Martin Enlund

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Whenever economists, politicians, or bureaucrats claim market dynamics are causing the declining use of cash, remind them that what's happening is in accordance with a plan outlined by an IMF economist back in 2017 (see The Boiling Frog for this plan). View Article → Economists have actually posited that a design criteria for a well-designed Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is to facilitate the phasing out of cash: They say "the digital euro will complement cash", but have designed it to make abolishing cash easier. Funny that!

Do you remember the Easter parade in New York City in 1929? Cigarettes were presented as symbols of liberation and equality. Women were paid to march in the parade while smoking "torches of freedom". Cigarette sales soared soon after. More info here ->

Personalised Propaganda: How the Easter Parade Never Ended

Using words to influence behaviour is not a new phenomenon. However, the scale, speed, and precision with which language can be used as a weapon IS...

Using AI and brain scanning, researchers found that their model could predict how the human brain responded to different sentences. They hope to use "well-formed linguistic input" to cure depression. But an algorithm that can formulate a cure, couldn't it - just as easily - formulate a poison? New piece out on persuasion, propaganda and the information diet. #ai #bernays #persuasion #propaganda #democracy View Article →

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"Let's be clear: anyone who opposes the digital euro is opposing the euro and the European Union." Yes, the Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs just said this falsehood. This move was predicted almost four years ago:, by Adam Townsend: "You're against Americans having to use only digital money with an expiration date, that can be deflated instantaneously by central banks, can be restricted to buying only approved items and can be revoked with the press of a button? You must be pro Putin" #cbdc #eu #digitaleuro

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The central-planning enthusiastic bank bureaucrats have long worked against crypto via numerous harsh and highly anti-competitive regulations. Now, it seems they have to pivot course following stablecoin initiatives in the US, Japan, and other nations. "Central bankers ought to be more humble," I wrote two years ago. Not long ago, experts claimed the internet would have the same modest economic impact as the fax machine. Then they declared Bitcoin and crypto currencies as worthless... But did you know they even tried to ban the number zero back in the day? #sweden #riksbank #bis #crypto

The EU's von der Leyen appears to be setting up her own CIA. This appetite for control and surveillance becomes largely understandable when you realise that fiat leaders such as the UK's Keir Starmer, France's Macron and Germany's Merz are just about as popular as The Black Plague. The last time I calculated the net approval rate (net balance) of Starmer he was actually a smidgeon less popular than the Black Plague...