Back to episode — Episode 2089 Scott Adams - Tucker, Tate, Lemon, Digital Currency, Court Packing, Bud Light, More Fun
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ary 6, disappears right before Biden announces that he's running and it's all going to be about January 6 stuff? Interesting. That's a lucky coincidence for Biden right there. All right. Speaking of January 6, in a story that reminds me of it, apparently a bunch of left-wing protesters descended on Montana's capital, disrupting proceedings in the State House of Representatives. This was in suppor…
← Previous segment →ism and Clydesdales. And it was just so over the top pathetic that Rogan was just using it as a joke to laugh at it. Yeah, it feels like they lost their way a little bit. But I don't think they're going to lose their money. So it looks like Budweiser is gonna be fine.
Let's talk about U.S. digital currency, which you all want me to talk about but you're not going to like what I have to say. So that's why I've been avoiding talking about it because you're not gonna like it. All right, here's what you want me to say. The government is looking at creating a digital currency, not yet to replace cash, but we assume that that's the direction it's going. So what you want me to say is that we should stop this immediately because as soon as the government can control your money and everywhere you spend it, they can just turn the knob on and off and they can control you. And that's an unlivable future. So we must stop them from doing digital currency.
And I just can't make that argument because unfortunately there's another argument that's bigger than that, which is there's nothing you can do to stop digital currency. Do you seriously think you can stop digital currency from replacing cash? There isn't anything that could do that. There's no protesting. There's nothing that could do that. We absolutely are going to have digital money that the government can control and can control you. I can complain about it but it's not going to be different. It might delay it six months or something. But no, cash will not be the way we pay for things in a hundred years. No, it's just going to be digital. And there's nothing you can do about it.
So I see people signing off. Bye bye now. I'm not saying that I want it. I'm saying I don't complain about things I can't change. That's not a changeable situation. Now we might want to figure out how to safeguard our life in that situation. I haven't heard of any ideas for that. If I do, you know, maybe I can back them. But yeah, there's nothing you can do. We will be completely without privacy and we will be completely controlled. I don't like it, just to be clear. It's not my first choice. But there's nothing you can do about it.
I suppose complaining could make people think of better alternatives. But I don't think there's going to be one. It's going to be digital. Now I don't think it'll be as different in the future as you think it will because how many of you already pay for things digitally anyway? How many of you are still writing checks or giving cash to people? Don't you pay on Venmo or Google Pay at least, let's say, half or more of your transactions? Don't you? For the little stuff, you know, the little services and stuff. No, you're not there yet? Well, you will be. Yeah, you will be sooner or later. This is going to happen. You need to pay somebody cash and you won't have the cash with you. You don't have time to go to the ATM. And then you're going to say, well, I have this thing called Venmo. I've never used it. Does that work? And the person will say, yeah, that works. Yeah, Apple Pay. I think we're just going to sort of drift into it from convenience. And there's nothing that can change it.
All right. If you think of a better spin on that, let me know.
Here's news from the Haitian capital. It's over in Haiti where crime is rampant and the gang members are practically running society over there. This happened: a mob in the Haitian capital pulled 13 suspected gang members from police custody. They actually took the gang members from the police and set them all on fire. Put a tire on them, I guess that's sort of the way it's done. Put a tire on them, pour gas on them, and set them on fire. So the law-abiding public in Haiti is so fed up that they actually attacked the police to take custody of their prisoners to murder them in public. Now that's some serious citizen action right there. Now I'm not going to say that's a trend, but I don't hate it. I don't hate it. Looks like citizens might have to do what they need to do.
And I'm predicting a wave of vigilante action in the U.S. There's only — what do you do if you're in a high crime a
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rea and there's no police? You either have to fight yourself or leave. If you leave, well, you get canceled. I hear bad things about people who try to stay away from potential trouble. But I don't know. I think there's going to be a lot more vigilantism. Also a lot more mass shootings because there's so many young men with no purpose. So I think you're going to see a lot more of that. All right.…
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