In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:

There are also millions of merchants who don't accept credit cards. And
plenty of folks in far flung countries who'll take dollars in cash.


The times I have spent in Africa, with the exception of South Africa the
US dollar was far more accepted than local cash, and in many locations
cards impossible to use.

Of course, those are particular circumstances compared to, say, Europe
or Canada.

However, despite complaints that Europe or USA's economy is terrible,
more than 50% of the worlds population lives in conditions that are
closer to that found in rural Africa than the USA or Europe.

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