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Really...? Your stated approach didn't work for some people who simply donated to the freedom convoy did it? Do you know why your approach won't work, because the mainstream media does what the Liberals want. The refusal to give back the power to freeze your bank account which they unjustly took for themselves during the "Emergency" Measures demonstrates a willingness to use peoples money to quell dissent, this CBDC push is just the next logical step. Your hoarding cash argument is an utter fallacy since any amount of cash being hoarded is minuscule compared to the amount being electronically hoarded in offshore accounts by the rich and corporations in tax havens not to mention the tax loopholes. And it is becoming increasingly like China here. I can only hope that if this CBDC comes into play that you and everyone else supporting this get caught up in it and have your cash frozen so that you cannot pay your bills or feed yourselves simply for saying something the government didn't like.

now you have the upper gov level to inquiry, file law suit or Freedom of Information request. Just find out who give the order to cut you off from financial system. make some news and see the distrust destroying their control over night/week. Whoever push to cut you off to make you example off will deal more damage to the entire economical system than damage to you. It’s not China here.

Well this statement didnt age well

To be 100% honest it's probably a few bucks more expensive because of the amounts the gift cards come in doesn't exactly line up with their monthly plan. The reason I do that is to keep my credit card info out of their hands and to prevent there being a month on my credit card that I didn't want due to me forgetting to cancel in time. The part about the credit card info being in their hands is because I watch a lot of security and privacy blogs and I hear more and more about data breaches (note I am not singling Netflix out for poor security) and tracking, but also data on users being sold as a secondary revenue source. When I sign up with a gift card I user a service like simple login to create an email alias (check out their free tier) which redirects to my normal email. So no user data to sell. Typing this out I realize this is not an option (affordable or convenience) for everyone so using your regular credit card and cancelling in between series would next best option.

Ok so they're taking away a lower priced option for...what reason again?

Your kidding...right? Very very few people are complaining about average citizens money laundering or tax evasion cash deals. Beside the really big money laundering and tax evasion is being done by big corporations and they are already verifiable, and in the case of the TE it's bloody well legal because of tax laws set up to help corporations. In relation to money laundering big corporations when they do get caught, they get a slap on the wrist. This can and will be used to monitor and control how you use your money...period. And if you step out of line, it will be used to shut you down.

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Yeah thats a hot take alright a hot steaming pile of a take for sure. Remember your outlook beliefs and politics may be popular right now but there will certainly come a time when they won't be and you too will be "problamatic" and that social credit system you vaunt now can and WILL be turned against you

It is "But with the fossil fuel industry cooking the planet and right-wing faux populists feeding off of rippling rage against the establishment, now might be a good time for the NDP to start." ...right wing faux populists being a euphemism for anyone who doesn't agree with them. But their basic message is sound, when lobbyists are so closely intertwined with government then governments run things for the benefit of business not the population.

Apples "privacy" moves are mostly about gatekeeping, meaning advertisers have to go through apple to get your sweet sweet advertising info. As for CSAM, if it wasn't a misdirection to start with (introduce something completely onerous to either distract from something else or so that you can walk it back to what you really want and make the plebs think they've one) they you had better believe they're bringing it back in a different form later on

The article cites some very good points, The government could indeed control how your money gets spent and they could and would effectively shut you down as a functioning member of society if you got on their bad side. Let's be clear I am not saying that only the liberals would do this,I'm sure the Conservatives or the NDP wouldn't roll this back if they came to power and they had the ability to control your pocket book. No politician gives back a new power when they get it, despite any special situation requiring the power ending. No, the liberals wouldn't be the only party to use such an ability, but they are the party the had the trial run. As for the "need" namely mitigating two potential future threats of the mass adoption of external currencies and the next financial crisis. Precisely how easy is it to walk into a store and pay for your milk in bitcoin, or to pay your electricity bill with Yuan...the answer is you can't so that first argument is basically smoke and mirrors. As for mitigating a financial crisis...if the same people who control our current fiat currency also control any potential digital currency...l am unclear as to this mechanism of mitigation will work. Cash is king but cash is also anonymous meaning you can spend it on what you like or give it to anyone you want...and the government gets no say. With digital currency that all goes away.

This is what happens when you don't push back against corporations. They cracked down on password sharing and signed up more users. They know that this change will force everyone into a higher tier with little to know effective pushback. I gave up my Netflix account a while ago, mostly due to a lack of good entertainment. When there is a show I want to watch I purchase a gift card and create an account for the duration it takes me to watch the season of that show, the rest of the time they get no money from me. The only way to make a corporation take you seriously is to affect their profit margin. Other than that anything and everything you do or say is just noise.