Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss their new piece on Farmington and the digital dollar.
Unlimited Hangout Article: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2023/12/investigative-reports/unmasking-farmington-ftx-fluent-finance-and-the-coming-digital-dollar/
Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb
Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in
0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Exposition on Farmington and Fluent Finance
12:47 - Stablecoins
21:18 - Transitioning to CBDC
35:30 - Crisis as pretense for surveillance and war
53:59 - Digital ID
1:04:02 - Powell’s not your pal
1:07:37 - Figuring out the de facto CBDC
1:13:41 - Manufactured consent psyops
1:18:46 - National figureheads
1:28:56 - Social media warzone
1:37:04 - Preventing Bitcoin co-opting
1:49:13 - They’ll profile and surveil everyone
1:59:05 - Fighting AI-controlled life
2:25:37 - Building alternatives
2:34:50 - Wrapping up
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