Topic: Adam Curtis

2 chapters across the catalog

A report by Greg Reese examines the 1975 New York City debt crisis as a turning point where bankers took direct control of municipal governance. The segment warns that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) will provide governments with absolute control over individual spending. Reese argues that programmable money could be used to restrict the purchase of "undesirable" items like ammunition.

A segment narrated by Greg Reese discusses the 1975 debt crisis in New York City as a turning point where banks took control of governance from politicians. The report cites Adam Curtis's film Hypernormalization and uses the public decline of Dianne Feinstein as evidence that politicians are mere puppets. Reese warns that a "cashless society" and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) will give banks absolute control over individual behavior.