James Corbett on lockdowns and digital ID
James Corbett argues that locking down society in the 1990s was impossible before mobile phones were everywhere. He notes that when these measures actually started, technology finally existed to track individuals through their pocket devices. Corbett sees this timing as a deliberate march toward digital ID and a digital dollar. #Tech
Transcript (en)
What's the bigger motive behind doing something like COVID? I mean, if we want to look really long term, I think it is part of the transition towards the digital, digital ID, digital economy, the CBDC world. Because, of course, people will remember that was when suddenly you had to check in with QR codes or scan to make sure that you were vaccinated or whatever. It varies suddenly. And isn't it interesting that the exact moment in human history where there is that inflection point where the idea of locking down the entire population and regulating them and their movements by their electronic tagging devices that they all carry around in their pockets, the exact moment at which that actually becomes technologically feasible is the exact moment we had the lockdown. And could you imagine if they tried to do lockdowns like that in the 1990s before everyone was carrying a cell phone around in their pocket? It wouldn't have worked the same way. It would not have been as possible. If you enjoyed this, be sure to hit that like button and follow to stay up to date with what's going on in the world and everything else memes and markets. Peace.
