Is Putin’s end game the roll out of a domestic CBDC?

Re:Is Putin’s end game the roll out of a domestic CBDC? by h2odragon on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:05AM (#30600656)

I like this because it flies a little further than some of the other explanations for puzzling aspects of events. However, it seems that all these goals could've been achieved much cheaper, with perhaps a little more time investment?

COVID would have provided a much better excuse for isolationism without sending troops anywhere. I think Russian troops in Ukraine has to be read as "Russia's rulers want to control more of that territory."

The apparent ineffectiveness may be an argument that the route to world peace is bureaucratic sclerosis and the inevitable realization of the SNAFU principle.

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Re:Is Putin’s end game the roll out of a domestic CBDC? by somedude895 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:49AM (#30601184)

> it seems that all these goals could've been achieved much cheaper, with perhaps a little more time investment?

This is a massive understatement. It makes absolutely no sense in any way. The fact that the author thought it necessary to add some big introduction about their "source" in an attempt to add credibility in what is just some fantasy by someone who really doesn't like the idea of CBDCs is highly suspicious.

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