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CBDC: The End of Money (Very Good documentary).

Posted by Jerry Alatalo | August 1, 2026

[Editor’s note: For some reason … It came as a significant surprise to see the excellent, quick-paced, fact-filled documentary has only garnered 38,000 views since it was published one year ago on BIG PICTURE with James Patrick – YouTube channel. There are a number of relevant, in-depth interviews worth watching at the channel – interviews which will become part of a new documentary by James Patrick: World War III: The Documentary.]

CBDC: The End of Money is a film about Central Bank Digital Currencies, crypto currencies, digital IDs, the origins of Bitcoin and the tokenization of all people, objects and assets worldwide.

CBDCTheEndofMoney.com

Please donate to the production of this film. https://bigpicture.watch/donations/su…

See other works by the filmmaker James Patrick at: http://www.BigPicture.Watch

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https://youtu.be/WziYUy0G3Sc?si=AsFIboCSsIVhkr0x

RE: https://mas.to/@truthout_rss_bot/116777839326349325

another fine case for #PublicBanking

RE: https://phpc.social/@Crell/116211306059340696

"It's #JustPlainStupid that we still use this broken plurality system."

Indeed. Please support #ProportionalRepresentation and #PublicBanking

Public Bank East Bay: pioneering a new way to invest public money for the public good.
🏡 Affordable housing
🌱 Green energy
💼 Small biz
Nonprofit wholesale bank working with local governments to support community projects.
#PublicBanking #EconomicJustice #EastBay
Learn more:
https://www.publicbankeastbay.org

#PublicBanking in a Time of Crisis: How to Rebuild #LosAngeles
From LA’s wildfires to Asheville’s #floods, #disasters are intensifying and demand resilience. Public banking offers a blueprint for #recovery : leverage #public dollars to cut long-term costs, create jobs, and rebuild smarter.
#Fire #LAFire #ClimateChange #flood #insurance
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/public-banking-climate-crisis

As long as our community is at the "mercy" of big business, we can't survive, much less thrive. We must stop the rape & pillage of our labor & resources. We must bypass their system.

"We must find ways to work together where we can, in our cities & states, communities & bio-regions, to build the kind of future we want. Otherwise we are at the mercy of forces that will overwhelm us."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-01-24/to-confront-the-oligarchy-we-need-to-build-power-at-the-community-level/

#ReLocalization #Community #PublicBanking #Organizing #Sustainability #Affordability

Public Bank East Bay (PBEB) will be a pioneering institution dedicated to lending locally for community-wide needs, initially specializing in affordable housing🏠, green energy infrastructure🌿, and small business growth with a focus on BIPOC-owned small business💼.

#AffordableHousing #GreenEnergy #SmallBusinesses #BIPOC #publicbank #publicbanking

Learn More About Public Banking: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lpho-eie-fw?si=Ss6mEpMK2lBU85uC
https://invidious.reallyaweso.me/watch?v=lpho-eie-fw

#Florida’s Republican CFO Jimmy Patronis asked lawmakers to check out starting a state-run #bank to keep Florida’s $150B from big (private) banks.

It’s a big deal because usually this stuff gets pushed from the left, but here a GOP guy is leading the charge, tying it to conservative values like local control.

Even though other states have struggled with similar ideas, Florida’s move shows #PublicBanking is gaining some traction across the political spectrum.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/floridas-conservative-cfo-proposes-state-owned-public-bank/

#NewJersey's Governor proposed a state-owned #PublicBank for social good. Despite obstacles, a Social Impact Investment Fund was established.

Other states like California and cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco are also moving towards #PublicBanking. Philadelphia has passed a law for a municipal bank. Nationally, there's interest in a government-owned National Infrastructure Bank. North Dakota already has a successful public bank model.

#economy #banking
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/public-banking-takes-a-step-forward-in-new-jersey/

New #PublicBanking video from US Solidarity #Economy Network & California Public Banking Alliance:

“We're excited to share a new video that will shape the future of your community and pave the way for economic prosperity. As passionate advocates in this ongoing journey, our latest explainer video shows the transformative potential of public banks and how they prioritize people over profits and drive #community-focused projects.”

#peopleoverprofit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HooU2qC4qxo

@ngaylinn Maybe USPS banking is a solution - USPS leadership is fighting against it, which probably means it's a good idea.
https://inequality.org/research/people-centered-postal-banking/

#publicBanking #USPS

BIG NEWS– The Friends of Public Bank East Bay have:

• Hired a highly experienced & committed start-up CEO, Scott Waite
• Confirmed two stellar co-chairs, Jennifer Esteen, R.N. and Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, to lead the slate of board candidates
• Raised our first million dollars, and are embarking on the second million

Read our full press release & check out the videos from PBEB leadership on our website!
http://www.PublicBankEastBay.org/recent-activity

#PublicBanking
#JustTransitions
#EastBayEconomics

#USA #Banking #Finance #PublicBanking: "By killing Omarova’s nomination out of fear of what she might do as comptroller, the banking sector may have inadvertently given space to her more radical proposals for overhauling our financial system. Earlier this year, in a New York Times op-ed, Omarova suggested the government take a “golden share” in systemically significant banks, giving it specific rights that would allow it to gain insight into operations, discipline bank management, intervene to propose or block certain actions, and generally help manage the risk financiers have assumed at great cost to the public.

The spectacle of the nomination fight, and the banking crisis in Silicon Valley earlier this year, have come at a time when people are searching for ideas about the public purpose of various institutions and economic activities. What role should finance play in building out public goods and services? What role should the public play in technological development? What sort of activities should be legal, illegal, heavily curtailed, or experimented with?

The new openness to industrial policy offers an opportunity to pursue bolder strategies to rid us of the parasites that dominate our political and economic system. A National Investment Authority that could lend or guarantee private debt, set up a public equity fund, pursue development goals with an infrastructure bank, and rescue institutional investors from the hunt for excessive returns would help starve the beasts that loom over Palo Alto, and the horde that profits from the destruction of our planet."

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/saule-omarovas-plan-to-remake-the-financial-system/

Status of the #publicbanking initiative in Central California: https://peopleforpublicbanking.com/?link_id=1&can_id=4af0487c90d6a14f2f793eed47e6c0dc&source=email-momentum-builds-for-public-banking-in-california&email_referrer=email_2028980&email_subject=momentum-builds-for-public-banking-in-california

#centralcalifornia #santacruz #watsonville #monterey

California passed a public banking law. Los Angeles is finally about to get one to serve the public interest rather than corporate greed.
#LosAngeles #PublicBanking #Urbanism #Cities
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-06/city-council-launches-process-in-creating-a-public-bank

#PublicBanking Efforts Are Gaining Momentum And Clarity In #California
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/public-banking-efforts-are-gaining-momentum-and-clarity-in-california

Thanks to #berkeleyca for approving our viability study and moving forward with us! #publicbanking #economicjustice #localmoney #banksafety

The collapse of #SiliconValleyBank left low-income communities without billions in promised lending, despite the federal bailout that benefited the bank's wealthy depositors and new owner.

We need #PublicBanksNow

#BankingCrisis #PublicBanks
#PublicBank #PublicBanking #SVB #SignatureBank
https://www.levernews.com/regulators-stiffed-low-income-communities-in-silicon-valley-bank-bailout/

From @NextCityOrg :
Lifting or eliminating the cap on FDIC insurance for banks could be part of the response to the current #BankingCrisis. Here’s what it could mean for local, community and #PublicBanks .
#PublicBank #PublicBanking
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/removing-the-federal-deposit-insurance-cap-could-transform-local-public-ban