"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" image #cbdc #eu #digitaleuro
Oh no! I think he has found Maduro's fentanyl! image #venezuela #propaganda #geopolitics
Ekonomidags avsnitt 75 ute nu. ➡️ Om allt mellan himmel och jord: ☑︎ meloner ☑︎ makaroner ☑︎ canneloni ☑︎ obligationer ☑︎ stablecoins (Och mer!) #sverige #podcasts
> The criminalization of unmonitored human-to-human interaction will, in the most uncomfortably literal sense, bring hell to Earth. image #reticulum #meshtastic #nostr
🇸🇪🌩️🤔 Ekonomidags avsnitt 75 UTE NU! - Italien vill tvätta folkets guldbesparingar för att få in pengar - Obligationsmarknadens påverkan på politiken - Stablecoins: måste vi underkasta oss dollarn eller euron? Eller är detta ännu en falsk dikotomi? #italien #stablecoins #sverige #superdatabaser #guld #storbritannien #boe #keynes #shaboom
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? image #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... image
Have you noticed how new laws eroding privacy always follow a tired script? Politicians invoke the "four horsemen of the infocalypse" to scare us into accepting surveillance "for the children" or "for security". The reality is, neither our kids nor the public get any safer, just less free. Full piece! ↘️ View Article →
Is AI everywhere? We have: - AI in phones - AI in cell towers - AI in data centers - AI in space... In Sweden, we even have AI terrorists! image