The Patriot Act once again demonstrates its totalitarian stripes, on a medium of exchange that didn’t exist when it was first passed. From Matt Agorist at thefreethoughtproject.com:
Privacy doesn’t equal crime. It equals freedom. And the U.S. Treasury’s new “mixer rule” proves the Patriot Act was never about safety—it was about control.
Public ledgers are already surveillance-ready. Now the U.S. Treasury, through FinCEN, wants to go further—proposing a sweeping “mixer rule” that would designate crypto mixing services as a “Primary Money Laundering Concern” under Section 311 of the Patriot Act. That label isn’t symbolic. It unlocks extraordinary powers that force banks and exchanges to flag, report, or outright ban activity like wallet rotation, transaction delays, or swaps—ordinary user behaviors suddenly redefined as criminal suspicion.
The Patriot Act was sold to Americans in 2001 as a temporary measure to catch terrorists after 9/11. Two decades later, it’s been renewed and expanded at every opportunity. Instead of keeping us safe, it has become a Swiss army knife of surveillance—used to justify warrantless spying, mass data collection, and now the criminalization of privacy-enhancing tools. Every time, the pattern repeats: new threat, new powers, fewer rights.
Treasury’s recent proposal is just the latest example. Officials say it’s about countering terror finance. But the practical effect is to strip ordinary Americans of the ability to transact privately. They’ve already sanctioned Tornado Cash, Blender, and other open-source tools—not because the developers laundered money, but because criminals used them. By that logic, we should put AT&T on trial for phone calls made before a bank robbery, or the car manufacturer of the car used by the getaway driver.
You didn’t take the loyalty oath to Israel and are being deported to Uganda.
The limits of control.
Watched a Muslim cleric who stated that Kirk will be used by the law and order freaks to crack down.
All tactics work both ways in the collective melting chamber pot.
It’s gonna work this time, yes we can.