Recently I’ve gotten a lot of requests to discuss Russia’s new digital Ruble, signed into law by Putin on July 24. It’s been oft-included in the blanket scary ‘CBDC’ category under the narrative that Putin is some sort of WEF stooge secretly helping to roll out the ‘Great Reset’ agenda.
"Russia's economic growth accelerated to 5.4% year-on-year in May, according to Federal State Statistics Service and has more or less recovered from the shocks following the imposition of sanctions. Growth remains stymied, but Russia is now growing faster than many of the EU countries that have sanctioned it thanks to the Keynesian boost of massive military spending..."
I'm not a fan of any currency that can be deleted with a keystone. Maybe that's a bit naive with how modern banking works, but at least you can still withdraw it as cash. The best use case I can think of for a block chain digital asset is link each coin with some sort of asset or basket of assets that can be traded freely and recorded publicly. The asset/bundles would be held in various countries under lock and key.
Simp, I was curious and maybe you can work it into one of your sitreps. I've seen tons of videos of Russian tanks and now MLRS being shipped in large groups to the front, but very few videos of them being destroyed by Ukraine.(specifically few tank kills) Am I not following enough pro-ukraine reporting or are they not seeing massive usage right now?
I find it hilarious that people point to Putin as a member of the WEF, as if by definition that makes him a collaborator. It would be logical for a government to have someone in that organization just to keep an eye on things. I don't know if that's the case with VVP, but it's possible given his intelligence background. Surely people are familiar with the concept of infiltration and spying for national objectives, but that explanation never seems to cross the minds of the Putin detractors. I don't know if he is or isn't a WEF member, but so what? Anyone can join up - in fact I might join them myself just so I can put them on my resume:
"And like I said, there’s a chance that Putin is conducting a long drawn-out personal crusade to slowly reform the entire system, with the end-goal being a real gold or asset-backed currency"
Oh c'mon. We have decades of speeches from Putin that clearly tell us he values centralization above anything else. A gold or silver backed currency (which can't even work in a fractional reserve system, btw) would dramatically lessen the ability of the Kremlin to control such a physically massive country.
If the ruble were made convertible to gold, the dollar would be dead within a few months. Pretty much all of Russia's foreign policy problems would vanish. Don't think that Putin doesn't know this, either.
And yet he still keeps using the same fiat system. Why is this? Because utilizing fiat/banking as a means of control has always been an inherent part of the Putinist system and it can't continue to exist otherwise. In fact, I am certain that if Putin made a serious attempt to make the ruble convertible to gold or silver, his own guys would take him out.
Nicely done. So no interest charged instead a sharing of the profit or loss seems so sensible.
Everything you say I think is what is happening with long term goals in place for BRICS etc.
Well done!
Typical of the conquerors is to claim all the social assets of the conquered as Young Global Leaders of the WEF. A telling sign of social delusions in this day and age.
I follow Sasha Latypova and believe she does good work on the virus/vaccine front, but I differ with her position on Russia, which is basically that they're part of the cabal, using some of the same arguments you have countered with this article. I wonder if you've ever debated her on this, and if not, would you be up for it? I've tried myself, but haven't had much success.
I know a lot of people see Russia through rose-tinted glasses, but I'm not one of them. Realistically speaking, I think Russia gets many things right and a lot of that is attributable to VVP, but I worry about what happens after he's gone. I'd love to see Maria Warrior Princess in that role, but is Russia ready for a woman to lead them? One thing I will say, Russia is culturally in very good shape. My main area of study is their music scene, and by that measure Russia is doing very well indeed, having largely abandoned English lyrics and mimicry of western pop groups, drawing more and more on their historic roots for inspiration. A good example:
Following the CBDC discourse as a non-American THROUGH the American discourse, I think the base of the fearmongering is a very American phenomena where there are a lot of private banks that is more-or-less adhering to a central authority. In reality, most banking system in the world is somewhat more centralized than what Americans had in their country and what most people (in this case not just American) about CBDC controlling what they own/have/saved is already possible without CBDC. Case in point: Nigel Farage and the Canadian truckers!
Here I think London Paul further assesment was right: the dollar, in particular, would never went full digital because physical USD is what the drug lord, human traffickers, and all sorts of criminal use for transaction. The Federal Reserve would NEVER going full digital for this exact reason. Michael Hudson in some of his seminar revealed that it was indeed the US government goal to make US and USD the safe haven for criminal activity so they can replace Switzerland on that regard.
Great sitrep, I knew the Fed was actually a private entity, but had no idea just how rotten it was until today. Lol should've guessed though. You know sometimes I think that if Americans were fully aware of what is being done to them and in their name, there would be riots on the streets tomorrow morning in every county, every major population center in the continental US of A.
Hey Simplicius, just wanted to clue you in on something that was brought to my attention and that I guess is actually meretricious (if specious bullshit and guilt by association can be called such). So I've got a lot of NAFO Fella(tio) losers for friends and colleagues who buy every lie from Uncle Scam and call anyone who says anything remotely neutral on Russia-Ukraine-NATO a "vatnik" and when I share your articles with them, they always say "LOL that dude has POOOOOTIN as his picture bro! How can you take him seriously, LMAO he worships Vlad!!!" or something similar. Mind you my dad and other more intelligent people with whom I have a closer more intellectually respectful relationship don't say that. But for sure the Xitter or X or Twatter or whatever types say it every time.
Then I did a closer look and your picture does in fact look like Putin on a small phone screen or from a 'distance' on the PC.
Anyway just wanted to let you know. You might consider changing it if we are to reach the knuckleheads, or perhaps fuck them and don't. But these assholes have a lot of reasons to shut their brains off to new and more accurate info even if that particular excuse is a new low....even for them.
solid research
great stuff
keep it up 👍
This is very timely. And in a world where banking interests define geopolitical reality, this is very telling. Thank you.
"Russia's economic growth accelerated to 5.4% year-on-year in May, according to Federal State Statistics Service and has more or less recovered from the shocks following the imposition of sanctions. Growth remains stymied, but Russia is now growing faster than many of the EU countries that have sanctioned it thanks to the Keynesian boost of massive military spending..."
https://www.intellinews.com/reports/russia-monthly-country-report-august-2023-110563/
I'm not a fan of any currency that can be deleted with a keystone. Maybe that's a bit naive with how modern banking works, but at least you can still withdraw it as cash. The best use case I can think of for a block chain digital asset is link each coin with some sort of asset or basket of assets that can be traded freely and recorded publicly. The asset/bundles would be held in various countries under lock and key.
Simp, I was curious and maybe you can work it into one of your sitreps. I've seen tons of videos of Russian tanks and now MLRS being shipped in large groups to the front, but very few videos of them being destroyed by Ukraine.(specifically few tank kills) Am I not following enough pro-ukraine reporting or are they not seeing massive usage right now?
Very interesting and educative.
I had no idea how "The Fed" worked, it just feels like pure self-interest evil.
Awesome sauce Simplicius! Keep up the good work.
Very interesting and educative.
I had no idea how "The Fed" worked, it just feels like pure self-interest evil.
Awesome sauce Simplicius! Keep up the good work.
I find it hilarious that people point to Putin as a member of the WEF, as if by definition that makes him a collaborator. It would be logical for a government to have someone in that organization just to keep an eye on things. I don't know if that's the case with VVP, but it's possible given his intelligence background. Surely people are familiar with the concept of infiltration and spying for national objectives, but that explanation never seems to cross the minds of the Putin detractors. I don't know if he is or isn't a WEF member, but so what? Anyone can join up - in fact I might join them myself just so I can put them on my resume:
https://www.weforum.org/join-us/home
I wonder if you get a little membership card you can show the cops when they stop you for speeding? That would be handy, no?
Meow, meow, meow. Thank you for sharing a bit of your world. My wattage is increasing, hanging here with the bright bulbs. Old lady with a kat❤️🐈⬛🤓
The Islamic bank concept is brilliant.
I have one word: "Jews"
"And like I said, there’s a chance that Putin is conducting a long drawn-out personal crusade to slowly reform the entire system, with the end-goal being a real gold or asset-backed currency"
Oh c'mon. We have decades of speeches from Putin that clearly tell us he values centralization above anything else. A gold or silver backed currency (which can't even work in a fractional reserve system, btw) would dramatically lessen the ability of the Kremlin to control such a physically massive country.
If the ruble were made convertible to gold, the dollar would be dead within a few months. Pretty much all of Russia's foreign policy problems would vanish. Don't think that Putin doesn't know this, either.
And yet he still keeps using the same fiat system. Why is this? Because utilizing fiat/banking as a means of control has always been an inherent part of the Putinist system and it can't continue to exist otherwise. In fact, I am certain that if Putin made a serious attempt to make the ruble convertible to gold or silver, his own guys would take him out.
Nicely done. So no interest charged instead a sharing of the profit or loss seems so sensible.
Everything you say I think is what is happening with long term goals in place for BRICS etc.
Well done!
Typical of the conquerors is to claim all the social assets of the conquered as Young Global Leaders of the WEF. A telling sign of social delusions in this day and age.
@ Simplicius:
I follow Sasha Latypova and believe she does good work on the virus/vaccine front, but I differ with her position on Russia, which is basically that they're part of the cabal, using some of the same arguments you have countered with this article. I wonder if you've ever debated her on this, and if not, would you be up for it? I've tried myself, but haven't had much success.
I know a lot of people see Russia through rose-tinted glasses, but I'm not one of them. Realistically speaking, I think Russia gets many things right and a lot of that is attributable to VVP, but I worry about what happens after he's gone. I'd love to see Maria Warrior Princess in that role, but is Russia ready for a woman to lead them? One thing I will say, Russia is culturally in very good shape. My main area of study is their music scene, and by that measure Russia is doing very well indeed, having largely abandoned English lyrics and mimicry of western pop groups, drawing more and more on their historic roots for inspiration. A good example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thZTZk09Cp4
The hut is shaking!
Following the CBDC discourse as a non-American THROUGH the American discourse, I think the base of the fearmongering is a very American phenomena where there are a lot of private banks that is more-or-less adhering to a central authority. In reality, most banking system in the world is somewhat more centralized than what Americans had in their country and what most people (in this case not just American) about CBDC controlling what they own/have/saved is already possible without CBDC. Case in point: Nigel Farage and the Canadian truckers!
Here I think London Paul further assesment was right: the dollar, in particular, would never went full digital because physical USD is what the drug lord, human traffickers, and all sorts of criminal use for transaction. The Federal Reserve would NEVER going full digital for this exact reason. Michael Hudson in some of his seminar revealed that it was indeed the US government goal to make US and USD the safe haven for criminal activity so they can replace Switzerland on that regard.
Great sitrep, I knew the Fed was actually a private entity, but had no idea just how rotten it was until today. Lol should've guessed though. You know sometimes I think that if Americans were fully aware of what is being done to them and in their name, there would be riots on the streets tomorrow morning in every county, every major population center in the continental US of A.
Hey Simplicius, just wanted to clue you in on something that was brought to my attention and that I guess is actually meretricious (if specious bullshit and guilt by association can be called such). So I've got a lot of NAFO Fella(tio) losers for friends and colleagues who buy every lie from Uncle Scam and call anyone who says anything remotely neutral on Russia-Ukraine-NATO a "vatnik" and when I share your articles with them, they always say "LOL that dude has POOOOOTIN as his picture bro! How can you take him seriously, LMAO he worships Vlad!!!" or something similar. Mind you my dad and other more intelligent people with whom I have a closer more intellectually respectful relationship don't say that. But for sure the Xitter or X or Twatter or whatever types say it every time.
Then I did a closer look and your picture does in fact look like Putin on a small phone screen or from a 'distance' on the PC.
Anyway just wanted to let you know. You might consider changing it if we are to reach the knuckleheads, or perhaps fuck them and don't. But these assholes have a lot of reasons to shut their brains off to new and more accurate info even if that particular excuse is a new low....even for them.
Cheers and keep up the excellent work.