This is especially terrifying when combined with governments freezing people out of the financial system (with no prospect of appeal) as has happened in Canada,

This is especially terrifying when combined with governments freezing people out of the financial system (with no prospect of appeal) as has happened in Canada, along with the decreasing popularity, and prospective elimination of cash (as seems most common in China and the Nordic countries). https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-banks-ottawa-protests-1.6353968 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-banks-ottaw...