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When Cash Disappears, So Does Something Else

When everything becomes digital, spending can be tracked, restricted, frozen, or flagged.
When Cash Disappears, So Does Something Else
U.S. dollar bills in Washington on Nov. 13, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Mollie Engelhart
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Last Sunday, I held a book signing at Pearl in San Antonio, the kind of place magazines love to feature. Old brick buildings have been transformed into beautiful restaurants, boutiques, apartments, and bookstores. It feels curated yet charming, historic yet modern, a vision of how we’re told cities should look and feel.

Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.