There have been talks on the internet recently about Europe (the European Union, actually) "working on a plan" to strengthen its military power—one that could cost the so-called Union anywhere from $800 billion to $3 trillion. That’s a lot of money, and there’s a reason behind this concern.
So far, most of the funds spent on military equipment within NATO have come from the U.S., but now, at least on the surface, it seems like America no longer wants to be the cash cow. Trump appears to be focused on peace in Ukraine at the moment, while Europe seems more inclined to support the continuation of the war.
But Europe doesn’t really have a say in the matter. It was the U.S. that poured hundreds of billions into this war. And while Trump is currently pushing for a peace deal with Putin, he’s also laser-focused on getting those billions back—likely in the form of rare earth minerals that the U.S. desperately needs.
But enough about the war… Let’s get back to Europe, shall we?
Something popped up on my Twitter feed today: the European Union has officially agreed on implementing digital ID wallets. Interesting.
Highly interesting—and also quite predictable—considering that just last week, Christine Lagarde spoke about the digital euro, which is set to launch by the end of this year. In case you didn’t know, the digital euro will be a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Now, what exactly will be stored in an EU digital ID wallet? Well, I’d assume identity details, criminal records, banking info, and so on and so forth. Oh, and of course—the digital euro. A currency that I like to call programmable money.
So, what’s wrong with that?
Well, being programmable means that whoever controls the currency will have a ton of power over it. They could automatically deduct taxes and fines from your wallet, restrict certain transactions, and… well, here’s where it gets interesting.
When the EU’s military expansion plans were discussed, it was also mentioned that the EU is considering using "unused savings" from citizens to fund this whole operation. I’ve already shared my thoughts on that in a previous post, so I won’t repeat myself here.
But let’s connect the dots:
Europe is preparing to arm itself significantly in the near future.
It’s rolling out a digital ID wallet for EU citizens.
It’s planning to use "unused savings" for military purchases.
Once they roll out these wallets, they’ll need to put something in them. And if those wallets contain programmable money, you can bet your ass that some of that money will be funneled into arming Europe.
I was thrilled when my country joined the EU about 20 years ago. But now that I see what this whole thing was really about? I kinda wish we’d never joined.
This is what I’d call weak men creating hard times—because most of the people voting on these laws in the European Parliament, the ones making decisions that screw us over time and time again, are nothing but weak men…
Thanks for your attention,
Adrian
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As long as we let "them" making decinions "they" will go on destroying European nations and peoples and cultures - the question is - what can WE do and what are WE ready to do against it ?
Its time to get together and work this out !
Hast Du schon etwas erreicht mit Deinen Aktivitäten, bist Du eigentlich aus Wien?
We first have to wake the fuck up the sheep around us. Otherwise we are nothing more but old and loud drums.
"unused savings"?!
Translated by Deepstate as; "If you don't know what to spend this cash savings on, then we will spend it for you."
This is going to be a mess! And I assume they'll shove the digital IDs down our throats because of the threats around us... Interestingly, it starts to sound like Covid...
Either way, I have mostly opted out from the banking system. Not entirely, but almost. If I did that with the banks, you can bet I'll do the same with the digital ID and digital euro. Long live crypto, as long as they don't get it too!
I get you. I’m pretty much in the same position but it’s not just about cbdcs but digital IDs as well. Sign of the beast 😉
So... something to replace national IDs, you think, at least online? I'd hate to see such a heavy digital trail online, that can be used against people leaving it. And when connected with personal information, that will become quite dangerous.
Paper out, digital in. All in…
ALL "EUROPEAN" LEADERS ARE 🕎🕎🕎
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Back then I already knew where this was heading and voted against joining EU.
We didn't get to vote in here and the majority would have been pro EU anyway because after so many years of living under communism and then getting to experience first hand crooked democracy everyone saw the EU as a saviour. In reality the EU is such a plague. I've met people in Germany, and Germany is doing way better than Romania, who were against the EU. The EU is a pretext for total centralisation of sovereign European countries.
It is! But more and more people wake up and see it! The time window however is closing and the speed towards full-flegded faschism is increasing since Corona (a pilot for what is possible in terms of oppression).
I mean you can say a lot of EU and what power it should have, but have the war in Ukraine shown anything is that we have being idiotic to reduce our armies. We need to rearm and so it together. We can trust anyone else helping us if one day someone tries to cross our borders unlawfully.
The threat of war is more psychological one than a physical one. Most of the wars that we got to experience had no basic fundamentals. Especially after the creation of the Federal Reserve most of them were wars against countries opposing central banking.
We have a big neighbor that has started x amount of wars in the last 20 years. Putin has shown his real intensions.
If we are for freedom of people, its a bit hypocritical to say that Ukraine shouldnt have had the choice to choose its own future. Wtf do Russia think they have any say in that?
But then again, I also want to reform what EU should and should not decide. I dont want a federal Europe.
PS
201 votes but not a single user who had anything to say about it ...
its the "likes" and "votes" killing us much faster than the EU or NATO ever could ...
Well, I guess they liked the title and the photo...
It is a little bit funny.
People give away all their data with Apple, Google, cashless payments, X, ... you name it.
Everything should be digital. But if the government wants to go in this direction, there is a great outcry.
On the other hand, governments are blamed for not to being digital.
Its a crazy world we are living in.