{"id":152673,"date":"2024-01-31T08:20:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=152673"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:23:03","slug":"the-argument-for-going-cashless-its-about-controlling-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=152673","title":{"rendered":"The argument for going cashless, it’s about controlling you"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Those calling for us to switch to a digital currency, or to go completely cashless, offer what may seem like good ideas for such a move. However, one could look at places like China to see how cashless transactions could be used to control your activities. You don’t need an army to control the population if you could shut down people’s means of paying for services. This shutting down could happen if your “social credit system” score gets too low, or the government decides that you’ve purchased “too much” of an item, purchased “the wrong” item, contributed to the “wrong causes,” etc.<\/p>\n

From The Daily Reckoning:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, the FBI and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) sent letters to U.S. banks asking them to identify and provide a list to the government of customers using Zelle, Venmo and similar payment channels who mentioned “MAGA,” or “Trump” in their message traffic.<\/p>\n

They also asked for details on bookstore purchases of “religious” articles including Bibles. Finally, they asked for details on those shopping at Cabela’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods or Bass Pro Shops, presumably on the view that those are places to buy guns and ammo.<\/p>\n

This is a clear-cut violation of the First Amendment (free speech, freedom of religion), Second Amendment (right to bear arms) and Fourth Amendment (no unreasonable search and seizure).<\/p>\n

It’s not a crime to write “MAGA,” etc. and therefore there’s no reasonable basis for suspecting a crime, and therefore no right to get the information without a warrant, which requires a judge. Any judge would likely reject the warrant request since there’s no probable cause.<\/p>\n

This is an obvious case of profiling that may well involve AI. If you shoot someone and you’re wearing a MAGA hat, you get arrested for the shooting, not the hat. In this case, the hat is enough to put you under surveillance because you have been profiled as “an enemy of the people” by the government’s definition.<\/p>\n

I predicted this kind of surveillance would arise with the use of Biden Bucks since the government would have your financial records and would not have to go to the banks or get a warrant. I’d like to say I was wrong, but unfortunately I was right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

James Rickards provides the balance of his view on this topic here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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