This. I don't think it will come in the form of UBI though... UBI only works if the currency still works. No it will be some form of EBT where you are issued some form of digital crypto 'currency' which can only be spent on 'essential goods', in effect making the FedCoin not a currency at all, but rather the modern day ration card. To start off the monthly allowance will be very generous and the list of approved purchases will be very long... They do this until the infrastructure around the dollar withers away and then they just start tightening the belt.
They could do like internal and convertible currency like Cuba does.
right on. i meant UBI in a very broad way, whether it be EBT or some sort of vouchers. we're on the same page.
buckle up, shits about to get even weirder.
No it will be a currency. You will use it just like any other bank account, except it will be tied to your ID and your online ID and your medical ID and if you have wrongthink or balk at the system your entire ability to survive will be removed. Control the money, control the populace.
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