Bitcoin as the Resistance to Hidden Repression with Alex Gladstein (WiM318)
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One superpower has a monopoly on currency production. They're almost inevitably going to engage in these predatory lending practices because they can. This is another devastating symptom of fiat, he says. "We would be so much worse off if we didn't have this flow"
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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// OUTLINE //
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
39:42 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
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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