Economist Reveals Central Bank Digital Currencies as Total Control System
"CBDC, Central Bank Digital Currency, I call it Central Bank Digital Control. Because that's what it is. It's not really a currency, it's more control. It will be programmable, permission-based. Only what the central planners allow you to use your money for, at what time and place and location will be permitted. If you're in the wrong place, it's not going to work. If you're buying the wrong book title, it's not going to work."
About this episode
In this episode of the Tucker Carlson Show, host Tucker Carlson interviewed economic historian Richard Werner for a sweeping conversation about how wars are engineered, financial systems consolidate power, and elites manipulate populations through deceptive economics. Werner opened with explosive claims about World War I, arguing that Britain deliberately orchestrated the Lusitania sinking as a false flag operation to draw America into the conflict. He presented evidence that Winston Churchill personally ordered the ship slowed despite German newspaper warnings, and that the vessel was officially listed as a military target. Werner then drew parallels to current events, arguing that US conflicts with Iran and Venezuela are not about their stated purposes but rather economic warfare against China's Belt and Road Initiative, which he characterized as the modern Berlin-Baghdad railway that threatens US hegemonic control. The conversation delved deeply into monetary systems and central banking, with Werner revealing how the German Reichsbank was foreign-controlled after WWI and how economist Hjalmar Schacht manipulated credit to both create the Great Depression in Germany and later install Hitler. Werner argued that modern economics, founded by banker David Ricardo, is fundamentally deceptive—using mathematical logic to create convincing but false models that hide the real power of credit creation by banks. He claimed China's devastating one-child policy was imposed based on Club of Rome simulation models, and presented evidence that Mao's Great Famine that killed 80 million was engineered through specific policy combinations including exterminating sparrows. Werner warned the episode is heading toward a third world war designed to implement a new global monetary system based on central bank digital currencies, which he characterized as total control mechanisms allowing elites to program and permission every transaction. He urged rejection of digital ID systems and predicted a second wave of inflation as cover for this transition, arguing that decentralization through thousands of small local banks represents the only path to genuine prosperity and freedom.
Key takeaways
- Werner claims Britain deliberately orchestrated the Lusitania sinking with Churchill personally ordering the ship slowed despite German newspaper warnings to Americans.
- US military actions against Iran and Venezuela are actually targeting China's Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure to prevent overland trade routes that bypass US-controlled seas.
- Mao's Great Famine that killed an estimated 80 million Chinese was engineered through specific intentional policies including exterminating sparrows and relocating harvest workers during bumper crop years.
- China's one-child policy was imposed based on Club of Rome simulation models rather than factual data, potentially as a condition for receiving Japanese economic development assistance.
- Werner revealed that German economist Hjalmar Schacht, appointed by foreign-controlled Reichsbank, manipulated credit to create Germany's Great Depression and later installed Hitler in power.
- Central bank digital currencies are control systems allowing programmable, permission-based money that restricts purchases by type, location and time, creating infrastructure for totalitarian micromanagement.
- Modern economics founded by banker David Ricardo uses mathematical logic to create deceptive models hiding the real power of credit creation concentrated in major banks and central banks.