EPISODE · Jun 18, 2026 · 1H 50M
We Can Love The Country Without Trusting The State
from Peasants Perspective · host Taylor Johnatakis
Send us Fan MailYour phone, your bank account, your kid’s school, and even your sense of national pride are not separate stories. They are one story, and it runs through surveillance power, endless-war incentives, and a money system that quietly taxes you through inflation.We start with FISA 702 and the core civil liberties problem: tools sold as foreign intelligence can be pointed back at Americans through secret courts, broad queries, and process games that turn “national security” into domestic leverage. From there, we wrestle with why July 4 pride has splintered so sharply, and why many people cannot hear patriotic language without thinking about post-9/11 policy, the Patriot Act, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the way media narratives get laundered into “truth.” We’re not asking you to hate your neighbors or your country. We’re asking what it means to love the land and the people while staying deeply skeptical of the state.Then we get practical. We talk privacy and personal sovereignty with real tactics: permission control, GrapheneOS style “ghost phone” setups, and why “I have nothing to hide” misses the point. We connect that to money: the Federal Reserve, interest rates, forward guidance, and the blunt admission that inflation is a choice. We also hit Bitcoin, sound money, regulatory pressure like Illinois’ new crypto tax, and why opting out financially can reduce the system’s ability to coerce.We close with local reality where power becomes tangible: parental rights in schools tied to federal funds, questionable judicial outcomes, and why civic involvement at the county level matters as much as any national election. If you value privacy, free speech, the Constitution, and financial freedom, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with the biggest question you’re still wrestling with.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 Your phone, your bank account, your kid’s school, and even your sense of national pride are not separate stories. They are one story, and it runs through surveillance power, endless-war incentives, and a money system that quietly taxes you through inflation. We start with FISA 702 and the core civil liberties problem: tools sold as foreign intelligence can be pointed back at Americans through secret courts, broad queries, and process games that turn “national security” into ...
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