All of a sudden, every state-run media outlet ever is calling for a “Central Bank Digital Currency” (CBDC) in order to preserve the dollar’s status as world reserve currency.
…so in other words, we need to demonetize the dollar and replace it with a 100% digital currency in order to preserve the dollar.
That seems… counter-intuitive and self-contradictory, but okay.
The demonetization of cash is a hallmark of failing banana republics. Having to do so isn’t usually seen as a signal of a nation’s economic health. Just ask Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
We might be headed in that direction, or worse, as a CBDC would only be a transitory measure that would ultimately lead to a one world digital currency.
This is EPISODE 830 of So to Speak w/ Jared Howe!
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