@shortsegments's thread

or decades, the global economy has been tethered to a Centralized Closed Western Banking System. Access to global investment and trade currently requires permission from SWIFT, a messaging network dominated by Western interests. When a country is "de-platformed" or sanctioned, its economy is paralyzed, and foreign investment vanishes—often hitting the poorest citizens the hardest. Even those not excluded face the "tyranny of the gatekeeper": high fees, slow settlement times, and the constant risk of assets being frozen by a foreign power.