Bitcoin & The Canadian Truckers with Greg Foss & NobodyCaribou

 
 

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“Here’s the why, why are people gathered in Ottawa and why are people congregating in major cities in Canada, and the why is Canadians are tired of being lied to and now they’re taking responsibility to claim their freedom; it doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, Hispanic, Indian, Chinese, indigenous, vaccinated, unvaccinated, Canada’s a very diverse melting pot…and everyone is coming together to say no.”
— NobodyCaribou

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Remote
Date: Friday 4th February
Project: @HonkHonkHodl

Covid-19 mandates have evolved across the world over the past few years. Such mandates involve limitations on what many previously assumed to be universal freedoms. Whilst restrictions were widely and voluntarily accepted in the early phases of the pandemic, people across the world are now starting to question their efficacy and fairness.

Rules imposed by bureaucrats are increasingly being viewed as myopic to wider societal impacts and seemingly slow to account for the latest science. This is resulting in growing dissent. The rejection of government-directed coronavirus measures is arguably most ardent when it affects people's livelihoods.

Canada in January imposed a new rule requiring that truckers must be vaccinated to cross the US-Canadian border. Given the geography in Canada, trucking invariably requires trips to and from the US. So, for unvaccinated truckers, this rule would effectively mean they couldn't work.  

A resultant protest lit the flame for wider discontent about Covid-19 health restrictions. This rapidly spread such that a nationwide protest movement has been ignited, centred on the nation's capital Ottawa. 

The two sides are becoming increasingly entrenched: truckers are preparing for a long period of resistance, whilst the government is increasingly using more draconian measures to break up the protest. The most contentious action, though, has been GoFundMe withholding millions of dollars raised for the truckers. 

Bitcoin is now being used to support the truckers: the utility of uncensorable money has perhaps found its most important use case yet in a democratic state. 

In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin Strategist Greg Foss, and NobodyCaribou who is documenting the growing trucker protest movement. We discuss the genesis of the protest, Canadian rights and freedoms, the importance of non-violent resistance, the scale of the movement, and how Bitcoin is a vital tool in this fight for freedom. 

TIMESTAMPS

00:03:56: Introductions
00:04:56: The background story
00:12:21: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
00:13:49: Canada's geography
00:19:06: The Canadian winters
00:21:11: Zero arrests
00:24:06: Protest vs non-violent resistance
00:34:28: Laws, mandates and the scientific truth
00:41:59: Trudeau supporters and Canadian politics
00:47:08: The scale and strategy of the protest
00:52:56: The impact of the protest on Canada's logistics
00:55:14: GoFundMe versus Bitcoin funding
01:00:29: HonkHonk Hodl
01:02:28: A message from Nick
01:05:36: Final comments

 

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