USAID: Printing Propaganda with Fiat & Why Bitcoin is the Escape

So I was digging into how USAID actually works, and man, it’s crazy how much of it is just straight-up propaganda. You hear “foreign aid,” and you think of helping people, but a lot of it is just funding narratives that push U.S. interests. Like, they’ll bankroll media outlets in other countries, fund “civil society” groups that just happen to align with whatever Washington wants, and make sure the story being told makes the U.S. look like the good guy. It’s not even a secret. They openly say they support "democracy-building" and "countering misinformation," which is just code for "making sure people see things our way." The thing is, this whole system runs on fiat. The U.S. government can print money, funnel it into USAID, and then use that cash to shape how people think. It’s a soft form of control, but it’s effective as hell. And if you live in a country where the U.S. is “helping,” you’re basically being fed a reality that’s been paid for. This is why Bitcoin matters. It’s not just about having money that governments can’t debase. It’s about cutting off the flow of funds that keeps this machine running. When people start using Bitcoin, they’re not just opting out of inflation, they’re opting out of a system that lets governments manipulate everything from media to elections. There’s a great breakdown of all this in this video: https://youtu.be/zk68VGFxRAA?si=ih5rZ-edbuM5pF00 If you haven’t thought about Bitcoin in this way before, it’s worth a watch. submitted by /u/Bitway_onroad [link] [comments]

Feb 17, 2025 - 03:38

So I was digging into how USAID actually works, and man, it’s crazy how much of it is just straight-up propaganda. You hear “foreign aid,” and you think of helping people, but a lot of it is just funding narratives that push U.S. interests. Like, they’ll bankroll media outlets in other countries, fund “civil society” groups that just happen to align with whatever Washington wants, and make sure the story being told makes the U.S. look like the good guy. It’s not even a secret. They openly say they support "democracy-building" and "countering misinformation," which is just code for "making sure people see things our way."

The thing is, this whole system runs on fiat. The U.S. government can print money, funnel it into USAID, and then use that cash to shape how people think. It’s a soft form of control, but it’s effective as hell. And if you live in a country where the U.S. is “helping,” you’re basically being fed a reality that’s been paid for.

This is why Bitcoin matters. It’s not just about having money that governments can’t debase. It’s about cutting off the flow of funds that keeps this machine running. When people start using Bitcoin, they’re not just opting out of inflation, they’re opting out of a system that lets governments manipulate everything from media to elections.

There’s a great breakdown of all this in this video: https://youtu.be/zk68VGFxRAA?si=ih5rZ-edbuM5pF00

If you haven’t thought about Bitcoin in this way before, it’s worth a watch.

submitted by /u/Bitway_onroad
[link] [comments]