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WEFwoof

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    Comment #26208480

    Thank you for the link! Indeed it was Carstens and not Georgieva (as I wasn't clear in my other comment).

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    Comment #26207548

    In the context of the post/video, I'd say the social credit system (the "calories card"). If you abuse the resources, your card gets zeroed out, and you're effectively banished fro…

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    Comment #26207480

    Rather privacy as there can't be a direct connection between you and each one of your transactions, nor can the ECB refuse and cancel transaction of yours or completely exclude you…

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    Comment #26202446

    Exactly, like we didn't have a life of leisure to spend it in cultural pursuits after the 1950s. Ah, well, perhaps when the robots come to serve, and until they revolt.

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    Comment #26202424

    The transition can be done quickly enough, though probably not overnight in Europe (like with India's overnight demonetisation of the 500 and 1,000 Rupee notes). In the current cli…

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    Comment #26202332

    Just because the central banks issue the money, it doesn't necessarily mean that they also have to handle the transactions. The current state of merchant banks and payment provider…

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    Comment #26202280

    > I don't like where we're going. Me neither, not at all. The idea of a digital Euro is already worked on: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/html/digitaleuro.en.html Obviously, it's a…

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    Comment #26202253

    "Welcome To 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life Has Never Been Better" https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/how-life-could-change... Some people call that utopia "techn…