Mike Benz

And it is part of what I consider to be my my purpose in life to try to bring freedom to the Internet. And to the extent that that that field exists as a profession, you know, that is those those two things are in conflict. And then, you know, the other part of it is the conflict of interest. Right. When when.

And it is part of what I consider to be my my purpose in life to try to bring freedom to the Internet. And to the extent that that that field exists as a profession, you know, that is those those two things are in conflict. And then, you know, the other part of it is the conflict of interest. Right. When when.

And it is part of what I consider to be my my purpose in life to try to bring freedom to the Internet. And to the extent that that that field exists as a profession, you know, that is those those two things are in conflict. And then, you know, the other part of it is the conflict of interest. Right. When when.

you can see how these very censorship institutions that are being funded by USAID, and so many of them are, it's unbelievable. I mean, USAID has a formal censorship program. I believe we've even talked about it before, but now I think people are starting to appreciate the significance of it.

you can see how these very censorship institutions that are being funded by USAID, and so many of them are, it's unbelievable. I mean, USAID has a formal censorship program. I believe we've even talked about it before, but now I think people are starting to appreciate the significance of it.

you can see how these very censorship institutions that are being funded by USAID, and so many of them are, it's unbelievable. I mean, USAID has a formal censorship program. I believe we've even talked about it before, but now I think people are starting to appreciate the significance of it.

And in fact, its website just went down a few days ago, and it's under, I believe, an extraordinary amount of scandal, which is that these organizations USAID takes taxpayer money and creates lobbyists for more USAID because all the people who... It creates a conflict of interest between their own personal piggy banks and what the actual national interest of the country is.

And in fact, its website just went down a few days ago, and it's under, I believe, an extraordinary amount of scandal, which is that these organizations USAID takes taxpayer money and creates lobbyists for more USAID because all the people who... It creates a conflict of interest between their own personal piggy banks and what the actual national interest of the country is.

And in fact, its website just went down a few days ago, and it's under, I believe, an extraordinary amount of scandal, which is that these organizations USAID takes taxpayer money and creates lobbyists for more USAID because all the people who... It creates a conflict of interest between their own personal piggy banks and what the actual national interest of the country is.

If your whole field is getting funding in significant part from USAID, well, then if you want to really make it in this world, you have a... moral hazard, a perverse incentive to become a tiny little lobbyist to explain why it is that censoring the internet is essential to U.S. national interest and to sell a whole

If your whole field is getting funding in significant part from USAID, well, then if you want to really make it in this world, you have a... moral hazard, a perverse incentive to become a tiny little lobbyist to explain why it is that censoring the internet is essential to U.S. national interest and to sell a whole

If your whole field is getting funding in significant part from USAID, well, then if you want to really make it in this world, you have a... moral hazard, a perverse incentive to become a tiny little lobbyist to explain why it is that censoring the internet is essential to U.S. national interest and to sell a whole

ideology and a whole completely different vision of what our country even is and what we're even fighting for. Because the more that our public grants and contracts, the more that our procurements, the more that the USAID piggy bank funds that, the bigger the pie of that field gets.

ideology and a whole completely different vision of what our country even is and what we're even fighting for. Because the more that our public grants and contracts, the more that our procurements, the more that the USAID piggy bank funds that, the bigger the pie of that field gets.

ideology and a whole completely different vision of what our country even is and what we're even fighting for. Because the more that our public grants and contracts, the more that our procurements, the more that the USAID piggy bank funds that, the bigger the pie of that field gets.

And so, and so you, but you see this in everything that USAID touches, you know, from the, from the media to the social media, to the universities, to the, to the unions, to the anti-corruption, you know, prosecutor work to the humanitarian work around, uh, you know, in, in drug zones and, and in, in, in paramilitary zones.

And so, and so you, but you see this in everything that USAID touches, you know, from the, from the media to the social media, to the universities, to the, to the unions, to the anti-corruption, you know, prosecutor work to the humanitarian work around, uh, you know, in, in drug zones and, and in, in, in paramilitary zones.

And so, and so you, but you see this in everything that USAID touches, you know, from the, from the media to the social media, to the universities, to the, to the unions, to the anti-corruption, you know, prosecutor work to the humanitarian work around, uh, you know, in, in drug zones and, and in, in, in paramilitary zones.

And, and so it's, it's, you know, I think it's what Elon would call a self-licking ice cream cone. And, uh, You know, the ice cream's gone bad, but with the BLM thing, it gets very strange because USAID is a professional rent-a-riot organizer. I mean, leave aside the countless documented cases of USAID rent-a-riots from...

And, and so it's, it's, you know, I think it's what Elon would call a self-licking ice cream cone. And, uh, You know, the ice cream's gone bad, but with the BLM thing, it gets very strange because USAID is a professional rent-a-riot organizer. I mean, leave aside the countless documented cases of USAID rent-a-riots from...