The Handmaid's Tale
Why would a totalitarian dictatorship prefer computer banking to paper money?
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
The use of computer banking allowed them to freeze and confiscate the women's accounts. A cash society would have made this more difficult to accomplish. Computer banking simply allowed the dictatorship to close the women's accounts and wire that money into their own.
The Handmaid's Tale