decides to do whatever it is they were sure would never be done.
I dunno if you live in the US, but if you do, you’re already required to pay taxes on the goods you exchange. So literally nothing would change wrt this cashless society thing because the law is already there, and you’re already not paying your taxes, and it has nothing to do with cash because in a barter you’re not exchanging cash.
Sure a government can make barter illegal, and they’d justify it by saying that taxes have to be collected on all transactions between individuals involving goods and services, and bartering evades paying the taxes. Now of course you’re likely to say “oh well the government would never do such a thing” but that’s what everyone always says, right up until the government decides to do whatever it is they were sure would never be done.
I dunno if you live in the US, but if you do, you’re already required to pay taxes on the goods you exchange. So literally nothing would change wrt this cashless society thing because the law is already there, and you’re already not paying your taxes, and it has nothing to do with cash because in a barter you’re not exchanging cash.