Bitcoin & The Canadian Truckers with Greg Foss & NobodyCaribou - WBD459

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


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.