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37 sats \ 1 reply \ @alt 10 Feb \ on: Why doesn't the gov go full dystopia to combat benefit fraud? econ
Probably the biggest problem (for governments) if they chose to do this would be that they would give people a chance to experience and give feedback on these systems before implementing them on a large scale.
CBDCs are such an awful idea for citizens and such a great idea for tyrants, and I think the government understands this. Thus the only way to implement CBDCs is to do it before the public understands why they should oppose them.
If the gov rolled out CBDCs just for benefits, they run the risk of a sizeable portion of the population figuring out how bad they are.
gen pop seems to understand that cbdcs are bad on an instinctive level, i don't know if they would care if benefit people had them though since there is already a lot of resentment. who knows, i don't think it will happen of course, probably just more ai use to find forms of fraud
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