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Because Bitcoin is decentralized and not controlled by any government, it can help people living in tyrannical countries, according to cryptocurrency experts.
As Executive director of the Texas Bitcoin Foundation, Natalie Smolenski, told ” Just the News, Not Noise ” television show last week: “Bitcoin is freedom money.”
She noted that Bitcoin is generated through a computer process called “mining,” rather than being issued by sovereign states.
“[T]he problem with traditional currencies — fiat currencies — is that they’re all politicized. We’ve seen this recently in geopolitical events — for example, Russia’s war with Ukraine. It is now possible for countries to have their sovereign reserves frozen and confiscated if they’re in another government’s issued currency,” Smolenski said.
“And so what we’re moving toward is a more multipolar world, where it’s not only contestation between governments, but between the people and their governments, that is coming to the fore. And so having a politically neutral form of money, one that can’t be manipulated by central banks or by policymakers, is increasingly important for human freedom.”
Earlier this month, 21 human rights leaders sent a letter to Congress , urging legislators to have an “open-minded, empathetic approach toward monetary tools that are increasingly playing a role in the lives of people facing political repression and economic hardship.”
The letter was in response to another letter sent to Congress by “1500 computer scientists, software engineers, and technologists” asking lawmakers to “take a critical, skeptical approach toward industry claims that crypto-assets … are an innovative technology that is unreservedly good.”
The human-rights activists wrote in their response, “Bitcoin provides financial inclusion and empowerment because it is open and permission-less. Anyone on earth can use it. Bitcoin and stablecoins offer unparalled access to the global economy for people in countries like Nigeria, Turkey, or Argentina, where local currencies are collapsing, […]
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker