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Neil Oliver: "Digital ID will never work as advertised, not only because keeping us safe is not... its intended function, but also... because too many people have learned that fundamental lesson of the last few years, which is to say it's never about what they say it's about." "Digital... ID isn't about keeping us safe. It's about keeping us where they can see us. Where we can't move or do anything without permission in advance. Too many people see and understand, and this is why it won't work." "Too many have seen and understood that the motive behind the deliberate and cynical flooding of Britain, and of Europe, with people from outside... is designed primarily to create fear and division—fear and division that, as the oligarchs would have it, can only be fixed by digital ID for all." "Digital ID... won't work because it's not built and never was intended to make any of us safe but, on the contrary, to make the oligarchs safe—safe from us." "Digital ID won't work because the sales pitch is supposed to be about making this country and the people living in it safe. But too many people see that the directors of the disastrous bad acting have nothing but contempt for this place, and for this people." Credit: Neil Olivershow more

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Neil Oliver: "And so, back, one last time, to digital ID and why I say it won't work. It won't work because it's not built and never was intended to make any of us safe but, on the contrary, to make the oligarchs safe, safe from us. It won't work because in the end, as always, it's only about money, money taken from us the many and seized by them the few." "It won't work because, on account of their hubris, the oligarchs have actually revealed to us what they're all about. Bad actors, bad scripts, bad special effects, disastrous production values all round. Digital ID won't work because the sales pitch is supposed to be able to make this country and the people living in it safe." "But too many people see that the directors of the disastrous bad acting have nothing but contempt for this place and for this people. Too many see that those who loathe us and our ancient homeland, those who would replace it and us with something without meaning, just a stepping stone to money and control, those that are committed to a new world order in which the mass of us are nothing more than captive slaves, captive to an anti-human ideology. Too many people see it." "Digital ID was supposed to be their grand finale, the big finish, but it's never about what they say it's about. Bad actors, the lot of them, acting in bad faith and with malice in mind. I'm telling you now, on account of all I've just said, digital ID, it won't work."

Neil Oliver: "And so, back, one last time, to digital ID and why I say it won't work. It won't work because it's not built and never was intended to make any of us safe but, on the contrary, to make the oligarchs safe, safe from us. It won't work because in the end, as always, it's only about money, money taken from us the many and seized by them the few." "It won't work because, on account of their hubris, the oligarchs have actually revealed to us what they're all about. Bad actors, bad scripts, bad special effects, disastrous production values all round. Digital ID won't work because the sales pitch is supposed to be able to make this country and the people living in it safe." "But too many people see that the directors of the disastrous bad acting have nothing but contempt for this place and for this people. Too many see that those who loathe us and our ancient homeland, those who would replace it and us with something without meaning, just a stepping stone to money and control, those that are committed to a new world order in which the mass of us are nothing more than captive slaves, captive to an anti-human ideology. Too many people see it." "Digital ID was supposed to be their grand finale, the big finish, but it's never about what they say it's about. Bad actors, the lot of them, acting in bad faith and with malice in mind. I'm telling you now, on account of all I've just said, digital ID, it won't work."

Camus

204,433 views • 1 year ago

Neil Oliver maintains that the technocratic agenda to construct a "digital cage"—comprised of digital ID and CBDCs—is ultimately doomed to failure "without the cooperation of the people". "Despite what the technocrats would like us to think... all of it will fail." "Because the trust is gone. And you cannot force governance on millions or billions of people. It just won't work."

Neil Oliver maintains that the technocratic agenda to construct a "digital cage"—comprised of digital ID and CBDCs—is ultimately doomed to failure "without the cooperation of the people". "Despite what the technocrats would like us to think... all of it will fail." "Because the trust is gone. And you cannot force governance on millions or billions of people. It just won't work."

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Neil Oliver on the UK government's imminent attempt to impose mandatory digital ID: "There's going to be mass refusal, mass non-compliance... It's going to be a disaster for them, and will probably... be what brings them down." "Anybody that accepts a digital ID is slapping handcuffs around their own wrists." "It's the end of freedom. It's the end of choice. It's the worst possible decision that any... freedom loving person could possibly make." "I was pessimistic about it for a while—I'm not anymore. We've got them on this. We have them surrounded. Their arguments don't stack up. None of the reasons that they've put forward for doing this make any kind of sense." "The very idea that this is going to tackle the people arriving by boats... is absolute nonsense. It was never supposed to do that." "The desire to bring forward the digital ID was there years ago. And it was understood... that the British people would not accept it. So problems had to be fomented to make people desperate to accept this as a solution." "Hence the opening up of the borders, and the mass immigration onto these shores." "The hope has been that people would accept the digital ID as this solution to the problem. But it's entirely bogus." "All people have to do is not comply and this thing falls flat on its face. And I am convinced that that is what's going to happen." Credit: Neil Oliver Bev Turner

Neil Oliver on the UK government's imminent attempt to impose mandatory digital ID: "There's going to be mass refusal, mass non-compliance... It's going to be a disaster for them, and will probably... be what brings them down." "Anybody that accepts a digital ID is slapping handcuffs around their own wrists." "It's the end of freedom. It's the end of choice. It's the worst possible decision that any... freedom loving person could possibly make." "I was pessimistic about it for a while—I'm not anymore. We've got them on this. We have them surrounded. Their arguments don't stack up. None of the reasons that they've put forward for doing this make any kind of sense." "The very idea that this is going to tackle the people arriving by boats... is absolute nonsense. It was never supposed to do that." "The desire to bring forward the digital ID was there years ago. And it was understood... that the British people would not accept it. So problems had to be fomented to make people desperate to accept this as a solution." "Hence the opening up of the borders, and the mass immigration onto these shores." "The hope has been that people would accept the digital ID as this solution to the problem. But it's entirely bogus." "All people have to do is not comply and this thing falls flat on its face. And I am convinced that that is what's going to happen." Credit: Neil Oliver Bev Turner

Wide Awake Media

789,856 views • 11 months ago

Investigative journalist Whitney Webb: If people do not comply with digital ID, it will fail. "It is the cornerstone of the entire UN Agenda 2030. Without it, the programmable, surveillable money won't work... What they want to do in the online virtual world will not work. So much of it will not work if we do not comply with digital ID." "If you want to change the direction the world is going, you need to figure out how you are going to set up your life so you don't have to comply with digital ID." "If you were forced to comply with vaccine mandates and vaccine passports, how will you get around those type of restrictions when they try and impose digital ID on people for various reasons?" "I think it's very important for people to realise that they have the power. Otherwise, they wouldn't be investing all this money to manipulate us and pitch us on this." "We don't need this biometric digital ID surveillance state that's going to be used not just to surveil what we're doing in real time, but also to predict what we might do in the future." "That is the world they're setting up. It is very bad, and we should opt out. And we can opt out." Credit: Whitney Webb Neil Oliver

Investigative journalist Whitney Webb: If people do not comply with digital ID, it will fail. "It is the cornerstone of the entire UN Agenda 2030. Without it, the programmable, surveillable money won't work... What they want to do in the online virtual world will not work. So much of it will not work if we do not comply with digital ID." "If you want to change the direction the world is going, you need to figure out how you are going to set up your life so you don't have to comply with digital ID." "If you were forced to comply with vaccine mandates and vaccine passports, how will you get around those type of restrictions when they try and impose digital ID on people for various reasons?" "I think it's very important for people to realise that they have the power. Otherwise, they wouldn't be investing all this money to manipulate us and pitch us on this." "We don't need this biometric digital ID surveillance state that's going to be used not just to surveil what we're doing in real time, but also to predict what we might do in the future." "That is the world they're setting up. It is very bad, and we should opt out. And we can opt out." Credit: Whitney Webb Neil Oliver

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687,531 views • 1 year ago

DIGITAL ID: "It won't work!" - Neil Oliver The rise of biometric surveillance and the push for Digital ID are direct threats to our privacy, freedom, and dignity. Every surveillance system begins with “nothing to worry about.” But it never ends there – if we don’t draw the line now, where does it stop?

DIGITAL ID: "It won't work!" - Neil Oliver The rise of biometric surveillance and the push for Digital ID are direct threats to our privacy, freedom, and dignity. Every surveillance system begins with “nothing to worry about.” But it never ends there – if we don’t draw the line now, where does it stop?

Together

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DIGITAL ID: "It won't work!" - Neil Oliver The rise of biometric surveillance and the push for Digital ID are direct threats to our privacy, freedom, and dignity. Every surveillance system begins with “nothing to worry about.” But it never ends there – if we don’t draw the line now, where does it stop?

DIGITAL ID: "It won't work!" - Neil Oliver The rise of biometric surveillance and the push for Digital ID are direct threats to our privacy, freedom, and dignity. Every surveillance system begins with “nothing to worry about.” But it never ends there – if we don’t draw the line now, where does it stop?

Together

40,942 views • 1 year ago

🔥 DIGITAL ID: WHAT CAN YOU DO?! 🔥 Digital ID is ramping up fast in the UK - and I’ve had countless messages asking what people can do about it. This is your chance to take action. We’re not waiting for permission. We’re not asking the government to stop - because they won’t. This march is about us: the people. It’s about raising awareness, waking others up, and showing just how many of us are standing together against Digital ID. The system only works if we comply. If enough of us say no, they simply can’t go ahead with it. That’s why it’s so important to speak out, have conversations, and show up. When people see they’re not alone, they find courage to stand too - and that’s how real change begins. 📅 Saturday 22nd November 🕐 1PM 📍 Marble Arch, London Bring your voice. Bring your friends. Bring your courage. Let’s make it undeniable how many of us stand for freedom ✊ #digitalidentity #digitalid #keirstarmer #agenda2030 #newworldorder #socialcreditsystem #wakeup #wewillnotcomply #freedom #pandemic

🔥 DIGITAL ID: WHAT CAN YOU DO?! 🔥 Digital ID is ramping up fast in the UK - and I’ve had countless messages asking what people can do about it. This is your chance to take action. We’re not waiting for permission. We’re not asking the government to stop - because they won’t. This march is about us: the people. It’s about raising awareness, waking others up, and showing just how many of us are standing together against Digital ID. The system only works if we comply. If enough of us say no, they simply can’t go ahead with it. That’s why it’s so important to speak out, have conversations, and show up. When people see they’re not alone, they find courage to stand too - and that’s how real change begins. 📅 Saturday 22nd November 🕐 1PM 📍 Marble Arch, London Bring your voice. Bring your friends. Bring your courage. Let’s make it undeniable how many of us stand for freedom ✊ #digitalidentity #digitalid #keirstarmer #agenda2030 #newworldorder #socialcreditsystem #wakeup #wewillnotcomply #freedom #pandemic

Nazarin Veronica

21,339 views • 10 months ago

Foreign TalkTV caller gets swiftly shut down after claiming digital ID is "the only solution" to the UK's migrant crisis. "We've imported so many people into this country and most of them we don't know where the hell they are." "[Digital ID] is the only solution to that." "It's not a British thing to do, but are we British anymore, really?"

Foreign TalkTV caller gets swiftly shut down after claiming digital ID is "the only solution" to the UK's migrant crisis. "We've imported so many people into this country and most of them we don't know where the hell they are." "[Digital ID] is the only solution to that." "It's not a British thing to do, but are we British anymore, really?"

Wide Awake Media

13,341 views • 4 months ago

‼️💥You can’t have Britcoin without Britcard.💥‼️ This was never about immigration….it’s about the currency reset!! Digital ID is the key to programmable money. Once your ID, bank, and wallet are linked, control is total: spend limits, carbon quotas, frozen funds all become possible. They say it’s to stop illegal immigration, but giving everyone a digital ID doesn’t stop people sneaking in. It just puts the rest of us in a digital cage. Cash is freedom. Digital ID ends it. Say no while you still can. #DigitalID #Britcoin #CBDC #Freedom

‼️💥You can’t have Britcoin without Britcard.💥‼️ This was never about immigration….it’s about the currency reset!! Digital ID is the key to programmable money. Once your ID, bank, and wallet are linked, control is total: spend limits, carbon quotas, frozen funds all become possible. They say it’s to stop illegal immigration, but giving everyone a digital ID doesn’t stop people sneaking in. It just puts the rest of us in a digital cage. Cash is freedom. Digital ID ends it. Say no while you still can. #DigitalID #Britcoin #CBDC #Freedom

Melissa Ciummei

31,063 views • 11 months ago

“My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of digital ID” King Charles Apart from the fact that he looks like a right idiot wearing that costume, who does he and his ministers think they are? (I know the "King" is reading what he has been told to read out.) The fact is none of us was consulted about this, voted for it, or bloody want it. But as Exec Service Corps (E.S.C.) mentioned in the podcast today, the control grid can not be implemented without all of us having a digital ID. Digital ID is being sold to us as convenience, technological advancement, preventing cyber crime, identity theft, etc It's none of those. It's the key to our digital imprisonment.

“My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of digital ID” King Charles Apart from the fact that he looks like a right idiot wearing that costume, who does he and his ministers think they are? (I know the "King" is reading what he has been told to read out.) The fact is none of us was consulted about this, voted for it, or bloody want it. But as Exec Service Corps (E.S.C.) mentioned in the podcast today, the control grid can not be implemented without all of us having a digital ID. Digital ID is being sold to us as convenience, technological advancement, preventing cyber crime, identity theft, etc It's none of those. It's the key to our digital imprisonment.

Doc Malik

22,419 views • 4 months ago

So Darren Jones is telling us that Digital ID is now going to be used to combat populism: What he means is Popular democratic Ideas and the public who don't agree with Darren Jones - or the Labour Party. A bit like Sadiq Khan, calling for more stifling of speech around London and people talking about crime, calling it ‘disinformation’. And then we've got - well it’s laughable… But it is also the Labour Party saying they're going to have digital I.D., but it isn't going to be specific about sex, biological sex or gender. All of this shows complete contempt for all of us. One login forcing 8 million directors into digital ID The fact that the constant pressure to put us all under surveillance and control, as well as millions of data breaches that are happening all the time. That's why we've got the four nation scrap digital I.D. rally. Saturday, the 25th April. It's in London at Trafalgar Square. Get there for 130 for a 2:00 start. We've got Cardiff outside the Senedd. We've got Belfast and we've got Edinburgh, Hollywood outside Parliament there. This is the culmination of the Together Take Back Democracy tour in the run up to the 7th of May elections. Lets make it clear that digital ID and scrapping is essential for any potential Councillor to get your vote. We must have the right not to digitally verify. And that's what's Together’s digital Bill of rights is all about. SCRAP DIGITAL ID SAT 25th April Pls share flyers, this video & all the videos of the people that are speaking. Get involved. Remember we’re stronger and better together and don't let them have their way with this. Stand together Together #notodigitalid #together

So Darren Jones is telling us that Digital ID is now going to be used to combat populism: What he means is Popular democratic Ideas and the public who don't agree with Darren Jones - or the Labour Party. A bit like Sadiq Khan, calling for more stifling of speech around London and people talking about crime, calling it ‘disinformation’. And then we've got - well it’s laughable… But it is also the Labour Party saying they're going to have digital I.D., but it isn't going to be specific about sex, biological sex or gender. All of this shows complete contempt for all of us. One login forcing 8 million directors into digital ID The fact that the constant pressure to put us all under surveillance and control, as well as millions of data breaches that are happening all the time. That's why we've got the four nation scrap digital I.D. rally. Saturday, the 25th April. It's in London at Trafalgar Square. Get there for 130 for a 2:00 start. We've got Cardiff outside the Senedd. We've got Belfast and we've got Edinburgh, Hollywood outside Parliament there. This is the culmination of the Together Take Back Democracy tour in the run up to the 7th of May elections. Lets make it clear that digital ID and scrapping is essential for any potential Councillor to get your vote. We must have the right not to digitally verify. And that's what's Together’s digital Bill of rights is all about. SCRAP DIGITAL ID SAT 25th April Pls share flyers, this video & all the videos of the people that are speaking. Get involved. Remember we’re stronger and better together and don't let them have their way with this. Stand together Together #notodigitalid #together

Alan D Miller

26,656 views • 5 months ago

🎂 Happy 248th Birthday To Us 🎉 Cheers to many more years of keeping our country safe in the air, on land, and at sea, because we believe that there is no substitute for presence and for people.

🎂 Happy 248th Birthday To Us 🎉 Cheers to many more years of keeping our country safe in the air, on land, and at sea, because we believe that there is no substitute for presence and for people.

U.S. Navy

4,429,184 views • 2 years ago

🚨: Digital ID Is NOT OVER. Here’s Why! The Labour government is pushing it through the back door, targeting company directors, children, veterans, and the entire British public. Many people have not fallen for the so-called U-turn, but many others have. We need to remind ourselves of the games those in power play and remain vigilant at all times. Digital ID must be scrapped in its entirety.

🚨: Digital ID Is NOT OVER. Here’s Why! The Labour government is pushing it through the back door, targeting company directors, children, veterans, and the entire British public. Many people have not fallen for the so-called U-turn, but many others have. We need to remind ourselves of the games those in power play and remain vigilant at all times. Digital ID must be scrapped in its entirety.

Montgomery Toms

33,689 views • 8 months ago

Behn: This isn't the end of our story. It's not even close, because what we have built here in this district, this grassroots movement, is part of something bigger that is happening across the south and is happening across this country. Because we are tired of people outside of this state telling us that the south is backwards, that it's hopeless and it's destined to be ruled by the same powerful people again and again. The south is not silent because the south has something to say. And Tennessee, we are leading the way. We have inspired an entire country. They are with us tonight and they are so proud. we’re able to do. And we may not have won tonight, but we changed the story of what's possible here. And we're not done, not by a long shot.

Behn: This isn't the end of our story. It's not even close, because what we have built here in this district, this grassroots movement, is part of something bigger that is happening across the south and is happening across this country. Because we are tired of people outside of this state telling us that the south is backwards, that it's hopeless and it's destined to be ruled by the same powerful people again and again. The south is not silent because the south has something to say. And Tennessee, we are leading the way. We have inspired an entire country. They are with us tonight and they are so proud. we’re able to do. And we may not have won tonight, but we changed the story of what's possible here. And we're not done, not by a long shot.

Acyn

99,437 views • 9 months ago

According to investigative journalist Whitney Webb: "One of the main reasons for this coordinated global push to develop digital IDs is because it's deemed essential to... Agenda 2030." "Digital IDs are not really a separate project from CBDCs... CBDCs and digital IDs are meant to go together. And without digital IDs, the CBDC digital finance system cannot exist." "They have to know who you are. And so they want to have your wallet tied to a digital ID, and have that digital ID be mapped to your physical ID through the biometric data collection." "If you don't participate in digital ID, you won't have a legally recognised identity, you won't have rights, you won't be able to access services without it." Credit: Whitney Webb James Patrick

According to investigative journalist Whitney Webb: "One of the main reasons for this coordinated global push to develop digital IDs is because it's deemed essential to... Agenda 2030." "Digital IDs are not really a separate project from CBDCs... CBDCs and digital IDs are meant to go together. And without digital IDs, the CBDC digital finance system cannot exist." "They have to know who you are. And so they want to have your wallet tied to a digital ID, and have that digital ID be mapped to your physical ID through the biometric data collection." "If you don't participate in digital ID, you won't have a legally recognised identity, you won't have rights, you won't be able to access services without it." Credit: Whitney Webb James Patrick

Wide Awake Media

125,642 views • 6 months ago

The Trump admin is GASLIGHTING us re: no CBDCs They know they can't do CBDCs because of the Constitution, so they're backdooring them with stablecoins Iain Davis explains— "the idea of a [CBDC] is that it will give these private institutions total control of a new digital international monetary and financial system" "CBDC is programmable money that slots into that system. That's why they want it" "That's not going to work in the US because... it's a constitutional right in the United States that the people, and only the people, oversee what they call the power, quote–unquote... to coin money" "So what are you going to do about it? You need some sort of work-round" "So stablecoins and things like deposit tokens or tokenized deposits are variations of programmable digital currency. But rather than being issued by a central bank, they're issued by a commercial bank" "stablecoins... slot into the system of programmability just as easily, if not more so than a central bank digital currency. So you can attach smart contracts to any kind of digital transaction using digital currency" "Programmable digital currency and stablecoins do exactly the same thing, serve the same purpose, as central bank digital currency" This clip of Iain Davis (InThisTogether), author of The Technocratic Dark State, is taken from a Flashlights podcast (Flashlights Podcast) episode posted to Rumble on May 17, 2026. ---------------Partial transcription of clip---------------- "It's a constitutional right in the United States that the people, and only the people, oversee what they call the power, quote–unquote, it says this in the Constitution, to coin money. So the power to coin money is overseen by the people. "Now the idea of a central bank digital currency is that it will give these private institutions total control of a new digital international monetary and financial system. That's CBDC is programmable money that slots into that system. That's why they want it. "That's not going to work in the US because even though Congress, you know, Congress is the, is the dog which is wagged by the tail in this of the Fed, the Fed, you know, the Fed tells Congress what to do, not the other way round. But theoretically it could be the other way round. And theoretically the people could assert their control over the Fed if they only knew about it, which, not many people do, but they could do it, right? It's in the US Constitution. "Now that's a problem if you're going to embark on a global transformation of the entire international monetary and financial system when your leading reserve currency is the US dollar. So that's, you know, that could all go wrong very badly. "So what are you going to do about it? You need some sort of work round. How are you, how are you going to do which for the, you know, I, for many years, well, since central bank digital currency has been something that I've been looking at, I couldn't figure out why the US wasn't more enthusiastic about central bank digital currency. "Because it's the type of thing that the US administrations are usually right up— You know, they're really gung ho about that kind of centralized control of everything. That's right up their alley. So why, why don't they like it? And then it was the work of John Titus who pointed out this problem that they've got in the US with the Constitution that made me look at that and think, right. And then I started investigating that further. And he's right about that. That is a problem. "But then they obviously need some sort of workaround. How are they going to have. Because the main point of central bank digital currency from the surveillance and control aspect is that we will all need digital identity in order to access our digital wallets, which will contain the currency and the currency and the wallets and our, digital identities will all be programmable so conditions can be set on everything that we do. "Every transaction we make will be subject to condition through some sort of smart contract probably, which will control it. Right. So you know, if you say the wrong thing or you know, you, you just write the wrong thing online, you could be punished by algorithm by controlling your access to money... "And so the key to that is central bank— the programmability of central bank digital currency. But obviously that's not going to, may not work. There's a good chance that won't work in the United States which has got the US dollar reserve is an important currency. "So what are you going to do? So stablecoins and things like deposit tokens or tokenized deposits are variations of programmable digital currency. But rather than being issued by a central bank, they're issued by a commercial bank. So or in the case of stablecoins, a non-bank, a non-bank institution like Tether. So it's not a bank. "But you can use stablecoins for exactly the same. They slot into the system of programmability just as easily, if not more so than a central bank digital currency. So you can attach smart contracts to any kind of digital transaction using digital currency. Programmable digital currency and stablecoins do exactly the same thing, serve the same purpose as central bank digital currency or the other version, the commercial bank version is deposit tokens. Any of those will do. "Now in the US they've gone down the stablecoin route so they can issue the stablecoins which will be backed by US Treasuries, just like the dollar or just like any kind of dollar instrument will be one to one convertible for the US dollar. So the stablecoins are effectively the US dollar in, in digital form. "But instead of calling it a central bank digital currency, they call it issued by, it wouldn't have to be issued by the Fed. They call it a stablecoin, which is issued by a company like Tether or you know, someone like that. So it's the same system but using a workaround. And that workaround came with the Genius Act which, which came from an executive order that Trump made when he first came to office. "Because the Americans, quite rightly when they were electing their president, were concerned about central bank digital currency. I mean anyone that understands what it is should be terrified of it. So they didn't want it, and Trump promised that they wouldn't have it. Probably. I don't know whether he knew, but certainly the gaggle of technocrats that were around him knew that they weren't going down that path. Anyway, no chance of the US introducing it because of these problems we've just outlined."

The Trump admin is GASLIGHTING us re: no CBDCs They know they can't do CBDCs because of the Constitution, so they're backdooring them with stablecoins Iain Davis explains— "the idea of a [CBDC] is that it will give these private institutions total control of a new digital international monetary and financial system" "CBDC is programmable money that slots into that system. That's why they want it" "That's not going to work in the US because... it's a constitutional right in the United States that the people, and only the people, oversee what they call the power, quote–unquote... to coin money" "So what are you going to do about it? You need some sort of work-round" "So stablecoins and things like deposit tokens or tokenized deposits are variations of programmable digital currency. But rather than being issued by a central bank, they're issued by a commercial bank" "stablecoins... slot into the system of programmability just as easily, if not more so than a central bank digital currency. So you can attach smart contracts to any kind of digital transaction using digital currency" "Programmable digital currency and stablecoins do exactly the same thing, serve the same purpose, as central bank digital currency" This clip of Iain Davis (InThisTogether), author of The Technocratic Dark State, is taken from a Flashlights podcast (Flashlights Podcast) episode posted to Rumble on May 17, 2026. ---------------Partial transcription of clip---------------- "It's a constitutional right in the United States that the people, and only the people, oversee what they call the power, quote–unquote, it says this in the Constitution, to coin money. So the power to coin money is overseen by the people. "Now the idea of a central bank digital currency is that it will give these private institutions total control of a new digital international monetary and financial system. That's CBDC is programmable money that slots into that system. That's why they want it. "That's not going to work in the US because even though Congress, you know, Congress is the, is the dog which is wagged by the tail in this of the Fed, the Fed, you know, the Fed tells Congress what to do, not the other way round. But theoretically it could be the other way round. And theoretically the people could assert their control over the Fed if they only knew about it, which, not many people do, but they could do it, right? It's in the US Constitution. "Now that's a problem if you're going to embark on a global transformation of the entire international monetary and financial system when your leading reserve currency is the US dollar. So that's, you know, that could all go wrong very badly. "So what are you going to do about it? You need some sort of work round. How are you, how are you going to do which for the, you know, I, for many years, well, since central bank digital currency has been something that I've been looking at, I couldn't figure out why the US wasn't more enthusiastic about central bank digital currency. "Because it's the type of thing that the US administrations are usually right up— You know, they're really gung ho about that kind of centralized control of everything. That's right up their alley. So why, why don't they like it? And then it was the work of John Titus who pointed out this problem that they've got in the US with the Constitution that made me look at that and think, right. And then I started investigating that further. And he's right about that. That is a problem. "But then they obviously need some sort of workaround. How are they going to have. Because the main point of central bank digital currency from the surveillance and control aspect is that we will all need digital identity in order to access our digital wallets, which will contain the currency and the currency and the wallets and our, digital identities will all be programmable so conditions can be set on everything that we do. "Every transaction we make will be subject to condition through some sort of smart contract probably, which will control it. Right. So you know, if you say the wrong thing or you know, you, you just write the wrong thing online, you could be punished by algorithm by controlling your access to money... "And so the key to that is central bank— the programmability of central bank digital currency. But obviously that's not going to, may not work. There's a good chance that won't work in the United States which has got the US dollar reserve is an important currency. "So what are you going to do? So stablecoins and things like deposit tokens or tokenized deposits are variations of programmable digital currency. But rather than being issued by a central bank, they're issued by a commercial bank. So or in the case of stablecoins, a non-bank, a non-bank institution like Tether. So it's not a bank. "But you can use stablecoins for exactly the same. They slot into the system of programmability just as easily, if not more so than a central bank digital currency. So you can attach smart contracts to any kind of digital transaction using digital currency. Programmable digital currency and stablecoins do exactly the same thing, serve the same purpose as central bank digital currency or the other version, the commercial bank version is deposit tokens. Any of those will do. "Now in the US they've gone down the stablecoin route so they can issue the stablecoins which will be backed by US Treasuries, just like the dollar or just like any kind of dollar instrument will be one to one convertible for the US dollar. So the stablecoins are effectively the US dollar in, in digital form. "But instead of calling it a central bank digital currency, they call it issued by, it wouldn't have to be issued by the Fed. They call it a stablecoin, which is issued by a company like Tether or you know, someone like that. So it's the same system but using a workaround. And that workaround came with the Genius Act which, which came from an executive order that Trump made when he first came to office. "Because the Americans, quite rightly when they were electing their president, were concerned about central bank digital currency. I mean anyone that understands what it is should be terrified of it. So they didn't want it, and Trump promised that they wouldn't have it. Probably. I don't know whether he knew, but certainly the gaggle of technocrats that were around him knew that they weren't going down that path. Anyway, no chance of the US introducing it because of these problems we've just outlined."

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