was that cryptocurrencies are good because the governments can t seize your money. and they talked a lot about the canadian truckers who, some of whom they said had their assets frozen. you remember those protests, etc, etc. so he was sort of in a kind of speaking in a way from a slightly conspiratorial point of view. but in another way, what he was saying was factually true, right? so, you know, if if you have your money in a bank account and somebody somewhere doesn t like what you re doing, those assets can be frozen or confiscated, as many murdering russian officials have now found to their to their displeasure, right? they ve had all their assets frozen because the powers that be don t like what they re doing. so, you know, he s not wrong in saying that if you want if you want to be to live beyond the reach of the powers that be, you know, go for cryptocurrencies or something like that. it depends whether you think that the powers that be in your own country are a sort o
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