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A college friend of mine, whom I am still very good friends with, is married to a wonderful mThai woman. He splits his time between the US and Thailand. As a side hustle, he has a small import/export business for Thai cooking ingredients that are not mass market you can find on the typical grocery store shelf. (Does pretty well, niche market)

Anyhow, he relates how there is a big underground ecomony between Thai business people in local economies. They don’t talk over the phone, don’t text eachother, don’t email, none of that. They walk/ride to each others businesses and talk about transactions in person. They trade, barter, use cash only. Everything is outside the electronic radar. They’re just sick and tired of constant Government intrusion, regulation, fees, fines, and non-stop taxes.
Where there is a will, there is a way.