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I don't understand why even the hackernews community doesn't see that this is all a political strategy to make sure the digital dollar can exist.
by I_am_tiberius 3y ago
I don't understand why even the hackernews community doesn't see that this is all a political strategy to make sure the digital dollar can exist.
- __tmk__ 3y agoI doubt the USG is competent enough to have a masterplan like that. This just seems to me like the actions of a person (Gary Gensler) who personally dislikes cryptocurrencies and who is trying to establish himself as a political player through his "bold actions".
- zarriak 3y agoNone of the time that libertarian beliefs could protect civil liberties is it ever taken seriously. It exists solely to launder corporate protections and deregulation. Nothing significant happen to the NSA after the Snowden leaks, nothing significant happened to the FISA court. Also I don’t get how something like CBDC ever exists because of how powerful Visa is.