Podcast host Joe Rogan slammed central bank digital currency (CBDCs), declaring it would be “checkmate” and “game over” for the US if a digital U.S. dollar were forced on Americans.

During an episode with guest Rapper Post Malone, the subject of CBDCs came up.

Digital currency would make it easier for power-hungry bureaucrats to manipulate people’s livelihoods, even shutting people’s bank accounts with a button.

In 2022, Joe Biden instructed the federal government and Federal Reserve to lay the groundwork for a potential new U.S. digital dollar.