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They will use a major crisis to force adoption.

Thank the Lord this wasn't ready to deploy during covid. They are going to prepare it for the next crisis.

In some places long before covid. Go to swedish coffee shop in 2018 and try buying a cup of coffee with cash. No luck. Digital payments only.

there's no need for a cbdc, just invoke the emergencies act and you can do whatever you want with anybodies money