I don’t think it could ever fly in USA. Canada, however, is another story.
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There was a time when we would never have believed in the possibility of war without congressional approval. Or of a central bank. Or of a bailout for corporations. Or of imprisonment without due process or trial by jury. Or of the highest incarceration rate in the world. Or of anticipatory strikes on sovereign nations.
I can absolutely imagine CBDC’s in the US