WEF Tyranny of digital IDs and currencies roll out around the world
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By now, you probably know about the plans for digital IDs and
digital currencies. But how far along are these plans exactly in
various places around the world? What steps are being undertaken
right now? Why are digital "identities" so problematic? And what
are possible solutions? We will explore these questions in this
article.
The process of rolling out digital IDs worldwide began years before
the COVID fiasco and the publication of Klaus Schwab's book
(
https://bit.ly/3FYgk01) "COVID-19: The Great Reset."
The United Nations' project ID2020 launched in 2016; its goal
is to provide every person in the world with a digital identity. But
the European Union created the legal framework for the introduction
of a European digital ID even earlier than that, in 2014.
This March my colleague Ashley Sadler wrote a great article about
how world elites are quietly preparing digital IDs to put a global
surveillance state in place.
When we look at Europe, we can see that digital IDs are already
used by most of the population in many countries, like Italy,
Austria, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
And even Ukraine has an all-encompassing government app called
Diia, an acronym for "the State and me," which already combines
digital identification with passports, licenses, social welfare
benefits, COVID "vaccination" records, etc.
During its ongoing war with Russia, the government even added
a feature with which citizens could inform the state about the
location and equipment of Russian troops. Bizarrely, the app also
contains a game where users can destroy Russian tanks with drones
they control.
I would argue that the very term "Digital Identity" is problematic,
as it suggests to people that their identity, their entire being,
could be stored on a cloud server.
In a 2016 presentation called "A Blueprint for Digital Identity",
the World Economic Forum defined the term "identity" in the
following way:
The World Economic Forum's reductionist understanding of identity
is a problem of our technocratic age, which is ruled by the dictates
of a nihilistic materialism that sees the human being as nothing more
than a collection of attributes or a "clump of cells" that moves
through time and space without an ultimate end or meaning. In our
digital age, we can be tricked into believing that a collection
of digital data points about us is our identity.
Human identity is, of course, much more than that since we are
made in the image of God, as a unity of body, soul, and spirit. We
are children of our parents on a natural level and part of a family,
a lineage, and a people. Through baptism, we become part of the
mystical body of Christ. Possessing an immortal soul and free will,
we are much more than a mere collection of qualities and traits.
These profound human truths are being ignored or denied by the
transhumanist tyrants driving the agenda behind the so-called
digital identity.
Our biometric data will be an important part of the digital
identities of the future. Sadly, biometric mass surveillance through
cameras with facial recognition is not limited to Communist China
anymore.
According to a report by the European Digital Rights initiative,
countries have been expanding biometric, digital mass surveillance
across Europe for years. The report documents mass biometric
surveillance projects in 18 German cities, 5 cities in the
Netherlands, and some in other countries like France, Spain, and
the U.K. An article on statista.com states that facial recognition
technology is used in 32 European countries.
The EU plans to merge all the national and EU data systems into
one giant "biometric super-database," a project that has already
incurred costs of almost a billion euros.
U.S. government agencies are also collecting all kinds of biometric
data from their citizens, and the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) reportedly wants to share that data with other countries,
specifically European countries, in exchange for access to their
own database.
If all that does not sound like total, centralized government control
over all citizens, I don't know what does.
The so-called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are another
important piece in the puzzle of total control and surveillance.
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the
laws," is a quote attributed to German banker Mayer Amschel
Rothschild. It encapsulates the essence of digital currencies: Total
control of the money equals almost total control over the populace.
LifeSiteNews previously published James Corbett's great overview
of how far along different countries are in their development
of CBDCs.
In addition to the information provided by Corbett, it is interesting
to note that Turkey recently announced plans to introduce its own
digital currency in 2023 and immediately link it to its digital ID
system.
The EU also hints at connecting the digital Eero to digital
identities in the future. On a FAQ page of the European Central
Bank about the digital euro, we can read the following sentence:
"A digital euro could also offer advanced functionalities, such
as automated payment features or using some form of digital
identity."
This connection of digital currencies with digital IDs is exactly
what people concerned about privacy and the surveillance state
have been warning about.
You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see that this is
a worldwide effort when 90 % of central banks are currently
studying the feasibility of issuing their own CBDC.
The end goal of introducing digital IDs, biometric surveillance,
and digital currencies seems to be a Chinese-style social credit
system.
The introduction of vaccine passports during the COVID crisis
can be seen as a trial run for the implementation of such
a dystopian system.
The COVID crisis and the draconian measures have certainly
accelerated this development towards digital surveillance, as
government agencies like the European Commission have
pointed out themselves.
"The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the need for effective
and user-friendly digital services across the EU. There is no time
to lose. It is essential that Member States start working with the
Commission and the private sector immediately to prepare the
implementation of the European Digital Identity framework,"
a statement on the European Commission's website says.
The first projects that resemble social credit systems are already
in place in Western countries. The so-called Environmental,
Social, and Governance (ESG) scores are used by many U.S.
corporations. This has been explained here.
Furthermore, the Italian city of Bologna has launched its "Smart
Citizen Wallet" project, a system through which participants can
collect points for "virtuous behaviors" like recycling or using
public transport. These earned points can then be spent on
discounts or free entry to cultural experiences.
Similar projects are being tested and implemented right now
in other places in Europe like Vienna, Rome, and Bavaria.
Sweden is not just a frontrunner when it comes to cashless
payments; the Scandinavian country also has a carbon-limit
credit card called DO BLACK. This credit card calculates the
carbon footprint of all purchases made with it and sets a CO2
limit for the user. Once this limit has been reached, no further
purchases can be made with it.
Moreover, the EU has proposed a European asset register in
which the entire assets of every EU citizen could be recorded
and possibly linked to digital identities in the future. The official
reason for this central asset register is to fight money laundering
and tax evasion.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) is asking people to register their vegetable
gardens for a national database.
So, in other words, the government wants to know about every
little thing that you own, in addition to having all your personal
and biometric data stored in digital IDs and monitoring all your
transactions through digital currencies.
Right now, most of these programs are still voluntary in Western
countries - just like getting the COVID shots was initially
voluntary. But as we all witnessed, the coercion started very soon
and the "unvaccinated" were barred from restaurants, stores, gyms,
and traveling, and many lost their jobs. Similar punishments might
be imposed in the future on citizens who refuse to take part in
these social credit programs or do not want to use a digital ID.
There are many small things that we can do in our own lives to
fight back against this looming digital tyranny. Dr. Joseph Mercola
offers a good list in this article.
Additionally, using cash instead of digital payment methods
whenever you can, and calling on local politicians to protect the
legal right to pay in cash are important steps everyone can take.
The politicians will face pressure from above, from the globalist
elites, so we must make sure that they feel counter pressure from
below, from us citizens.
Supporting local farmers and establishing relationships with them
is also a great way to become less dependent on global supply
chains. In that way, you may still be able to get food in the future
without having to use digital IDs or digital currencies.
Using cash and supporting local farmers are also the first two steps
to fighting globalist tyranny from the "Global Walkout" movement,
founded by Drs. Robert Malone and Peter McCullough and other
freedom fighters.
Furthermore, LifeSiteNews has launched a campaign to fight the
Great Reset in Canada by urging Members of Parliament to reject
digital IDs. So, if you live in Canada, you can take part in that
campaign and urge your MPs to do the right thing and oppose
digital IDs.
