Friedrich Nietzsche: Critic of Morality, Religion, and the God Complex Behind Digital Currency

Filed under: Will to Power | Digital Dystopia | Post-God Economics

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Nietzsche once declared, “God is dead.” But he never imagined central banks would try to resurrect him — with a blockchain halo and a biometric scan.

In the 19th century, Nietzsche shredded religious orthodoxy and moral complacency. In the 21st, he’d probably be side-eyeing the soft glow of your banking app while muttering, “slave morality with better UX.”

The Death of God... and the Birth of Digital Deities

Nietzsche didn’t hate spirituality. He hated laziness — outsourcing your moral compass to priests, kings, or now... a centralised ledger.

In a world where God is gone, humans were supposed to evolve. Instead, we made Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) — and called it progress.

“He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.” — Nietzsche, probably watching you tap to pay.

Algorithmic Morality and the Herd

CBDCs promise control, compliance, and a cashless utopia. But Nietzsche saw that kind of promise as a trap — morality dictated not by inner will, but by a silicon shepherd.

• Morality: Pre-programmed by committees.
• Religion: Replaced with Terms & Conditions.
• Punishment: One click to freeze your soul — sorry, wallet.

Nietzsche called it the “last man” — the comfortable, obedient NPC in a world scrubbed clean of risk, chaos, and self-overcoming.

Will to Power — Or Just Power?

The Übermensch was never meant to be programmable. He stands outside systems, reinvents values, and asks dangerous questions — like: “What if I don’t want to be scanned for bread?”

Today, Nietzsche wouldn’t just be shouting from a typewriter. He’d be banned from payment processors, flagged for misinformation, and labelled “radical” by the algorithm.

And that’s exactly why we need him back.

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