Held here entire — 13 passages across 6 chapters, set down from the first word to the last.
- 0:00Introduction to The American NetworkThe host and guest introduce the concept of 'The American Network' and set the stage for a deep dive into its philosophy.
- 2:08Guest Background and MotivationThe guest shares his background in wealth management and Bitcoin, explaining his personal motivation for building a better future.
- 3:42Identifying the Core ProblemThe discussion begins by pinpointing what is fundamentally broken with the current system and its impact on Americans.
- 4:56Defining The American Network StateThe guest defines 'The American Network State' as a restructuring of governance using technology and decentralization.
- 6:11The Problem with Centralized PowerThe conversation highlights how power is concentrated in a 'rotten central government structure' and its historical manipulation.
- 7:45Historical Context of DecentralizationThe guest explains how the US was naturally decentralized in the 1800s due to limited communication and state-issued currencies.
The Transcript
Ian MalcolmWell alright, Mr. T, how is it going? Hey, man. How you doing? Can you hear me okay? Yes, coming in loud and, and clear, and excited to, excited to hear kind of the, the presentation here, and I'm a little bit, kind of curious for the preferred format, and I, I just say this 'cause I know that you wanted to walk through this idea of the American Network, and, would welcome not only the introduction on yourself, but also this philosophy, this idea that you had, and, and your ability to Of course, to share this with, with the audience and then maybe field a little bit of a Q&A at the end, and I think we're gonna have some friends along the way that might join into the conversation, but wanted to just first and foremost, and this is a little bit unusual for me, I suppose. 'cause I didn't know the preferred format, if this was something that you would like to kind of present in a longer, fashion, right? Like, essentially provide a, a monologue on it, or if it's one that you wanted some Q&A, specifically to guide the, the conversation, the discourse. So, so what we would do is if you wouldn't mind maybe just giving a little bit of an introduction on yourself, and, and then we can dive into the topic, and you can take it in the direction or presentation that you
Ian Malcolmthem up for, for some questions and thoughts.
Speaker 1Awesome, man. first of all, Ian, I wanna thank you for this opportunity, man. because, you know, this is a, a topic that's, very close to my heart and, you know, this is something I've been thinking about, for a long time. So, really appreciate it, you know, and kudos to you, man. You've been, you know, you, you work on this day in, day out, ratioing people,
Speaker 1Throwing, making the videos, and, it's, you know, a lot of it, I feel like, deserves a lot of credit, man. So thank you for that. so, you know, this is a complicated subject, this is something, not like once you hear it, then it, it, it'll make a lot of sense, but there's a lot of moving parts to this. And so, in order to truly understand this, we, we will have to kinda go through a, a, a presentation. I'll try
Speaker 1and then we can do a Q&A after, and I would love questions, and I'm, I'd be very curious, to hear what, everybody thinks. So to begin with, to give you a little bit of my background, so my history is in wealth management and financial services, you know, I worked in it, for over fifteen years. I'm forty-one years old, you know, so live in New Jersey, lived in Jersey most of my life, You know, I have a family, I have children, and so this all comes from, from that angle, which is how can we build a better future for ourselves? 'Cause clearly right now shit ain't going well, right?
Speaker 1so, you know, and I got into, I'm a Bitcoiner, okay? So I got into Bitcoin back in twenty seventeen. So, I've been thinking about the problems that we're c- now seeing play out, for, for a- Quite some time, and but I, I didn't have all the answers, okay? So before, I didn't have all the answers because I didn't quite understand the problem, right? And thanks to work from you, people like yourself,
Speaker 1Sam Parker, others, right? who raised awareness after October seventh, and since then, we've been able to, put this together and, you know, really it helped clarify the, the big picture for me. So I think the best way to do this is to just go through the, the presentation, right? And then, we'll talk about it afterwards. Sound good?
Speaker 1Yeah, sounds great. Awesome. Alright, so let's start. So let's start at, you know, what, what is wrong currently, right? So obviously, you know, I think at this point everybody can see and, and, you know, everybody would, would probably agree that something isn't right, right? Something is broken with our, with our country, with the system, right? And
Speaker 1That I think especially since, since COVID, everybody can feel it. Now we're, we're actually seeing it. We're, we're seeing it with the inflation and all of the new things that are coming. So there are, there are a million different opinions on, on what's going to come, right? Some people see this as, kind of a spiritual war that may be coming. Others are more materialist in their view, right? So they fear World War III, monetary- Crisis, right? Or others think about the AI takeover, right? But and worst of all, God forbid, a worldwide Jewish hegemony, right? Like that would, that would be a disaster, right? So there are a lot of parts of this that, that, that can get, that can play out these potential scenarios and a lot of risks and potential crises that are on our, on their way, right? So I think, but I think what's important to understand here is that No matter what happens, we can all agree that right now the way things are going, it's likely not going to be a positive for humanity and for Americans, right? Especially with, you know, who being control of, of the US government and the institutions, right? So in order to solve this problem for the world, right? We have to essentially free the US. Right? That's really the only way to resolve this problem for the entire world. And so, before I get into the, the, you know, network state, so
Speaker 1I want you to think about what the, what is the American network state, right? What do I mean by that? So I want you to think about it as a restructuring of govern-governance using technology and decentralization to con-create semi-autonomous institutions, okay? With stronger checks and balances, that would shift power from this bulky central government, right? And Make basically move it towards the, the states, and this was the case for the majority of US history, right? this only changed really became much worse after World War II, right? So
Speaker 1What's happening, for-- so for example, the technocrats, right? When we think about the technocrats, what are they doing exactly, right? they're trying to use technology to enslave us, right? So in order to beat them, we cannot do it without using technology ourselves. It's gonna be impossible. There's no, there, there, there's no other way to, to have this happen, okay? So
Speaker 1W-what is actually going on, right? So right now, all the power is in this rotten central government structure, okay? It's easy to manipulate. And we've seen the manipulation over the last few decades, right? So it includes the political side of the Isle and also the, the security state and the DOD, right? And This has been going on, obviously this started, we all know, and, and this has been discussed, extensively, right? And, and I'm sure everybody here is probably familiar, this really started, with the Fed in nineteen thirteen, right? The central banking. Before that, the US didn't even have central banking. That was the, that was the beginning of this downfall, right? So that's, that's kind of what led to the world wars and everything else that has happened, since. And so I want you to think for a second about the US in the 1800s before the Fed, right? It was a naturally decentralized nation, and but the main reason that was the case was because there was no such thing as mass communication, right? So if you wanted to contact someone, you had to write a damn letter, right? And so in a, in a, in a world like that,
Speaker 1You needed a central body, governing body in Washington, DC, which represented the people from the states because they couldn't really communicate in that way, right? And a lot of people don't know this, but prior to the Fed, there wasn't even really a one, singular national currency in the, in the US for a majority of the 1800s. currencies were issued by states, frequently.