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290 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 17 Apr \ parent \ on: The Gold Standard - Saifedean Fiction? BooksAndArticles
Wow, of course not. I didn't hear that at all and I for sure don't think it either.
Perkins wrote a book about how the US government and multinational corps have manipulated elections and destroyed economies and environments around the globe for profit. They started talking about how China has learned from what the US did and has been very successful at gaining a foothold in the global south.
I don't think what China is doing is good and I would bet sats that Perkins and Saif do not either. In fact, I am pretty sure they were both pretty clear about that. They did disagree about how the US has more power due to the the dollar but I didn't take anything from that episode that was pro-China.
The CCP is terrible and I don't think their infrastructure projects around the globe cover that up. Its kinda wild that you are hearing that from that episode and me. One can be critical of the US gov and not be praising the Chinese Communist Party. One can and should be critical of both. I'm not saying the US is worse either.
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Case of mistaken identity:
I was referencing this podcast:
Nomad capitalist (AKA tell me your a radical materialist with out telling me you are one) Andrew Henderson.
Men like this all they care about are the comforts of life soon as the going gets tough they flee like girls.
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Haven't listened to it. I don't listen to most of the episodes of that show but Perkins is interesting and not your typical bitcoin podcast guest. From the left to boot. Was glad to hear he is open to bitcoin and going to speak at a bitcoin conf. I disagree with him on some things but there's a lot of common ground I find with him and his book really opened my eyes to what is wrong with the relationship of the US gov and corporations. This was before bitcoin was invented too.
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