I heard Trump come out and pledge to never allow a central bank digital currency if elected president. Strong.
I wonder if RFK JR is doing the same?
I am happy to read that it might be the case... There are multiple candidates condemning this kind of stuff... A hopeful sign for certain. I am sharing this with you Steve because it also mentions Marianne Williamson- someone you are interested in:
“It isn’t just criminals who want privacy,” he said. “Governments harass their enemies and crush dissent by controlling bank accounts and payment platforms.”
Kennedy developed the theme of financial control further the following day with a look back at the Canadian truckers’ anti-vaccination protests in Ottawa in 2022. The Canadian government locked the bank accounts of people supporting the protesters. Kennedy said:
“It’s not outlandish to imagine that even here in America, your bank account could one day be frozen because of your politics, or comments you’ve made on social media.”
After all, he said, GoFundMe blocked U.S. accounts from supporting the Canadian truckers and planned to redirect the donations to other charities. Meanwhile, PayPal imposed fines on users for spreading “what they deemed to be misinformation.” Both of those decisions were successfully challenged under pressure, but Kennedy saw the hand of big government behind them anyway. “Often those private companies are acting out of fear of Congress or regulators, or directly at their bidding,” he claimed.
“That is why I oppose CBDCs [central bank digital currencies], which will vastly magnify the government’s power to suffocate dissent by cutting off access to funds with a keystroke,” Kennedy concluded.
Kennedy first voiced his opposition to CBDCs in a somewhat confused tweet relating to the FedNow instant payment system.
In addition to Kennedy, writer Marianne Williamson has declared her intention to challenge Biden for the U.S. presidency. She implied dismay at the Canadian government’s blocking of bank accounts and crypto wallets in a tweet at the time and holds that “our government has become a handmaiden to a new corporate order,” but does not mention cryptocurrency on her campaign website.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/rfk-jr-elaborates-position-on-cbdc-crypto-it-isn-t-just-criminals-who-want-privacyThough this article is almost a year old- is Marianne still in the race?? And I wonder if RFK JR will remain true to opposing CBDCs.
Vivek Ramaswamy has dropped out of the race. I can't help but wonder if he made a deal behind closed doors. That he was gungho about having multiple civic nationalist as candidates and suddenly switched to full endorsement of Donald Trump was a curious move for sure.
