ViewpointsOpinionThe (Block) Chaining of AmericaThe Federal Reserve’s central bank digital currency will be the final blow to Americans’ freedoms and make slaves of us allSavePrintAbstract of central bank digital currency (CBDC). Comdas/ShutterstockJames Gorrie3/29/2023|Updated: 4/6/20230:00X 1CommentaryWe live in the age of deception.Share this articleLeave a commentJames GorrieAuthorJames Gorrie is the author of the 2013 book “The China Crisis” and discusses current events and China on his YouTube Podcast, The Banana Republican. Author’s Selected ArticlesWhy Is the CCP Persecuting the Peaceful Falun Gong Spiritual Practice?Aug 20, 2025No Escape? China Stopping Foreign Executives From LeavingAug 19, 2025China’s Xi and CCP Under Growing PressureAug 08, 2025Communist China’s Pain Is America’s GainAug 07, 2025Related TopicsU.S. economycryptocurrencysocial credit systemblockchaincentral bank digital currencyCBDCInflation Reduction Act