376 sats \ 3 replies \ @nullcount 13 Sep \ on: Alex Gladstein AMA - bitcoin and freedom AMA
Can you prove you are Alex?
Also, why does an American Non-profit focus on "the biggest problems" in other countries? We have lots of human rights violations domesticlly. You mentioned somewhere that you don't want to get involved in US politics, but you have no issues meddling in other countries?
Is HRF just an arm of Team America World Police?
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96 sats \ 2 replies \ @58c741aa63 OP 13 Sep
  1. I've posted this AMA on X and Nostr so I hope that works.
  2. On HRF, recall that it was founded by Venezuelans, Russians, and others, not Americans. They didn't think that dictatorship was getting enough attention globally and wanted to create a non-profit to focus on tyranny.
  3. I don't want to focus all my time on US politics. But I've probably spent more time personally doing activism in America or for Americans than any other country. My latest book, Hidden Repression, is not written for people in South America or Africa, they all know that stuff, it's written for Americans
  4. While it's true that HRF does not focus on liberal democracies, it does spend a lot of time and resources criticizing US allies like Saudi Arabia. Also why would Team America World Police spend so much time supporting global Bitcoin adoption?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 13 Sep
What makes USA an attractive place to register and operate a non-profit?
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119 sats \ 0 replies \ @58c741aa63 OP 13 Sep
Honestly I wasn't involved in the administrative set-up process which happened in 2005 -- but -- the US has a lot of protections for civil society and free speech organizations. Also a lot of people want to live in and work in the USA.
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