Oddbean

First out the gate-I trust Bobby, Elon, Vivek and Gabbard. I do not take Trump at face value. The fact that he surrounded himself with people I believe have legitimate integrity makes me much happier and all of them are who I voted for, not Trump himself. Let's not forget this is the man who got on a long string of thought to release JFK files, MLK Jr, Ross Ulbricht, then in the same 30 seconds starts word salading about being apprehensive to release the Epstein files. He is far from perfect but his entourage is incredible in my view. I don't buy that any of them would concede to a CBDC, especially since some of not all of them grok Bitcoin. So I'm gonna say false. The borders I wouldn't mind being watched. Obviously that's a stepping stone for a techno-autocracy but given that CCTV is everywhere already, at last for the sake of the border, there's a decent case to be made that it's about the only practicable means to solve the issue of violent actors coming across the border. Like taxes, there's a legitimate reason for it, but it always comes with the risk of corruption. For the moment, watching the border with technology is just obvious. I very seriously doubt they don't appreciate the risks of digital ID and social credit scores and I especially doubt it will take off. Too much social opposition, it's just not likely. At least not with this group. This seems very clear to be more of a risk in the further future than anything in the next 4 years, though I'm not saying it won't happen at all. My bet is this is just a serious misapplication of malevolence. If, God forbid, Harry Balls would have actually won, I'd be bracing for all of this literally right now.

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Considering they already control big portions of our society at several levels, and also the historical zombified state of the masses, I'd call it more an aknowledgement than an assumption... Call me a pessimist, but I can't avoid to be a realist... And you're right, it's depressing, but it's raining outside...

They are in control of less than people think. And the globalists don't realize that the bigger, the more complex a system of control is, the harder it is to maintain it. Solzhenitsyn said that all it would take is for the average person to say no and the power structure collapses. Faith in God is a big middle finger to these people. So is #bitcoin. These are ideas they cannot control that lead us in a defiant direction.

Why would believing something that has no evidence and nobody can agree on the details of, causing significant division in society distracting us from what's really going on, a middle finger to the elite? The elite LOVE religion, it gives them more control and you're falling for it my friend. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” - Seneca Lucius Seneca, Circa 50 CE. Read Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins.

Transcendentals are all I need for the proof of God. I see no evidence that the elite have any control over my faith which tells me that there are truths that exist apart from man, including that we should put no stock in men. The only thing we should follow are eternal principles, starting with my chief end, which is to love and obey God, not men. That is the idea that breaks the elites' mind virus.

CBDC’s effectively already here w/ Trump supported USD backed stable coins w/ programability. Govt already tell stablecoin issuers which coins to freeze etc. Fed member banks acquire or partner closer w/ a tether or a circle, increased programmability rolls out, there’s your full fledged CBDC.

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