Vietnam has closed 86 million bank accounts because they refused the digital ID

Vietnam has closed 86 million bank accounts because they refused the digital ID

"You had to register a digital ID with biometric data... And if you don't do it, we'll take your money, whether you like it or not."

"It's coming here. They're pushing for digital IDs."

"We had it during Covid. Oh, just get one vaccination and you'll be fine. And then they took away your permissions... and said, no, actually, you need another one. And then another one."

"The more we give away our freedom, our power, the more they'll take."

"We are on the edge of a cliff... We have to show that we are not going to allow this or accept this. Because if we all stopped going to work, or we all stopped using our cards, they'd... listen to us rather quickly."

"And that's a choice we still have at the moment. If cash disappears, that choice is gone forever."

"And I wouldn't like to think of the world where we are controlled—where we can drive, where we can fly, what food we can eat—and the bank can choose whether to let you make that purchase or not. That's a dangerous road."

"This isn't freedom. And we should resist it as much as we can... And at the moment, cash is the one thing that we still have a choice with."

"This is scary Orwellian stuff... If we don't do something about it, it is going to be too late."