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Contrary to Krugman, DeSantis and others warning about a CBDC aren’t being paranoid: they are simply drawing the obvious conclusions from history.
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In reality, CBDCs are just a way for the government to protect its privileged position and keep a tighter grip on people's money.
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In the last few years, digital currencies have become one of the things that most countries want to do. Some countries have made a lot of progress, but others are still in the testing phase. If you want to try out a new shared CBDC platform, the Bank's innovation arm has finished a pilot test of it. It says that the test was done by four financial institutions, including South Africa.
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'The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes.'—Thomas Paine
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Cryptocurrencies provide a mechanism to shield money against authoritarian regimes, which is something that even the world's most free countries must consider.