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Ron DeSantis: “They want to move to a cashless society, which would…”

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What they want to do with the central bank digital currency, part of it is they want to displace all cryptocurrency because they can't control that. So they want to get rid of that. They want to move to a cashless society, which would basically mean the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department would have supervisory jurisdiction over all of your transactions. And so they would know what you're doing. And I think when you see that from a privacy perspective, very, very concerning. (36:22–36:33)

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