Back in April, Mehdi was joined on ‘We’re Not Kidding’ by actor, author, and now documentary filmmaker Ben McKenzie to talk about Ben’s new film which investigates the fraudulent and predatory cryptocurrency industry, ‘Everyone Is Lying to You For Money’.
The documentary is finally available to stream online, but for a limited time only from Aug. 22 - Sept. 6. You can click the button below to stream ‘Everyone Is Lying to You For Money’ now.
You can also revisit Mehdi’s conversation with Ben from earlier this year. They unpack the documentary’s globetrotting story — from Miami, to El Salvador, to London — as Ben follows the (figurative) money, including his now famous interview with convicted crypto grifter Sam Bankman-Fried. Ben also explains what exactly cryptocurrency is and uncovers why its evangelists want you to buy it so badly.
They also dig into the crypto industry’s influence on both the Republican and Democratic party, why the Trump family is the perfect avatar for crypto fraudsters, and end up having a blunt conversation about the direction of the Democratic Party. “If you’re a Democrat and you’re having a hard time choosing between people and corporations, my humble suggestion is to get the fuck out of the party,” Ben says.
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You wonder why it is "off the Chart"? Because El Residente does not believe he can do wrong he must answer for at any time. When you do not need to report to the IRS or the LAW, who do you have to answer to? Some People, be they speculating Private Equity Groups ( using money from a 401K Fund so they don;t care if it is lost trying to shore up the price of the Crypto they bought last week with someone else's retirement funds Money) or billionaires who think ( probably rightly) that they are making a contribution to the bribes for payback, bringing them contracts money from some part of the current Administration, no wonder crypto is selling. It is money laundering with Mems and shares that have no known purpose but undermining the dollar and a channel for money coming from USA Tax dollars. It is a bull-sh**t market.