I just can't figure out who - that is, what group of citizens - wants this. They seem to be wildly unpopular when the public is polled. But there's still a big push for it. Now, I understand big governments are not often responsive to the electorate. But there's not even a good cover story for CBDCs. Usually when they want to push something that citizens don't want they come up with a cover story that at least large parts of corporate media will puppet with a straight face. I don't even see that with this.