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Oct 24, 2024 • 1h 5min

Clive Thompson: Monetary Reset Will Bring in Dystopian CBDCs, How to Survive Transition

Retired wealth manager Clive Thompson discusses the state of the economy, how the post-Bretton Woods monetary system is drawing towards the end-game, BRICS, and how the reset will most likely bring in CBDCs which is another form of ration coupon. In the early stages of this new system life may be relatively free, but he fears that down the line we'll get end up in a dystopian society. He explains what could happen to the old debt and old currency and what stores of wealth would be wise to have as we go through the transition. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Clive Thompson: Monetary Reset Will Bring in Dystopian CBDCs, How to Survive Transition #484 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-thompson-661997251 About Clive Thompson I have an un-blemished career of 47 years in the Wealth Management business. I started my career in 1975 at the age of 18 in the UK. After passing my professional exams "Institute of Bankers - Trustee diploma", I worked as a Trust officer for the leading Cayman Islands Trust Company for several years before accepting a similar title in Switzerland in 1985. In 1995 I joined Coutts & Co in Switzerland as a Private Banker. In 2015 the Wealth Management business of Coutts & Co in Switzerland was bought by Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, one of the four leading private banks in Switzerland. I continued to work as a Managing Director in the Wealth Management division of UBP until I retired in 2022. I am an active investor in all major asset classes, especially global equities. On a daily basis I am trawling through company balance sheets, reports and recommendations, and using several financial tools to help me identify and invest in quoted companies offering attractive risk and reward features. True gems are difficult to find, but if you look long and hard enough, eventually you will find them. I could quote countless examples of "Gems" I have found over the last 48 years. As an example I get very excited when I find companies with a profitable business, no debt, and holding more cash on their balance sheet than their market cap (Yes that's for real). There are plenty of interesting asset plays - situations where valuable corporate assets are not yet recognised by the market. Every year brings some kind of crisis. Some sector of the stock market will be heavily out of favour. I often find bargains in the least loved part of the market. In addition to equities I invest in Private Equity, Precious Metals, Crypto-currencies, Property, Art, and I am open to all kinds of tangible assets. Of course, I have cash and bonds, but frankly the interest rates don't do justice to the rate of fiat inflation. The post-Bretton Woods monetary system is drawing towards the end-game. The levels of government indebtedness continues to increase faster than GDP. This won't continue forever. Sooner or later something will break. When that happens, fiat-denominated assets, like cash and bonds, are likely to be the biggest losers. I don't want to be one of the bag-holders, hence my preference to hold more tangible assets. Despite being retired, I am in daily discussions with wealthy, and not so wealthy, individuals on topics encompassing residency, taxes, family structures,

Oct 23, 2024 • 1h 25min

Boetie², Bueckert, Cudenec: Anarchism & Voluntaryism as Resistance Against the Globalist Criminocracy

Etienne de la Boetie² of the Art of Liberty Foundation, Anton Bueckert of Nevermore Media, and Paul Cudenec of Winter Oak discuss the potential overlap of anarchism and voluntaryism as forms of resistance against the criminocratic, oligarchic, and kleptocratic globalist tyranny we all now face! A broad and grassroots populism needs to form, Etienne believes we're in the middle of a one-way revolution which might be going supernova. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Boetie², Bueckert, Cudenec: Anarchism & Voluntaryism as Resistance Against the Globalist Criminocracy #483 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Etienne de la Boetie²'s Art of Liberty https://artofliberty.org Liberty on the Rocks Voluntaryism Conference https://sedona.artofliberty.org Art of Liberty Substack https://artofliberty.substack.com Nevermore Media https://nevermoremedia.substack.com Paul Cudenec Substack https://paulcudenec.substack.com Paul Cudenec's Winter Oak https://winteroak.org.uk About the Guests Etienne de la Boetie2 is the founder of the Art of Liberty Foundation, and the editor of the Art of Liberty Daily News on Substack and Five Meme Friday, which delivers hard-hitting voluntaryist memes and the best of the alternative media. He is an internationally recognized expert and speaker on voluntaryism and government illegitimacy, criminality and corruption. The Art of Liberty Foundation is a start-up public policy organization focused on spreading voluntaryist/libertarian ideas through effective media tailored to visual learners, busy people, and short attention spans. The foundation produces books, articles, podcasts, memes, videos, infographics, and monographs that explain the basics of voluntaryism and libertarianism while exposing the illegitimacy, illogic, and immorality of government in addition to its criminality and corruption. NEVERMORE is an anarchist multi-media project which aims to revitalize the anarchist tradition. Paul Cudenec is a contemporary anarchist writer who very much fits into the organic radical tradition. In 2020 he became known for his outspoken criticism of the totalitarianism being rolled out worldwide on the back of the Covid crisis. Winter Oak is a totally independent not-for-profit organisation with a serious aversion to the global mafia’s “development” agenda and a commitment to truth, freedom and social justice. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Oct 19, 2024 • 39min

Michael Arbon: Australia on the Road to Authoritarianism, But Not All is Lost!

Businessman and United Australia Party advisor Michael Arbon discusses the state of Australia which is currently attempting to centralize a lot of power through Digital ID, CBDCs, misinformation, and other legislation. The culture war (e.g. gender ideology) is alive and well and he believes people are starting to see through the lies and propaganda. He ponders what drives the liberal globalist apparatchiks and career politicians in Australia passing all this tyrannical legislation. The Australian housing market is a giant Ponzi scheme. We live in a nanny state, but Michael believes that not all is lost! Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Michael Arbon: Australia on the Road to Authoritarianism, But Not All is Lost! #482 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Michael Arbon on X https://x.com/ArbonUap Senator Babet on X https://x.com/senatorbabet Senator Ralph Babet https://senatorbabet.com.au About Michael Arbon Michael Arbon is a businessman and trusted advisor to Senator Ralph Babet of the United Australia Party. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Oct 17, 2024 • 1h 9min

Alex Petkas: Ancient Hero Culture, Leadership Today, & Academia as No Place for High Agency

Alex Petkas of Cost of Glory discusses leaving academia and how the ivory towers are no longer a place for excellence and high agency people but conformity and mediocrity. He explains why Plutarch is more important than you think and how the ancient Greeks and Romans are the model of manliness and hero culture for the West. He points out ancient elite dynamics and past history which rhymes with the present. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Alex Petkas: Ancient Hero Culture, Leadership Today, & Academia as No Place for High Agency #481 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Cost of Glory https://costofglory.com Substack https://costofglory.substack.com YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@costofglory About Alex Petkas Alex likes helping people draw energy and practical insights from great figures of the past. He left a successful career in academia in order to this better. You can read his CV here. Besides peer reviewed research publications, he has written for many non-academic venues, including Compact, American Mind, Man’s World, and Antigone (where he is a founding editor). He lives with his wife and kids in his native Texas. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Oct 16, 2024 • 60min

Jack Buffington: China Changing Nature of Dollar-based Globalization & Supply Chain

Jack Buffington discusses how China is trying to change the nature of globalization and the global supply chain which is based on the dollar. Africa is an important battleground and as Mexico develops, Central and South American countries will come to play the role that Mexico used to. He comments on BRICS, blockchain, debt diplomacy, how resilient the economy and supply chain has been thus far, demographics, and more! Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Jack Buffington: China Changing Nature of Dollar-based Globalization & Supply Chain #480 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Jack Buffington at Transportation & Supply Chain Institute https://transportation.du.edu First Key Consulting https://firstkey.com/about/leadership/dr-jack-buffington Jack Buffington Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jack-Buffington/author/B001IXMJUW About Jack Buffington Jack Buffington is the director of supply chain and sustainability at First Key Consulting and professor and academic director of the supply chain management program at the University of Denver. He is the author of several previously published books, including The Recycling Myth and Peak Plastic. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Oct 16, 2024 • 1h 14min

Cognitive Dissidents: WWIII, the US Selection, False Prophets, & a Hurricane on a Mission

Mike, Monica, and Hrvoje combine forces for their monthly "Cognitive Dissidents" roundtable to discuss war, elections, culture, and weather warfare. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Cognitive Dissidents: WWIII, the US Selection, False Prophets, & a Hurricane on a Mission #3 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Expat Money Summit 2024 (use promo code EMPIRE for $100 off the VIP ticket!) https://2024.expatmoneysummit.com/?ac=8cDxEbJw LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Parallel Systems https://parallelmike.com Monica Perez Show https://monicaperezshow.com About Parallel Mike Parallel Mike is an organic farmer, investor and host of both the Parallel Systems Broadcast & Parallel Mike Podcast. He is passionate about living purposefully, natural health and self sufficiency. About Monica Perez The Monica Perez Show offers a variety of content from Real NEWS REELs, where Monica uses her research and analytical skills to get to the bottom of top headlines from a perspective of truth, liberty & justice; Highlight Reels, where Monica kicks back with the best and the brightest from the podcasting world; and her Interview series where she brings listeners fascinating interviews with principled thought-leaders and experts in fields of interest essential to those who seek the truth about the parasites-that-be or simply pursue an autonomous and independently healthy lifestyle. Monica was a radio host for 8 1/2 years on WSB Radio in Atlanta; prior to that she was an investment banker in New York and Texas. From that previous life, Monica holds an associate’s degree from Rockland Community College, a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, and a JD-MBA from Stanford. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst as well as a member of the bar of the State of New York. Monica now resides in Los Angeles where, in addition to podcasting, she experiences life as a wife, homemaker and mother of three teens, all of whom–including a very special son who has Down syndrome–really keep things interesting! Monica is also a cocktail enthusiast who posts her favorite recipes on monicamixes.com.* (*This hobby may or may not be related to having three teens and living in LA.) Monica also co-hosted The Propaganda Report and the Drivetime News Blast as well as Deep Dives with Monica Perez. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Oct 9, 2024 • 1h 16min

Jeff Rich: America Won’t Come Out on Top of Global Conflict, World Forcing Change

Jeff Rich discusses the global conflicts underway and why he thinks this time America will not come out on top as the rest of the world forces change. The West will fight to the death to prevent their decline. Aggressive NATO expansion into Asia can be interpreted as weakness because Washington no longer can sustain its power projection. He comments on the economic transition and the deep state or what he prefers to call the shallow state. As a retired bureaucrat, given his experience, he doubts the success with which the government will be able to implement technocratic projects such as smart cities. We can find more meaningful ways to live our lives by focusing on our own localities. He looks forward to a coming reformulation of the world order. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Jeff Rich: America Won't Come Out on Top of Global Conflict, World Forcing Change #476 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Expat Money Summit 2024 (use promo code EMPIRE for $100 off the VIP ticket!) https://2024.expatmoneysummit.com/?ac=8cDxEbJw LegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Jeff Rich Substack https://jeffrich.substack.com Jeff Rich Website https://jeffrichwriter.com Jeff Rich on X https://x.com/ArchiveBurning Jeff Rich Books https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/Jeff-Rich/author/B0BN268JVY Jeff Rich YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@theburningarchive Jeff Rich on The Hrvoje Moric Show TNT Radio https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/?s=jeff%20rich About Jeff Rich Jeff Rich is a writer, historian, podcaster and now retired government official. After completing a PhD in history, he worked as a government official for 33 years. Over the course of his career, he wrote speeches for government leaders, and advised on challenging issues from mental health to violence, from alcohol to fertility, from education to the organisation of government. He also wrote at night and weekends, and is now sharing his writing on politics, government, history and culture. He has published three books, Gathering Flowers of the Mind, From the Burning Archive and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat. He has forgotten how many government briefings he wrote. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. You can find his writing at his author website, theburningarchive.com, and listen to his podcast about history, the world and culture (The Burning Archive) on all major podcast platforms. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

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Latest episodes

Clive Thompson: Monetary Reset Will Bring in Dystopian CBDCs, How to Survive Transition

Boetie², Bueckert, Cudenec: Anarchism & Voluntaryism as Resistance Against the Globalist Criminocracy

Michael Arbon: Australia on the Road to Authoritarianism, But Not All is Lost!

Alex Petkas: Ancient Hero Culture, Leadership Today, & Academia as No Place for High Agency

Jack Buffington: China Changing Nature of Dollar-based Globalization & Supply Chain

Gabriel Custodiet: Utopia, Dystopia, & Escaping the Technocracy

Hadi Elis: Kurdistan…Between Geopolitics & Empire

Jobst Landgrebe: The Trend Toward Repressive Rule, To What Extent Can It Work?

Cognitive Dissidents: WWIII, the US Selection, False Prophets, & a Hurricane on a Mission

Jeff Rich: America Won’t Come Out on Top of Global Conflict, World Forcing Change

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