from Birch Gold Group:

During the 2020 pandemic hysteria there was a mad rush by globalist institutions like the WEF, IMF, BIS and numerous national central banks to introduce the concept of “CBDCs” (Central Bank Digitial Currencies) into the mainstream consciousness. The idea of CBDCs was loosely tied to the pandemic, with some globalists asserting that digital currencies would be necessary because “paper money carries the covid virus”.
This was, of course, complete nonsense. There was zero evidence that shifting to digital would prevent the spread of the virus in any way. But, as I’ve said for years now, covid was intended to become a nexus point for a global coup; the “New World Order” takeover. These people thought they had it in the bag, and the elites figured the population was so terrified that they would agree to anything without a logical reason.
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They were wrong. The public eventually woke up and the agenda was forced to dissolve, largely due to half of U.S. states blocking the mandates. If Americans could live just fine without restrictions, then the rest of the world was going to follow.
I would point out, though, that the pandemic coup gave the public a once in a lifetime insight into the plans and motives of the globalists. This event changed everything. Millions of people who once thought that “conspiracy theorists” were crazy just had their eyes opened to a dark reality. There really is an international cabal. They really do make evil plans in smoky rooms. There really is a “New World Order” agenda.
And, a big part of that agenda which globalists spoke of openly and frequently, was the digital currency scheme.
CBDCs: The new threat to economic freedom
As researchers, all of our suspicions were confirmed. Seeing the intended plans of the elites across Europe and developing nations like China and India, it was clear that CBDCs are the ultimate economic control mechanism.
Why? Because without physical money, the populace can no longer engage in trade without governments and central banks acting as the middleman.
Use the Covid vaccine drive as an analogy: First, employers would be required by law to check workers for updated vaccination, or face endless fines. Once this became the norm, then mandatory Covid tracking apps would be introduced as the only way to enter public establishments and mass transit. Eventually, everyone would be forced to use their phones as a pass to purchase anything anywhere.
The final domino would be CBDCs, of course. Once all transactions are going through smartphones, the next step toward centralized control is a currency totally under control of the government.
Without CBDCs, the control system falls apart. With physical cash, there’s no way for the government to control transactions. Even without cash, the public could use gold and silver or barter (once again, as we have during crises for thousands of years). People could create their own black markets and survive.
But with a CBDC monopoly in place, participation in the wider economy would be impossible.
Back then, globalists asserted that this was not a program of “forced vaccination” (although that was surely the ultimate endgame). Rather, they argued cynically that people still had a choice – they could get vaccinated and live a somewhat normal life within the system, or, they could refuse to be vaccinated and be cut off from full economic participation, separate from most of society (and likely die from abject poverty).



