Captured Media, Captive Nation: The Irish Are Waking Up - Eddie Hobbs | Ep. 149

Eddie Hobbs is a financial advisor, bestselling author, host of the Counterpoint podcast, and a former consumer advocate turned fierce critic of centralized power. In the early 1990s he took on Ireland's endowment mortgage industry, and later won a Competition Act case that forced the government to bring in consumer disclosure laws. His TV series Rip-Off Republic set audience records in Ireland and helped bring down the country's Groceries Order. In this conversation, Eddie traces his own turning point back to February 2020, and lays out why he believes Ireland has become a testing ground for policies with global reach, from digital ID to stakeholder capitalism, and why he sees critical thinking part of the way people reclaim sovereignty.→ Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!– SPONSORS –→ Download the free report on second citizenships & setting up a plan B in another country with Expat Money: https://expatmoney.com/efrat→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn, get 0.25% off your first loan: https://ledn.io/Efrat    → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link– AFFILIATES –→ Get 15% off “Born To Be Free” all-natural, tallow-based skincare products on a bitcoin standard, using code EFRAT: https://oshi.link/1nvZYq  → Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (Note, this is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat– LINKS –Eddie on X: https://x.com/RealEddieHobbs Eddie on Substack: https://www.1215tribes.com/ Eddie on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RealEddieHobbs Eddie’s website: Eddiehobbs.com Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: ⁠https://bit.ly/zap_efrat– CHAPTERS – 00:00 - Coming Up…01:18 - Introduction: Eddie Hobbs02:37 - From Finance to Dissident: Eddie's Journey06:52 - Ireland's Quiet Coup: The Troika, NGOs & Illusion of Democracy10:32 - Ad Break: Expat Money & Ledn12:48 - Ireland's Captured Media & the RTÉ Bailout14:35 - Ivor Cummins, the IPCC Reversal & the Climate Fear Machine15:54 - Digital ID, Technocracy, Migration, Ireland as Guinea Pig16:47 - The Fuel Protests, Wokeness, "Far Right", & a Nation Waking Up24:02 - Europe's Political Pendulum: Sovereignty vs. Globalism28:24 - Ad Break: Trezor & Abundant Mine