Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida told Tucker Carlson Friday that certain digital currencies make a “social credit system” possible and pose a “massive threat” to liberty.
The White House promoted a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in September 2022 while criticizing private digital currencies like Bitcoin. Critics of CBDCs say it opens the door to more government control over citizens.
“They want to get rid of cash, they want no cryptocurrency, and they want this to be the sole form of legal tender, and they have said this publicly like at Davos and these other places. It will allow them to prohibit quote ‘undesirable purchases like fuel, oh and ‘ammunition,’ and so the minute you give them the power to do this, they are gonna impose a social credit system on this country,” DeSantis told Carlson. “CBDC is a massive threat to American liberty.”
