Glenn Greenwald has the video Banishment from the Financial System: the War on Dissent.

Now I get to see the consequences of what I had approved of before. I thought it was good to put this kind of pressure on the KKK. Now I see what abuse this leads to. I have already realized that the use of the USA dollar to conduct economic war on countries will lead to the abandonment of the dollar as an international reserve currency. Bullies can only push so far before the victims stand up for themselves.

Before I read Michael Hudson’s book Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy Of American Empire, I didn’t fully realize the damage the USA has done in the world, particularly starting with WW I and its aftermath ever since.

This is a very complicated issue. On the one hand, I think there are some kinds of economic support that should be stopped, like the Saudi Arabian funding of Osama bin Laden. On the other hand, I can see how this tactic can be used to squelch causes that I find are legitimate. I cannot figure out what rules that can be put in place that can be used to prevent harm but won’t also be used also to prevent legitimate dissent.