Behind the move to slowly nudge people into a cashless society

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Didi Rankovic

“The war on cash” started well before the pandemic and it has been one of what seem to be strategic directions, pushed by global power centers and elites, that has benefited greatly from the myriad of restrictions imposed on people over the past several years.

Today, those behind the effort to phase out cash as money difficult to trace and control in favor of a “cashless society” where people’s every financial transaction and move is monitored, recorded, and controlled, appear to be reaping the benefits of this systematic move.

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