New episode of @THE Bitcoin Podcast with @Mauricio just dropped covering fact vs fiction in Venezuela. We discuss: - Why Venezuela’s socialist system collapsed and what replaced it wasn’t freedom. - How fear, censorship, and violence are used to control populations. - What hyperinflation and capital controls do to everyday people. - Why capital flees first and brain drain follows. - How security and rule of law come before prosperity. - Why Bitcoin matters when property rights and money fail. FOUNTAIN:

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