In France, 530,000 older people aged 60 and over are in a state of "social death", that is, they never or almost never communicate with family members, friends, neighbors and other people.

This is 77 percent more than in 2017, according to a study by Les Petits Freres des Pauvres. Two million French people aged 60+ are isolated from their families and friends - up from 900,000 four years ago.

“Death doesn’t scare me. The way I live now is not life. I don’t see anyone,” said one of the participants in the study, Edith, 76 years old. The authors of the report explained this increase in the "socially dead" by the fact that the number of elderly people in general has increased over the past five years. However, the pandemic made a significant contribution, which, with all the quarantines and restrictions, greatly alienated people from each other and further worsened social ties that were already fragile.

In 2021, 1.3 million old people never or almost never saw their relatives, three times the number in 2017. "I have four children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, but I'm all alone. One lives in the Bordeaux region, the other in the Gard, the third in the Paris region. One lives near Lille, but she works, so she does not have time", said Denise, 81, from Hauts-de-France.

It is time to stop this shit.

Already this month, Mordor is launching a pilot project to introduce the so-called digital ruble, a new form of national currency, which is expected to make payments more transparent and profitable for consumers.

The digital ruble is planned to be tested in two stages. At the first, emission and transfers between individuals will be tested. In particular, the creation of a digital wallet is being prepared. Users will be able to request the balance and history of transactions, as well as buy and sell digital rubles for non-cash.

The experimental group included twelve banks: Sberbank, VTB, Alfa, Gazprombank, Rosbank, Tinkoff, PSB, DOM.RF, Ak Bars, SKB Bank, Soyuz bank and TKB. The first phase of testing will last until early 2023 or longer in case of any functional or technical issues.

At the second stage, the interaction of citizens and business (C2B and B2C operations), business among themselves (B2B operations), as well as business with the state (B2G operations) will be tested. During this phase, it is planned to connect the Federal Treasury and ensure the implementation of the functionality of smart contracts. In the future, the introduction of the offline mode is expected. Plus, the exchange of the digital ruble for foreign currency and the possibility of opening wallets for non-resident clients will be provided.

It is assumed that three years after the introduction of the digital ruble, its penetration into the settlements of individuals for goods and services will be about 30%. In six years, this figure could reach 50%. The currency is expected to lead to the development of new offline cashless payment services: they will help businesses in the absence of Internet access at the point of sale.

Official introduction will be in parallel with reducing number of working ATM machines and adding special tax for any cash transaction.