#471: Fighting The Digital Dollar And AI Surveillance with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Marty Bent
December 30, 20232h 43m
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Show Notes
<p>Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss their new piece on Farmington and the digital dollar.</p>
<p>Unlimited Hangout Article: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2023/12/investigative-reports/unmasking-farmington-ftx-fluent-finance-and-the-coming-digital-dollar/</p>
<p>Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb</p>
<p>Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in</p>
<p>0:00 - Intro<br />
6:17 - Exposition on Farmington and Fluent Finance<br />
12:47 - Stablecoins<br />
21:18 - Transitioning to CBDC<br />
35:30 - Crisis as pretense for surveillance and war<br />
53:59 - Digital ID<br />
1:04:02 - Powell’s not your pal<br />
1:07:37 - Figuring out the de facto CBDC<br />
1:13:41 - Manufactured consent psyops<br />
1:18:46 - National figureheads<br />
1:28:56 - Social media warzone<br />
1:37:04 - Preventing Bitcoin co-opting<br />
1:49:13 - They’ll profile and surveil everyone<br />
1:59:05 - Fighting AI-controlled life<br />
2:25:37 - Building alternatives<br />
2:34:50 - Wrapping up</p>
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