Fact is folks that we're building our own digital prison. I've been using cash since the beginning of the covid scam because I could see what was coming. People, it seems are willing to forgo their freedoms for a little minor inconvenience.
Great points all around. Watching videos of students in China paying for food via a camera that simply scans their face deeply unsettles me. I live in an area (in the US) filled with people who thought the unvaccinated had no business receiving medical care or going to groceries/restaurants/schools/etc. Before 2020, I was blessed with ignorance over how many people want to control others and how many appear to enjoy being told what to do. My neighbors! My friends! Even family! Now that I’ve seen that, I can’t “unsee” it and I’m deeply worried what those impulses would do when combined with digital currency and digital passports.
It was bad enough that my husband wasn’t allowed into most of my OB appointments when I was pregnant with our daughter. I can’t imagine how bad it would get if they could turn “off” our money due to our personal medical decisions. Would I have been able to receive care at all? What would have happened had I contracted Covid while unvaccinated? Would they have taken my baby away from me and declared me “unfit” for refusing the shot? It all gets so much easier to control people when they are penniless, so to speak. And if we go the way of digital currencies, we will all be penniless, despite what our phone screens tell us.
For some years now, I've been concerned about the lack of privacy with electronic payment transactions - where not only your bank/financial institution can see what you are spending your money on - but also potentially the government, if they deem it necessary to access your financial information & records via subpoena. Or what would stop such banks/financial institutions in the future, "selling" their customer information to the government authorities? The smartphone operating systems of Apple & Google already sell all their customer information to government authorities, even without a court-issued subpoena. I guess that's just one of the ways they make extra money for their companies - & one of the reasons why I avoid using Apple & Google wherever possible - & when I do need to use them, I limit their access to my information.
The prevalence of electronic payment transactions has increased since COVID-19 - as some people deem them to be more "hygienic" than using cash. And even now, I've noticed in my local area, a new bakery & a cinema dispaying signage that they no longer accept cash & only accept electronic forms of payment.
There are obviously very serious concerns that if we lose access to "cash" in favour of a digital currency issued & controlled by the central bank - that the government will be able to control people by completely stopping their access to that digital curency, or restricting what they are able to spend it on. A number of other countries are already currently investigating or trialling digital currencies - including the USA.
In China, most payment transactions already happen using the "WeChat" app - which the Chinese government can prevent a person's access to, if it chooses to do so. It's a scary thought indeed, to think that any government could exercise almost total control over its population, by controlling their access to a digital currency. I for one, certainly hope it will never come to that in any country, & that "cash" will continue to be available for everyone to use.
This is a very real possibility in years to come and groups the like the World Economic Forum would like this. Many countries are working on a digital currency now as I type and some already use it like China. I am sure it would be marketed as progress and perhaps there would be some merit in that, however it could pave the way for a dark side to grow over time. What did St Paul say 'principalities and powers' etc. Imagine having virtually all we do monitored or even as Calvin says, worse still what we could do or buy etc could be easily manipulated by our political masters with the more control we give up. What is the tipping point when this might happen? Sometimes we just get dragged along in the current and Internet banking and mobile phones becoming almost mandatory to live, shows this as examples. It's hard to resist when a mobile phone number becomes virtually mandatory at times to buy things or use services like my GP even. We really must keep cash alive but I fear for those a little younger convenience, ease of use, etc might just win them over without thinking of any dark side. By then it could be too late. Which? has campaigned to keep cash alive but with many banks closing on a large scale and in places that could never of been imagined only a few years ago, its hard for small business's to bank money as I have been told, or individuals to bank or they face a long and costly journey at times to access a bank or even atm. This causes great hardship for some with no access to once common facilities. So what may look attractive and a natural progression, I fear may not be so beneficial and I will use cash when I can. Interesting that even many churches have been forced to have a contactless payment system as I most recently saw and used in All Hallows by the Tower in London. Of course swimming against a tide is very difficult if not impossible for some.
My concern in these days of cash being less and less used, is that could this be a sign that eventually, we could end up with a microchip inside our skin or forehead so that we do not have to use cards even. That we just scan our hand under a scanner - This could be the "mark of the beast" that is foretold in the book of Revelation and is a very scary thought
The things that take up the greatest amount of my spending, (rent, utilities,) I actually can’t pay cash for. My landlord, the power company, etc., don’t accept cash 😕
Cash is not the answer, every day that goes past the spending power of a £10 note reduces due to inflation and the central banks ability to print more £10 notes. Decentralised currency is the answer. Bitcoin is freedom money. Bitcoin can never be controlled or censored by the government or private companies. Bitcoin is the end of cancel culture. Bitcoin is freedom money. Choose bitcoin
News this week: Japan kicks off its CBDC trial.
Buckle up, folks. A social credit system is coming to a nation near you, soon.
Fact is folks that we're building our own digital prison. I've been using cash since the beginning of the covid scam because I could see what was coming. People, it seems are willing to forgo their freedoms for a little minor inconvenience.
Great points all around. Watching videos of students in China paying for food via a camera that simply scans their face deeply unsettles me. I live in an area (in the US) filled with people who thought the unvaccinated had no business receiving medical care or going to groceries/restaurants/schools/etc. Before 2020, I was blessed with ignorance over how many people want to control others and how many appear to enjoy being told what to do. My neighbors! My friends! Even family! Now that I’ve seen that, I can’t “unsee” it and I’m deeply worried what those impulses would do when combined with digital currency and digital passports.
It was bad enough that my husband wasn’t allowed into most of my OB appointments when I was pregnant with our daughter. I can’t imagine how bad it would get if they could turn “off” our money due to our personal medical decisions. Would I have been able to receive care at all? What would have happened had I contracted Covid while unvaccinated? Would they have taken my baby away from me and declared me “unfit” for refusing the shot? It all gets so much easier to control people when they are penniless, so to speak. And if we go the way of digital currencies, we will all be penniless, despite what our phone screens tell us.
For some years now, I've been concerned about the lack of privacy with electronic payment transactions - where not only your bank/financial institution can see what you are spending your money on - but also potentially the government, if they deem it necessary to access your financial information & records via subpoena. Or what would stop such banks/financial institutions in the future, "selling" their customer information to the government authorities? The smartphone operating systems of Apple & Google already sell all their customer information to government authorities, even without a court-issued subpoena. I guess that's just one of the ways they make extra money for their companies - & one of the reasons why I avoid using Apple & Google wherever possible - & when I do need to use them, I limit their access to my information.
The prevalence of electronic payment transactions has increased since COVID-19 - as some people deem them to be more "hygienic" than using cash. And even now, I've noticed in my local area, a new bakery & a cinema dispaying signage that they no longer accept cash & only accept electronic forms of payment.
There are obviously very serious concerns that if we lose access to "cash" in favour of a digital currency issued & controlled by the central bank - that the government will be able to control people by completely stopping their access to that digital curency, or restricting what they are able to spend it on. A number of other countries are already currently investigating or trialling digital currencies - including the USA.
In China, most payment transactions already happen using the "WeChat" app - which the Chinese government can prevent a person's access to, if it chooses to do so. It's a scary thought indeed, to think that any government could exercise almost total control over its population, by controlling their access to a digital currency. I for one, certainly hope it will never come to that in any country, & that "cash" will continue to be available for everyone to use.
This is a very real possibility in years to come and groups the like the World Economic Forum would like this. Many countries are working on a digital currency now as I type and some already use it like China. I am sure it would be marketed as progress and perhaps there would be some merit in that, however it could pave the way for a dark side to grow over time. What did St Paul say 'principalities and powers' etc. Imagine having virtually all we do monitored or even as Calvin says, worse still what we could do or buy etc could be easily manipulated by our political masters with the more control we give up. What is the tipping point when this might happen? Sometimes we just get dragged along in the current and Internet banking and mobile phones becoming almost mandatory to live, shows this as examples. It's hard to resist when a mobile phone number becomes virtually mandatory at times to buy things or use services like my GP even. We really must keep cash alive but I fear for those a little younger convenience, ease of use, etc might just win them over without thinking of any dark side. By then it could be too late. Which? has campaigned to keep cash alive but with many banks closing on a large scale and in places that could never of been imagined only a few years ago, its hard for small business's to bank money as I have been told, or individuals to bank or they face a long and costly journey at times to access a bank or even atm. This causes great hardship for some with no access to once common facilities. So what may look attractive and a natural progression, I fear may not be so beneficial and I will use cash when I can. Interesting that even many churches have been forced to have a contactless payment system as I most recently saw and used in All Hallows by the Tower in London. Of course swimming against a tide is very difficult if not impossible for some.
My concern in these days of cash being less and less used, is that could this be a sign that eventually, we could end up with a microchip inside our skin or forehead so that we do not have to use cards even. That we just scan our hand under a scanner - This could be the "mark of the beast" that is foretold in the book of Revelation and is a very scary thought
The things that take up the greatest amount of my spending, (rent, utilities,) I actually can’t pay cash for. My landlord, the power company, etc., don’t accept cash 😕
Cash is not the answer, every day that goes past the spending power of a £10 note reduces due to inflation and the central banks ability to print more £10 notes. Decentralised currency is the answer. Bitcoin is freedom money. Bitcoin can never be controlled or censored by the government or private companies. Bitcoin is the end of cancel culture. Bitcoin is freedom money. Choose bitcoin
It's ironic but typical that HSBC would bring out an advertisement like this.
Who was it who said that in order to deflect, the enemy always accuses someone of doing the very thing that they themselves are doing?
Well done for speaking out.
I have been saying this for a while...
https://elsielayter.substack.com/p/the-rebel-in-my-purse