Chugging down the Danube in a fisherman’s boat, past the unrecognised exclave known as Liberland, it’s hard to reconcile fantasy with reality. This patch of land — lushly forested, mosquito-ridden and boggy — remains unclaimed by neighbouring Croatia and Serbia, …
Workers have lost faith in money
Ten years ago, I was in a basement bar in Shoreditch, the fashionable part of London that had adopted the moniker “Silicon Roundabout” thanks to the confluence of tech firms there. I was speaking to one of the many salons …
Miami’s crypto dream lives on
When a charging bull statue was unveiled at a Miami cryptocurrency conference last April, it was supposed to be a futuristic homage to the Wall Street beast. which represents financial might. The unnerving tribute, based on Transformers robots and paid …
El Salvador’s cryptic Bitcoin revolution
Driving along El Salvador’s Pacific coast, I’m greeted by a sign: “Bitcoin Beach. The future is here.” As I turn onto a dirt road, another appears: “Pay in Bitcoin, $10 Pupusas and Beer”. Finally, I arrive at the beach — …
The tyranny of digital currencies
Should we really be surprised that the Treasury and Bank of England are exploring whether to launch a state-issued digital pound? Sunak, after all, was the chancellor who first floated the idea of backing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) …
Sam Bankman-Fried’s elitist altruism
Elizabeth Holmes dressed in the same style every day: black turtleneck sweater, black slacks, and black low-slung shoes. This “uniform” underlined her deified status as a busy billionaire dedicated to changing the world, setting her apart from mere mortals with …
Interview 1762 – Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink – #NewWorldNextWeek
This week on the New World Next Week: the UN is demanding $2 trillion a year to appease the weather gods; the nudge unit is busy nudging people toward carbon slavery; and LBRY loses its legal fight with the SEC.…
Interview 1725 – James Corbett on Maverick Mindcast
via MaverickMindcast: In this episode, I speak to journalist & podcaster, James Corbett, of CorbettReport.com. We discuss the inconsequential repercussions of Elon Musk buying Twitter, how the MSM uses these kinds of distractions to detract from the real agenda, what …
What Is The Bitcoin Psyop? – Questions For Corbett #086
This week on Questions For Corbett, Coll writes in to ask about the bitcoin psyop. What is crypto and how does it work? Is it evil? James gets into all the Byzantine details.
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Interview 1708 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
This week on the New World Next Week: if a bomb falls on a Yemen child, does the media notice; ESG is a corporate social credit score; and Biden signs an executive order on crypto and CBDC.
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