CBDC - tyrannical statist's perfect dream.

Bitcoin (today) - tyrannical statist's nuisance, but due to lack of privacy and weak pseudonimity can be coerced and turned into statist's dream. This is ongoing.

Monero - statist's nightmare, s/he's so unsure of the value their institutions provide, they need to make sure they see all the plebs do, so they can steal^H^H^H^H^H tax the plebs and guarantee themselves an income by force, not by voluntary cooperation. True challenge to the status quo, although really it just brings normalcy back (no eternal breadcrumb trail of financial actions) after the first few decades of computing taking humanity by storm. Has additional benefits, like instant global reach, which was not possible without technology.

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Key point to understand: Most Monero users would like #bitcoin to be more like #monero - it's not either/or.

If you're in for the freedom aspect, I honestly don't think it is possible without the privacy and anonymity aspects.

Which is exactly why the enemies of freedom (raging Statists) keep attacking #privacy and anonymity.