Vlog mixes digital euro fears with DGT organ trafficking hoaxes

The “silent revolution” that sees a plot in the digital euro

The call to action carries the scent of old self-help cults: “Join the club of dreamers for a silent revolution.” But the vlog driving it, published under the brand “Cuenta Cuento,” does not sell creativity courses. Its trinc have spent some 500 days discussing the disappearance of cash, the drift of the digital euro and, at its most extreme point, accusations against the DGT (Spain’s traffic authority) and the healthcare system for alleged organ trafficking. None of this is verified; everything remains in the realm of permanent suspicion.

The conversation, which has accumulated 157 replies in just over a year, has escalated from monetary analysis to conspiracy narratives. It is not an isolated phenomenon: it is part of an alternative economic thought movement that systematically distrusts institutions and establishment economists.

The digital euro as the spearhead

The start of the movement focuses on monetary control. Among participants, there are open questions about whether the digital euro will work while the United States maintains cash, and speculation about the hidden intention to monitor every transaction. Media economists like Marc Vidal, Juan Ramón Rallo and Daniel Lacalle are cited, almost always in derogatory terms, as alleged promoters of an official narrative that would hide the truth.

Criticism of the digital euro is not new, but here it combines with distrust towards analysts who defend it. They are accused of serving as “bait” so that the population accepts the disappearance of paper money. Some messages even joke about working off the books and getting paid through online sales platforms to avoid bank trails.

From economics to conspiracy: DGT, organs and Guardia Civil

The qualitative leap occurs when the discussion leaves the monetary field and enters the realm of harsher theories. In one intervention, it is recounted, with great detail, that a group of people waits for the death of an injured girl to perform a cross-organ transplant, implicating the DGT and public health in the scheme. There is no evidence whatsoever of these facts, but the story circulates as if it were an open secret.

It is also claimed that some agents of the Guardia Civil (Spanish national police) leave their posts to settle in Catalonia or the Basque Country out of antiestéticar of the consequences of these operations, and trinc are advised to get rid of their mobile phones to avoid being located in a “crime scene.” The mix of institutional denunciation and computer paranoia has turned the vlog into a meeting point for those who do not trust any official version.

The drift against immigration and remittances

Not everything is conspiratorial economics. In parallel, there are messages blaming the immigrant population for rising inflation and pressure on the labor market. It is even asserted that the remittances they send to their home countries serve to “deceive” economists like Rallo or Vidal, and extreme measures are suggested that cannot be reproduced here. This approach, although minority, coexists with the rest of the theories and reinforces the anti-system profile of the group.

Replies to the thread show strong polarization. While some trinc praise the vlog as revealing a hidden truth, others dismiss it as nonsense and point out the lack of rigor in its proposals. Among critics, the accusation of “smoke-selling” (misleading hype) is repeated, and personal attacks on the leader of the movement are not lacking, describing him as an old man dressed as a teenager with zero scientific solidity.

A movement growing in times of uncertainty

The longevity of the vlog, active after 500 days, indicates that the demand for these narratives is not circumstantial. Distrust in institutions, fueled by real scandals and the opacity of some economic processes, creates a breeding ground where the wildest speculation finds an audience. The silent revolution proclaimed by the vlog may not have a concrete plan, but its capacity to capture economic frustration seems unquestionable.

What is disorienting is the coexistence of two planes: monetary analysis with some foundation and a narrative of hospitals and massacres that does not hold up with data. Until some trinc provides the promised proof, the movement will continue feeding its own ecosystem of professional suspects. Those looking for answers, for now, will have to settle for questions.