cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/85400
“Those calling for the rollout of a CBDC are naive to believe that this can be done without establishing a centralized surveillance system for all financial transacting,” Bitcoin Policy Institute’s Natalie Smolenski explains . “Quite simply, even if such surveillance is not included in the [initial] design, it would be trivial to add it at a later stage. Once a door to surveillance is opened, it is virtually impossible to close.”
They don’t want to.
Some of them do, but the GOP is the RINO party in fact.