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Mar 16
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🚨🚨If you read just one thing this year, make it this one. Like it, share it, the world needs to read it before it's to late.🚨🚨

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍, 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃.

When you are born, your birth certificate is not a record of your birth, it is the creation of a legal entity, often referred to as a "Strawman."

This Strawman, represented by your name in all capital letters, is separate from you as a living, breathing person. The government registers this entity with the Department of Commerce and assigns it a value, which is then used as collateral for national debt.

Now, let’s connect the dots between this financial system and how society is structured. Here's how it works ...

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The foundation of this system begins when a child is born and a birth certificate is issued.

The name appears in all capital letters on official documents. This is not a stylistic choice; it is the legal designation of a corporate entity separate from your living, breathing self. This corporate entity is then registered with the Department of Commerce, meaning that you, through this legal fiction, are now an asset of the state.

The moment your birth is registered, the government creates a bond in your Strawman name, which is traded on the stock exchange as a security. This allows the government to borrow money from central banks, such as the Federal Reserve, using you as collateral.

Once your corporate entity is created with a bond against it. This bond is registered with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), meaning it is treated as a security, where it is traded internationally as part of the securitization of human capital, where financial institutions profit from your existence, and used as collateral for government borrowing—your future labor, taxes, and productivity are leveraged to obtain massive loans from central banks. Over time, these bonds are bought, sold, and traded by financial institutions, hedge funds, and international banks.Image
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Governments take out these loans with the assumption that you will work, pay taxes, take out loans, and spend money throughout your life—ensuring a constant return on investment for the system.

This is why debt is encouraged at all levels: Student loans, mortgages, credit card debt—these ensure that your financial productivity is maximized for the system.

Your entire economic activity is pre-monetized, meaning that from birth, you are nothing more than a financial instrument of debt generation for the system.

A CUSIP number (used in financial markets) is assigned to the bond created in the child’s name. This number allows financial institutions to track the bond's value over time, adjusting it based on life events such as graduation, employment, criminal activity, and even death.

The loan against a person’s strawman is determined based on several factors recorded at the time of registration. This follows a structured valuation system that takes into account economic, demographic, and social data, tied to their projected lifetime economic output (taxes, labor, etc.). However, when the cost of maintaining a person (education, healthcare, welfare) outweighs their projected contributions, their financial worth decreases.

1) Geographic Location & Economic Value, A child born in a wealthy area, where education and income levels are high, is expected to generate more taxable income over their lifetime. Conversely, children born in economically depressed areas, where unemployment and crime rates are high, have a lower projected lifetime income, meaning the bond created in their name is worth less.

2) Parental Status & Income Level, If a child's parents are married, employed, and financially stable, the child’s bond is worth more because they are more likely to receive a strong education and enter the workforce in a higher-paying job. If the parents are single, unemployed, or reliant on government assistance, the child's future earning potential is seen as lower, reducing the bond’s value.

3) Race & Demographics, Historical data on income disparities, incarceration rates, and education levels are factored into the valuation process. Certain races are assigned lower values based on systemic economic projections.

4) Medical & Genetic Information
Hospitals collect vast amounts of data at birth, including genetic predispositions to health conditions. This information is used to estimate future medical expenses and insurance risk, which in turn affects the overall financial valuation of the child’s strawman. A child with a high probability of chronic illness or disability may have a lower bond value because they are expected to be a financial burden rather than a productive taxpayer.

5) Social Worth, Wealthier children with higher-valued bonds are indirectly subsidizing government borrowing power, while lower-valued individuals are more likely to become part of the incarceration or welfare system, generating economic activity in a different way.Image
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Mar 16
Fact check

1/7 The truth about the USAID loan guarantee, Viktor Shokin’s firing, and Republican hypocrisy.

The truth about the USAID loan guarantee, Viktor Shokin’s firing, and Republican hypocrisy
The Trump propaganda machine, led by figures like Mike Benz, has manufactured a false narrative about the 2016 U.S. loan guarantee to Ukraine and the firing of Viktor Shokin. These lies attempt to frame Joe Biden as corrupt while conveniently ignoring the Republican-led efforts to remove Shokin and Ukraine’s broader anti-corruption agenda.
2/7 The USAID loan guarantee—what it was and what it wasn’t

Mike Benz, either due to ignorance or willful deception, falsely claims that USAID gave Ukraine money. That is completely false.

‣ The 2016 USAID loan guarantee was not a grant—Ukraine did not receive direct funds from the U.S. government.

‣ Instead, the U.S. acted as a guarantor, allowing Ukraine to borrow $1 billion from international capital markets at lower interest rates.

‣ This measure was intended to stabilize Ukraine’s economy following Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea and its ongoing aggression in Eastern Ukraine.

‣ The purpose of the loan was to fund Ukraine’s economic and anti-corruption reforms, something that directly contradicts the narrative pushed by Trump and his allies.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_guar…
3/7 The truth about Viktor Shokin—he was not investigating Burisma

One of the biggest lies in Trump-world is that Viktor Shokin was actively investigating Burisma when he was fired. The evidence says otherwise.

‣ Shokin’s own deputy, Vitaly Kasko, stated that the investigation into Burisma was dormant under Shokin. In other words, he was doing nothing.

‣ When Shokin’s successor, Yuriy Lutsenko, took over, he confirmed that there was no active investigation into Hunter Biden or Burisma.

‣ The Obama administration, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and Ukrainian anti-corruption groups all pushed for Shokin’s removal because he was blocking corruption probes, not enforcing them.
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Mar 16
My lovely night owls! I get the feeling that a lot of us #disabled people are going to need a lot of love and support on Tuesday when the green paper on disability benefits is finally published. I will be in Whitley Bay, so I might not be able to write a comprehensive...1
Analysis thread immediately, (as I will only have iPad based voice recognition which is fairly shite for such things, although I am using it to write this) but I will certainly be about to post shorter comments where I deem them and others will post a full rundown I'm sure 2
Make no mistake, if the policies are awful, I will not sugarcoat them in any way. Based on the reported leaks, it doesn't sound good but we will have to read the full detail and critique that which I promise I will do. And I also promise not to approach my analysis from...3
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Mar 16
@GoAngelo You don't seem to understand. The “progressive" left attacked the majority of the population, harassing them with claims of white supremacy, white privilege, tears…
@GoAngelo This was a move that was guaranteed to provoke a backlash. What's worse, it didn't impress many “Americans of colour”.
@GoAngelo And then you upset the Hispanic community with your “Latinx” b/s. Endless surveys told you you were wrong, but you didn't care.
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Mar 16
After getting run off members only live because of low views/someone stream sniping, the ogress is going LIVE! Recap below. Image
-chicken nugget head and is already in a bad mood. Sounds like she’s going to be cussing us out soon.
-says she wouldn’t want to make TikTok her “main thing” because it takes 70% of earnings Image
-says she’s sorry she can’t give her members members only content because it gets sniped. “There’s no point in making my members pay for it. It’s not fair to you.”
-aaaaand is already blocking people
-says she submitted all information about @milkychaai through “YouTube chat”
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Mar 15
1/ The apparent intention to destroy Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty comes with a bleak conclusion: the United States is no longer interested in promoting democracy, because it's no longer interested in democracy.
2/ VOA was founded in 1942 to broadcast American news, values and culture - especially music - to countries across the world, many of which were under enemy occupation at the time. It gained a new purpose in the struggle against Communism in the Cold War.
3/ Many of those who lived in Eastern Europe under Communism can testify to the importance that VOA played in breaking through state censorship. During the early 1950s, almost every defector from the Soviet bloc cited VOA as an influence in their decision to defect.
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Mar 15
Guessing as typing

Hello World and followers all.

Comment: there's far too much happening and going on, not much of it for our or the overall good.

We know this!

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I'm pro - peace and harmony and better living with whatever you want except violence and harm. Okay ...
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I'm not religious and I resent it personally though I can't argue against the maybe or perhaps of causes being a thing I can't myself believe in

I'm more anthropocentric... but then what's the ultimate cause for the universe?

This said,
I am anthropocentric for the realty
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of elements in humanity bringing this crap going on here-and-now.

My point: I have absolutely no truck with this reasoned garbage from anyone about current, maybe Palestine or yes, Ukraine or any anywhere being a fault of those persecuted or now blamed. I'm by example
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Mar 15
Race isn't a social construct.

A brief explanation 🧵 Image
Social constructions can be found in many forms.

Take virginity, whether or not someone is a virgin isn't a social construct but some of its importance can be a social construct.
A pure social construct might be a playground game of tag where the players make up the rules, the outcomes, and the meaning.

Children quickly learn that the game is not about who can run the fastest but what the group decides.
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Mar 15
The Voice of America may not live up to its ambitious name for much longer.

Today the staff was told to stop working. Some were told to hand in badges. And contracts with other American-funded networks were cancelled. This is a massive purge. 🧵
Employees expect VOA's worldwide news coverage to grind to a halt, according to half a dozen sources who spoke with me today. "The Voice of America has been silenced, at least for now," a veteran correspondent said.
While Trump allies argue that the broadcasters are bloated and outdated, advocates say that by dismantling the networks, the United States is ceding the airwaves to China and other world powers, thereby harming American interests abroad. cnn.com/2025/03/15/med…
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Mar 15
The Collapse of U.S. Global Leadership Has Arrived

The Moment Before the Fall

1/13: 🧵There is a moment before the fall, a moment when history slows, when those who can still see the truth begin screaming into the void.

A moment when an empire stands at the edge of the abyss, staring down into the darkness, but does nothing to stop the fall. That moment is now.

Trump’s Subtle Endorsement of Russia’s Land Grab

On March 14, 2025, on Fox News, Sean Hannity turned to Trump’s National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, and said, “I would imagine parts—maybe the Donbas region in particular—or areas that are heavily populated by people from Russia, that would go to Putin in any negotiated settlement. Am I wrong?”

It didn’t sound like a question. It sounded like a suggestion, a justification disguised as inquiry.

The language was carefully crafted, eerily aligned with Kremlin talking points, reinforcing the idea that Russian-speaking territories in Ukraine are naturally Russian and that the realignment of borders is not an act of war but an inevitability.

Waltz did not push back. He did not correct the record. Instead, he said, “You’re not wrong in any of that.”

But this time, history does not have to repeat.

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The Abandonment of Ukraine

2/13: With those words, the Trump administration signaled something far more dangerous than a shift in policy.

It suggested that Ukraine’s fate would no longer be determined by the battlefield, by the resolve of its people, or by the alliances it had built with democratic nations.

Instead, it would be dictated by a White House willing to trade land for political favor, negotiated in Washington rather than Kyiv.

The message was clear. Trump was not simply re-evaluating America’s support for Ukraine—he was dismantling it.

This was not the language of deterrence. It was not even the language of realpolitik.

It was surrender dressed up as pragmatism, an admission that America would no longer be an obstacle to Putin’s ambitions.

The betrayal was not subtle. It was not hidden. It was happening in plain sight.
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Xi Jinping Watches and Waits

3/13: Xi Jinping was watching. The Chinese Communist Party sees Taiwan not as a separate nation, but as an unfinished chapter in history.

For China, the unification of Taiwan is not just a strategic objective—it is the final, unresolved scar from the “Century of Humiliation.”

The phrase refers to the brutal period between the Opium Wars of the 1830s and the Japanese occupation of the 1930s and 40s, when foreign powers carved China apart, controlled its trade, seized its ports, and dictated its laws.

Hong Kong fell to the British. Shanghai was divided into foreign concessions.

The country was humiliated—once the world’s dominant power, now reduced to a fractured, exploited state. This humiliation only ended with the Communist Revolution in 1949, when Mao Zedong declared a new era of Chinese strength.

But to Beijing, that victory remains incomplete.

The defeated Nationalist government fled to Taiwan, declared itself the rightful ruler of China, and has remained a defiant, independent democracy ever since.

To the Communist Party, Taiwan is more than a piece of land. It is a wound that must be healed, a final proof that China will never again be at the mercy of foreign interference.
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Mar 15
Most online entrepreneurs think Thailand or Portugal are the best places to move.

These dominate every "digital nomad" list online.

But one country surpasses them all.

Here it is (and why it's the best): 🧵 Image
Croatia. You all know if for Game of Thrones, Luka Modric, and summer vacations.

What you don't know: low costs, incredible quality of life, and straightforward business setup.

While everyone flocks to e.g. Lisbon, the smartest founders are building here. Let me explain why:
→ Affordability

Croatia's cost of living is 53% lower than the US (for example).

Average monthly expenses? Just €700 excluding rent. I rent an apartment in the city centre of Zagreb for €800.

I think that's cheap compared to other countries. You be the judge. Next ↓ Image
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Mar 15
Those of us, who have been at Euromaidan, know that Ukrainians are fearless, fight for freedom, and never surrender.

Even if the US betrays them, they will fight on.

If you ever met a Ukrainian, you would know that.

Trump etc. have no clue, about these people.
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Ukrainians stood their ground and defend their capital against these russian stormtroopers for months... in the deepest winter.

Ukrainians, like the English, Scottish, Welsh and North Irish during the Blitz 1940, never surrender. They will continue the fight even if alone.
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I lived in Ukraine from 2009 to 2015... the Ukrainian people want to be European and free.

They already fought two revolutions in this century for freedom and Europe.
Now Ukrainians fight bloodiest war in 80 years to keep Europe safe from tyranny and destruction.
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