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EPISODE · Jul 8, 2026 · 1H 9M

Oil, Sanctions, And The Case For Bitcoin

from Peasants Perspective · host Taylor Johnatakis

Send us Fan MailA politician gets arrested on drug charges, a Senate powerbroker seemingly vanishes from public view, and the media asks you to accept “trust us” as an update. We start there because it captures the mood so many people feel right now: consequences feel optional for insiders, while regular people are told to be patient, stop asking questions, and keep paying. Then we add a new complication that changes everything, AI voice cloning, and why a simple phone call no longer proves what it used to.From that breakdown in trust, we widen the lens to the hard infrastructure underneath modern life: energy. We talk Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, ceasefires that snap back into strikes, and how war, oil, and electricity are tied together. That leads into Ukraine policy changes and why “just build the missiles over there” raises questions about supply lines, corruption risk, and the real cost of keeping industrial systems running when the power grid is already strained.The second half turns into a clear argument about money and power. Sanctions only work when the world has to route trade through the dollar, but countries are building ways around it, and Bitcoin is the tool that makes that bypass cleaner, faster, and harder to control. We dig into what it would mean to price oil in satoshis, why nation-state adoption could move “slowly, then suddenly,” and why self-custody is not a hobby but a personal line of defense against debanking and permissioned access to your own funds.If you like episodes that connect politics, geopolitics, energy policy, and Bitcoin without the fluff, hit play, share it with a friend, and leave us a review. What would it take for you to trust the system again?Support the showGet off Zero, the EASIEST WAY TO BUY BITCOIN #BTChttps://river.com/invite?r=Y6QR4HBWCQGhost Phones, Laptops and Tablets, Mark37 has it allhttps://Mark37.com/ref/live1776Thursday Night PRIVATE IGNITE presentation via ZoomRegister for our FREE Ignite webinar every Thursday at 4:30p PST 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/48vKR1Dwww.PeasantsPerspective.comwww.LeftBehindandWithout.orgwww.DollarsVoteLouder.comwww.politicalremodel.com

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Send us Fan Mail A politician gets arrested on drug charges, a Senate powerbroker seemingly vanishes from public view, and the media asks you to accept “trust us” as an update. We start there because it captures the mood so many people feel right now: consequences feel optional for insiders, while regular people are told to be patient, stop asking questions, and keep paying. Then we add a new complication that changes everything, AI voice cloning, and why a simple phone call no longer proves ...

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