Central bank digital currencies will provide the government with excessive control over individuals, including the ability to tax, monitor transactions, and restrict access.

“There will be no privacy and it's a very effective controlling mechanism by the government. What I mean is all the transactions will be known. All transactions done with digital currencies will be known. um which is good for illegal activities, getting control of legal activities, but it also means ”

To resist the imposition of central bank digital currencies, citizens should focus their efforts on local and state-level governance rather than federal solutions.

“I think having working on a local level, I don't think there's really much we can do on the federal level, unfortunately. I think it's all the local level, the state level.”