The Power of Repression

Alex Gladstein joins me to discuss the financial repression of the Global South by the West, the structural adjustment scheme of the IMF and the World Bank, and why Bitcoin is the ultimate path of resistance. 

Alex Gladstein is an author, a financial rights activist, and a Bitcoin enthusiast. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation.

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00:00 - Coming up 
00:50 - Intro 
02:24 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 
03:10 - Introducing Alex Gladstein and his new book, ‘Hidden Repression’ 
04:56 - How the IMF and World Bank Sell Exploitation as Development 
10:06 - The History of Repression in Zaire 
16:28 - Repeated Devaluation of African Currencies 
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21:53 - How Lack of Taxation Led to Hyperinflation 
23:42 - The Inevitability of Hyperinflation in the West 
25:29 - Why the Economy of Zaire Collapsed 
27:22 - The Structural Adjustment Scheme of the IMF 
29:14 - How the IMF Pivoted Towards Predatory Lending and Geo-Engineering 
31:03 - Fiat System is the Root Cause 
33:40 - Neocolonial Tools for Harvesting Resources and Labor 
36:50 - Inflation is Structural 
38:54 - Subsidization of the Global Economy is Inevitable 
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40:34 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 
41:22 - Bitcoin is an Escape Route from Structural Adjustment 
45:44 - Understanding the Concept of Hidden Repression 
47:26 - The Oslo Freedom Forum: A Path to Resistance 
51:32 - The CBDC Tracker Program 
54:00 - Where to Find Alex Gladstein’s Work

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