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RT Jon Rice (@JonRice)As the first guest on the new podcast 'Not Dead Yet' discussing cypherpunk values, I argue that social media has been a precursor to a CBDC.We have been conditioned to 'allow all' and not question why we carry a surveillance tool in our pockets at all times.This is literally what a CBDC would be - a tool for total surveillance - and we, as a society, have become so used to the idea that we are the product, we trade our data and privacy for convenience, that a CBDC is no longer a stretc ...