As the debt based economic system slowly collapses our banking overlords will manufacture any number of crises to force the introduction of a digital ID. We are currently in a two-horse race between the introduction of a digital ID and a currency collapse. With this in mind it might be a good idea to start a book just to see how many of these flea bitten nags are entered into the Manufactured Crisis Handicap race to be run at Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
Stealth, the driving licence approach - slow runner but a guaranteed starter
Fake pandemic - unlikely, fell at the first fence last time out
Real pandemic - risky but could be a finisher, a good each way bet
Kinetic warfare requiring a draft card - ditto
Cyber attack - possible front runner, currently making up ground
National power outage - late entry, could be a dark horse
Internet security to protect the children - another each way bet
Immigration concerns - showing early promise, worth a punt
Climate emergency - heavily fancied but doesn't run well on soft ground
War on terror - little widespread support
Alien invasion - rank outsider but the nerd’s favourite
In the UK we have seen the dark mare “Immigration concerns” and more recently the youthful colt “Internet security” move to the front of the pack.
The Online Safety Act 2023 puts a range of duties on social media companies to require identification to access services that government defined as illegal, harmful or just inconvenient. While access to “harmful content” remains completely open to anybody with a VPN, the main purpose of the act is to seed the idea of internet registration in the population's mind as another step towards a digital ID.
But as we have seen this lame nag is only one of many runners in the race. The reason why there is such a wide and varied field is due to the fact that each fake crisis will only serve to enrol a certain proportion of the population. The health aspect captures the worried-well, other options corral climate alarmists and general conformists but all together they will only capture a minority of the population. The main purpose is to trial the technology and place the necessity of a digital ID into the public consciousness.
The simple fact is you're only looking at the undercard and not the Gold Cup event.
The overlords don’t want people to accept a digital ID, they want us to demand one and that will only occur when the population is separated from their food and/or their bank accounts.
The bank account approach is a stone cold certainty, but it has a number of risks. When the debt based economy finally collapses, the retail banks will fail and accounts will be frozen. What happens next will be government intervention, the assurance that your funds will be recovered into some form of CBDC and the promise of financial assistance in the short term for which you will have to register for a digital ID. The process will be sold as a method to prevent fraud and speed up payments and in truth, both cases have practical merit.
However, one problem still remains with the bank account approach.
When the system goes down it’ll be quick, which means it could also be unpredictable and messy. The precursors will be plain to see in the financial markets months before but the populus will be told nothing other than the fact that the economy is performing well. The calming of the populus will be absolutely vital because their wealth has to be locked into the system in order to be stolen. Even a moderate percentage of people withdrawing credit from the banking system would be enough to cause a premature failure, which has to be avoided at all costs.
Trying to roll out a digital ID at the same time as the economic recovery package (CDBC) is far from ideal. It’s workable as a Plan B but if the digital ID could be in place before the collapse that would be a better Plan A. The playbook will be the same - create a crisis and propose the digital ID as the solution. It just needs something as vital as credit to be in short supply - something that everybody needs and nobody can do without. Something like food, perhaps.
The attack on the farming sector in the UK and across Europe over the past decade is well documented from regulations affecting land use, rewilding schemes, tax changes, and arbitrary Net Zero targets. As of 2023, the UK imports approximately 42% of the food it consumes meaning that a supply disruption, matched with a local outbreak of foot and mouth/bird flu/mad cow disease would quickly empty shelves in the supermarket. At the first sign of stress, a rationing system will be introduced accessed through a mobile app. Registration will require a digital ID to ensure fairness and inclusivity.
Whether there’s enough life left in the financial system to even attempt Plan A is debatable as lines of stress are already emerging. We are more likely to end up with a quick and messy Plan B.
The only thing you can be assured of is that race is certainly on and we are reaching the final furlong.