BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Governments will never truly embrace CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) to the point of annihilating cash. Power feeds on secrecy. Cash hides what must stay hidden—bribes, mistresses, backroom deals. Digital money is a ledger, a prison. No man wants his vices recorded, his most private transactions exposed. The dealer, the politician, the banker, the spy—they all need the shadows CBDCs leave no … Continue reading As Long As Men Are Men
BY JOHN DREWRY Billions of people are probably now familiar with the promise ‘You will own nothing, and you will be happy’. When I first heard it, I remember reacting with a mixture of incredulity, indignation and derisory humour. I thought, that is the aspiration of a madman, and is definitely irrational. Even if Herr Schwab helped to manage the dastardly realisation of ensuring we … Continue reading You Vill Be Heppy
BY NIALL McCRAE The Davos set, those progressive politicians, corporate bosses, bankers and sanctimonious celebrities who meet in the Swiss Alps every spring, have plenty of power and privilege. They talk of ‘smart cities’, digital currencies, radical action against climate change, internet safety and social justice. These assorted concerns may not readily make a coherent and realistic prospectus, but Covid-19 showed that where there’s a … Continue reading Globalists As They See Themselves
