content: Hard to implement full control of buying and selling if not. Also easy for that one entity (payment processors) to become part of the state. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:16‭-‬17 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rev.13.16-17.KJV Side note, most newer Bible versions say "on" hand/head not "in" hand/head... Gather into more rural areas, form communities and become able to be self-sufficient in the future. Enjoy (and stock up) on goods while they are cheap as dirt.