I got dragged into conspiracy theories easily because of the cov absurdity. But over time none of my predictions come true and now I try to distance myself from all the conspiracy theories. I like to listen to people with polar opposite views to mine even if it irritates me. A friend of mine that works in "IRS" recently told me that she noticed a regression trend to convenience of payment system. Apparently more people are hearing or experiencing it them self of theft and other problems because of blick payments and qr codes. They are resigning from account with internet access and starting to only use cash. When I told her that CBDC will be strongly pushed forward, she laughed that people will not consent to that. I hope she is right. It will be a long and tedious process anyway. We will see what happens till 2030.