Western governments claim that they promote freedom in the world. They call themselves "democratic" and "liberal".
Not really, And I don't see why you put all Western governments in the same bag. There is a clear difference between the USA and Europe today. Besides the fact that traditionally in the USA they have been more pro-freedom, while Europe is more invasive of privacy in pursuit of security.
When the implementation of CBDCs is accelerating in Europe, it is not because of freedom, the same happens with the future implementation of digital identity or
Internet censorship.
As I do not agree with the premise, I will not comment on the subsequent argumentation. What Europe promotes is alleged security, which is more like control and censorship in my book.