Topic: Digital Menus

An anecdote regarding a frustrating experience with QR code menus at a Washington D.C. airport bar serves as a metaphor for the forced implementation of digital systems. Despite resistance from managers, workers, and patrons, these systems are pushed by corporate entities to establish a control grid. The transition away from paper menus is linked to the broader agenda of implementing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

Norm Pattis advocates for a "handshake economy" to rebuild social trust and counter the metaphysical isolation caused by COVID-19. The host shares his refusal to use digital QR code menus as a small act of resistance against data harvesting. There is a shared concern that special forces could be used for gun confiscation, leading to a tragic conflict between the military and the citizenry.