They're "Re-Imagining" A New Financial System Just To Steal Your Assets | Whitney Webb

Summary

The video script discusses the reimagining of financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank as direct weapons of the banking elite, moving away from US Empire influence. It delves into the concept of programmable and surveilled money, the voluntary carbon market, and the potential for landowners to lose rights to natural resources on their land due to carbon credits. Whitney Webb, a researcher, suggests this could lead to asset takeovers by elites under the guise of environmentalism. The script also touches on CBDCs, digital IDs, and the push for global surveillance through financial systems, hinting at a future where privacy is significantly diminished.

Takeaways

• 💡 The IMF and World Bank are being reimagined as direct financial weapons of the US military and bankers, moving away from US Empire influence.
• 🌐 There's a push for a new economic system involving programmable and surveilled money, along with a voluntary carbon market.
• 🤔 Whitney Webb suggests that elites plan to take over assets through carbon credits under the guise of altruism and environmental protection.
• 🏞 Concerns arise that landowners may not own the carbon or other resources tied to their land, rendering land useless without the right to use its resources.
• 📊 The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, led by Mark Carney and Mike Bloomberg, is in charge of climate finance for the United Nations.
• 💡 The concept of 'climate wallets' is being developed, designed to run on the Chia Network, aiming to facilitate participation in the carbon market.
• 🌳 The murky legal area of carbon rights could lead to land grabs in the global South, with carbon credit buyers potentially owning the carbon in forests.
• 📉 The carbon market has been criticized for not reducing CO2 levels effectively, with up to 90% of carbon credits being worthless.
• 💼 The push for digital IDs and wallets is part of a broader effort to eliminate financial and online anonymity, with biometric data playing a key role.
• 🔐 There's an ambition to create a completely surveilled system with programmable money, where transactions can be controlled and monitored.
• 🌍 Efforts are being made to onboard countries, especially in Latin America, onto digital systems under the guise of decarbonization, with funds going to specific companies tied to influential groups.

Q & A

What is the connection between the IMF, the World Bank, and the US Empire as revealed by WikiLeaks documents?

The connection is that the IMF and the World Bank are considered financial weapons of the US military, as admitted by documents published by WikiLeaks.

What is the concept of reimagining the IMF and the World Bank as mentioned in the script?

Reimagining the IMF and the World Bank involves transforming them from being tied with the US Empire to becoming direct weapons of the bankers, creating a new economic system with programmable and surveilled money.

What does Whitney Webb suggest about the elites' plan for carbon credits?

Whitney Webb suggests that the elites plan to take over all assets by issuing carbon credits in the name of altruism and saving the planet, which could lead to landowners not being able to use the natural resources on their land.

How does the concept of a voluntary carbon market relate to the idea of digital IDs and programmable money?

A voluntary carbon market is part of a broader plan to create a new economic system that includes digital IDs and programmable money, where financial transactions and personal data can be monitored and controlled.

What is the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and its role in climate finance?

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero is an organization created by Mark Carney and Mike Bloomberg, which is in charge of climate finance for the United Nations, aiming to facilitate the transition to a net-zero emissions economy.

What is the concern regarding the development of climate wallets and their impact on carbon markets?

The concern is that climate wallets, designed to run on blockchain technology, could enable the monetization of nature and lead to murky legal issues, such as carbon rights, potentially allowing buyers of carbon credits to claim ownership of carbon in forests.

How does the script relate the carbon credit market to the junk bond scandal of the 1980s?

The script relates the carbon credit market to the junk bond scandal by pointing out that up to 90% of carbon credits are worthless and meaningless, similar to the junk bonds of the 1980s, and that the same actors involved in the junk bond scandal are now involved in the carbon credit market.

What is the potential impact of the push towards digital IDs and programmable money on financial privacy?

The push towards digital IDs and programmable money could lead to the end of online and financial anonymity, with unprecedented crackdowns on privacy tools and the requirement to tie government-issued IDs to online activities.

How does the script describe the potential use of carbon credits in managing global debt?

The script suggests that carbon credits could be used as a tool for managing global debt, by facilitating quantitative easing and parking debt in certain places, as part of a remade financial system.

What is the link between the smart grid technology being tested in Latin America and the broader financial system?

The smart grid technology is part of an effort to create an InterContinental Power Smart Grid, which is tied to the broader financial system's transformation towards energy-backed currencies and the integration of carbon credits and digital wallets.

What is the script's perspective on the future of surveillance and control in the financial system?

The script suggests that the future financial system will be highly surveilled and controllable, with ambitions to eliminate privacy, monitor all transactions, and control the use of money through programmable digital currencies.