They'll come from multiple directions, if this fails they'll go for welfare, where such a thing exists, then gov contractors and employees. It's insidious.
Russia is showing the way on how to sell CBDCs to the masses.
"For instance, you give money to a child who goes to school, saying it can only be spent on breakfast, buying books or textbooks. No matter how great the desire of the user to spend it on other purposes, it will be impossible to do.”
Do not accept CBDCs. They are evil.
https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/russia-tests-digital-ruble-in-bid-to-bypass-sanctions/article
Discussion
True dat. Resistance will take epic discipline unless it's simply imposed. Done over time their use would come to appear as evolution. Human beings are like water, we mostly seek the path of least resistance. I think the battle will be long and hard. Dare I say resistance must be "collectively organised".
Spartans!