Freezing Bank Accounts Violates Freedom

If politicians are frightened by a protest, some will take your money and your rights.
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If the government doesn’t like your speech, or your business, you may face financial tyranny.
Truckers protesting Canada's COVID vaccine rules had their bank accounts frozen.
“You do have to have a bank account, really, to be able to live,” says law professor Todd Zywicki.
Freezing accounts ended the protests quickly. “It’s a very big threat to a free society,” says Zywicki. “We need to tolerate people saying things we don’t like.”
But politicians often don’t. If they can silence protest by grabbing your money, they will.

[@dr.kevorkian7535]

" If the government can take away your rights, they're not rights at all, they're privileges " - George Carlin

[@dr.kevorkian7535]

@@TinyCryptoBlog Glad someone can appreciate it, thanx

[@jimwerther]

Great line

[@jeremygibbs7342]

Fair point.

[@RodMartinJr]

Wrong! With your thinking, people have ZERO rights. So, are you a Globalist-Leftist?

[@nitish523]

Yes, George Carlin. Give people a George Carlin dose.

[@orppranator5230]

Freezing bank accounts should require a court order with a preponderance of proof of intent to commit violent action/flee the country. At the minimum.

[@TGuard00014]

Yeah I’m guessing someone who has parked their truck in Ottawa isn’t looking to leave any time soon.

[@0ntimetaiment921]

The whole system is made to control people. Last week, after the sanctions against Russia went into effect I tried to open a bank account with stocks depot outside the EU just for fun. Turns out it's hard - close to impossible - in most places, even Switzerland. Countries all over the world don't want you to be able to protect yourself from measurements as shown in the video. That's why I always have to smile a little when people in the US think their 2nd amendment will protect them from tyranny. The government has no need to fire even a single bullet to ruin your life. Just move a few bits around on a computer.

[@nickwilson3499]

@@0ntimetaiment921 this is the exact reason we need the 2nd amendment, so the tyrants get what's coming to them.

[@sven8633]

@@nickwilson3499 2A means nothing. Look at the USA. They have it, never use it. Oligarchs run everything, and nobody with 2A does anything about it. Ever. Useless freedom.

[@brianjanusek4356]

@@sven8633 it’s not about shooting the place up every time you don’t get your way.

[@brkbtjunkie]

John, I highly respect your work, but let’s get the facts straight. The trucker convoy did not block the bridge completely. They let traffic through. Unlike certain other protests in America that used violence when other citizens tried to cross the road, or go through their blockade.

[@euphoricmonk]

He's just playing the Karen advocate for the counter point.

[@nova31337]

He's parroting the opposition's talking points on purpose so that the other side can respond with a solution or clarification.

[@Cyrx686]

@@euphoricmonk Karen advocate? That's a new one! Devil's Advocate for the new age haha.

[@JeepCherokeeful]

That’s true about Emerson crossing in Manitoba, I met a Canadian driver hauling food into America.

[@jeremygibbs7342]

They blocked the road, it was at a stand still. They then blocked half the road when it was made clear it would get physical. I can't say I'm all that sorry either for jerks who were willing to cause millions of dollars of damages for protesting a mask mandate. Like, what? That is their protest? Why? They hate masks? Me too! A two year old vaccine with no decades of information on it scary? Hell yes! They aren't alone in those concerns. By the wat for all you freedom wielding defenders. First nations people were peacefully protesting construction happening through their land without their consent. They didn't get threats of bank freezes they had people show up with guns to pont at them and forcefully removed them. That seems more of an infringement on individual rights to me. How come your not speaking up on that?

[@spnked9516]

It's frustrating as a Canadian to know that the recent events here will likely be buried by Ukraine in the wider public consciousness. Without that pressure, I sincerely doubt that the judiciary and the inquiries into the usage of the Emergency Act will have the teeth or the will to properly hold the government to account.

[@iamjustsaying4787]

@ Spnked that’s what is for, a smoke screen.

[@alchobum]

Tamara Lich was held as a political prisoner until her new bail hearing where judge said the previous Trudeau appointed judge made errors in law. Now she is effectively under house arrest with a no communication order. The protests go on.

[@revelationtruth1252]

We are on step 2 of the nwo! Wef has laid out the agenda.

[@jayratford6681]

It was a test, people were upset about freezing citizens bank accounts, obviously so they played the game again this week against Russians which nobody is going to object to.

[@greenghost6416]

​@@iamjustsaying4787 Its more about redistribution of wealth.

[@maxless6655]

"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

[@snintendog]

@Dead Reckoning you joke but they already have had talks about removing rushmore.

[@bazil4146]

In this case it’s actually both

[@sergeant5848]

The government *did* fear the people, they were absolutely shitting themselves. Then we saw real government tyranny!

[@philobetto5106]

sshh! They will hear you ... Here is the dilemma We will never have the upper hand as long as they control the media. An evil destruction is blanketing the country and the rest of the world. When will we decide enough is enough?

[@ZaxTheAl1en]

Jesus christ. It's horrifying to even think you could starve just because you donated 1 dollar to someone.

[@jasongrundy1717]

1 dollar to someone protesting against government tyranny no less.

[@cerebraldreams4738]

Just imagine how many people ended up being evicted because they couldn't pay rent, as their paychecks had gone into a bank account that was now frozen.

[@forestcityfishing4749]

No the real problem is weak, selfish men. None of you will do what it takes to be free because your too scared of losing your slave job and traitor wife who will leave you the moment you dont have money.

[@ZaxTheAl1en]

@@forestcityfishing4749 who knows. Maybe she already betrayed.

[@kungfuman82]

@@forestcityfishing4749 are you doing what it takes to be free, or are you just another keyboard patriot?

[@RandomAmerican3000]

Similarly, "civil asset forfeiture" needs to be dealt with because it is also being by government agents to coerce citizens.

[@dcriket9]

And deprive the citizens of rights, with the old we have your money, now fight us in our court to get your property back, is not due process.

[@workingshlub8861]

there has been some progress on civil asset forefeiture.....watch steve lehtos videos..he is all over it.

[@ericredbear425]

@@workingshlub8861 And watch for low-flying owls!!

[@brianlacroix822]

oh don't worry canada loves using that against political opponents as well.

[@triggerhappyreviews]

I lost my gun shop several years ago due to this. Nobody would process credit cards for me and being a cash only business didn't work. That was the end for me.

[@Mark1JT]

As a Canadian I cannot wait to be rid of the petty tyrant we call a Prime Minister.

[@elgrigorio1]

Don't forget to punish him after he's out of office! Dangle him by his hair from a 9th floor balcony!

[@piouswhale]

Unfortunately Canadians still support him, otherwise votes of no confidence would have been called and him removed from party leadership

[@auntywoke3640]

@@piouswhale Canadians don't support him. More than half our parliament are members of World Economic Forum is the problem.

[@travisb1757]

@@piouswhale That is the price of the new leftist/fascist religion.

[@Richie_Alpha_Rabbit69]

He’s not giving up power that easy he loves the power that to why he teamed up with the communist In the turban Jagmeet

[@Skippy0330]

Man, this government and its supporters legit makes me so ANGRY. these people are literally fascist and NEED to be stopped.

[@cjm7685]

Half of Canada

[@ironheadedDoF]

@Dead Reckoning good Ethics hasnt been taught in schools and universities in over 50 years!

[@krto7663]

In South American the governments do not dare to freeze your bank account, that would go against their constitution. They just gun down protestors like dogs.

[@devonmartin1810]

I think the citizens will need to take up arms and organize against the government or else nothing will change.

[@mustang607]

But they need Trudeau fascism. His party needs to also control transportation as well as the banks, media and the rest of corporate so the buses can always run on time.

[@rusthand7110]

I’m not sure if it’s more frightening that the citizens of a country allowed that kind of power to happen or that there are citizens okay with that behavior taking place.

[@RodFarva]

I’m Canadian and I can tell you there was no shortage of brainwashed people here that actually supported what Trudeau did! It blows my mind that they don’t see it. These are the same people that are fighting to keep the mask mandates alive even though we are currently getting rid of them here in Ontario

[@MajorInjuries]

Its a scary time, big business and government working together to silence opposition.

[@surrealengineering7884]

I always thought it was weird, that German truckers often get paid in cash by their employer or contractor... until this happened. I understand it now. Cash is King!

[@polinco737]

It was... Until the entire nation was diving deep into intentional inflation!

[@surrealengineering7884]

@@polinco737 Ur right, it's a mess, but Cash is still the best way to do it. Inflation is such a mean way to tax peoples' savings without haveing to go though the 'annoying' due process of lawmaking. A wealth tax is illegal under german law, theoretically. But this seems to be ignored.

[@williamworth2746]

I prefer the GOLD standard

[@gamingbigfats3934]

@@williamworth2746 100%😃👍🏻

[@workingshlub8861]

powers that be want a cashless society so we can be tracked ....if we do not have the " correct" political opinions we can be cut off...

[@gearhead1162]

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies," -Thomas Jefferson

[@tracybarhite1764]

The scary part is when banking institutions are in bed/controlled by government.

[@tomasgomez9925]

@@tracybarhite1764 we are doomed…

[@sven8633]

@@tracybarhite1764 banking systems run governments, they arent controlled by them.

[@RedRoosterParty]

Thank you, John, for putting this out there. The degree to which our freedoms are being eroded by government is appalling.

[@aceknowledgable9403]

There should be a Bank Rights Bill which should pass so that people's bank accounts are safe from unwanted seizures. Somebody DO that please!

[@czechmarque]

It already exists It's called the 4th and 5th Amendments From Amendment 4; The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated... From Amendment 5; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation

[@dicktracey7771]

It's also considered a war crime by Geneva conventions

[@michaellowe3665]

No consequences, no change. This is just getting started. Until some government employees see jail time for violating rights of citizens we will keep going down this road.

[@eag8999]

This was the problem with our constitution. It needed to contain a provision that criminalizes unconstitutional acts as well as proposing unconstitutional laws.

[@leeuniverse]

Exactly... I believe there should be a new Law implemented in the West that ANYONE in Government or Business who infringes on peoples basic human, constitutional, lawful rights, i.e. already well established Law are either fined, terminated, or sent to prison depending on the offense. Both government and businesses that are open to the public square should be banned from discriminating against their customers just like phone companies and power companies are banned from doing so. If these people were finally held accountable, they wouldn't dare infringe on peoples rights unless they had actual criminal cause to. We can no longer "trust" those in power, and so they need to start being punished. Also, what I mean by "business" also being held accountable, I'm talking for example social media, a store, etc. Anyone that's open to the public cannot infringe on peoples rights unless it directly effects the operation of the business. For example, you can't "protest" on a company's direct property, or a spa that might require silence can reasonably restrict speech to some degree, etc. But they can't ban or punish people because they don't like their politics, nor can they ban people from lawfully carrying firearms since doing so has no direct effect on the free operation of the business.

[@jeffklaubo3168]

@leeuniverse the issue with that, is the only ones who could hold them accountable, would be their peers... who wouldn't. Because the buddy system. If people started beating and hog tying the police trampling over the peaceful protesters with horses... I would bet they would think twice about doing it again. Remember, a peaceful protest only means something if you are willing to violently back it up. That's the exact reason why the US constitution has them as first and second amendments. Think of them as first and second measures.

[@michaellowe3665]

@@eag8999 18USC241 and 18USC242 do exactly that, but there doesn't seem to be one combination of a judge and prosecutor willing to roll those wheels.

[@leeuniverse]

@@jeffklaubo3168 ... Oh I know, and it's why the 1st and 2nd Amendments are what the Left work most to take away, because they know they BOTH can be used to stop their unjust grabs for power.

[@arbonneladyTN]

Exactly!!! It’s getting crazy… all for “safety “.

[@fxdbmgtow]

"For the Greater Good"

[@42luke93]

In the Amazing Word of Gumball "It is for your own good". I keep thinking about that episode now how safety has gone too far and leads to way much control over people.

[@temite80]

That is the default excuse for any totalitarian regime.

[@timeforchange2539]

“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.” ― Thomas Jefferson

[@thomasdemooka4341]

The 9 words you should be most afraid of... "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan

[@pottersground3788]

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."

[@robertmitchell8728]

See, you don't need arms in a democracy. Just protest peacefully. Oh wait, nevermind.

[@Gherit1]

Politicians need to have that fear of the people every time they vote or walk into their office. That should be the everyday position in which they start.

[@baronvg]

I agree. It’s supposed to be that these politicians work for us, not the other way around. Somewhere along the line, that got turned around. Just like a business should cater to its customers, government should cater to its citizens. The fact that politicians are just wielding their power means something has gone terribly wrong.

[@combativeThinker]

They need to fear for their lives every second they’re in office. Otherwise, they’ll get ideas about their own self-importance and power that will force us to kill them.

[@Gherit1]

@@baronvg The notion of someone being a career politician should be absurd. I wish more people would vote for people that actually accomplished something in their lives first.

[@melindawolfUS]

And that's why I spent my savings on garden supplies and raising a few farm animals. There is no freedom left. No place in our lives the corruption does not touch. We can no longer safely provide for and protect ourselves and it terrifies me that more people aren't upset about this in the US

[@mrswjr4061]

I own a trap-shooting business with my husband and uncle. We own the trap machines and set them up at the local gun ranges for weekend shooting events, we don’t sell ammo or guns but we had a difficult time finding a bank to set up an account. There is only one national bank that would do business with us. One bank got so far as to sit down with us to open the account but then ran us off when they saw the name of our company included the words “shotgun sports”. It was beyond ridiculous to think we were begging banks to hold our money.

[@crackheadmkufams]

They can, and will, take your money your rights and YOUR FREEDOM.

[@robertd9850]

No, people can and are fighting back. Awkwardly and ineffectively sometimes but will get better at it with time. A handful of truckers can be control, a nation of truckers cannot.

[@Dawnsdelightsart]

This is moving towards the social credit scores, which is very scary. It should be considered a crime against humanity to have these actions done.

[@avarivers-garcia8458]

And sadly a lot of Canadians would be in favour of this system because they think it encourages people to be better citizens.

[@PureInsanity]

Your "this is just the start" argument is stupid. Trudeau used it to restore order to a city that was essentially under siege by those protestors. He literally gave up those rights weeks before he had to. The Canadian Congress VOTED to give him those rights.

[@2411509igwt]

@@PureInsanity He "gave up" the misused order because it started to look like the Senete might not back him up. The house of commons "voted" for the act because he threatened his party and the bankrupt NDP with another election.

[@goodgoyim9459]

we already have social credit scores, we just arent calling it by its name.

[@hbarudi]

so how is China doing with its social credit system?

[@TiGGowich]

To me this all makes perfect sense when reading Klaus Schwab's plans until 2030. All I'm saying here is "You will own nothing. And you will be happy." Justin Trudeau is one of the World Economic Forum's leaders and part of the Schwab team... I mean... this information is all publicly available. People are just refusing to connect the dots.

[@dawnclabaugh3598]

As an American, I had my bank account frozen, UNLAWFULLY, more than once. You learn the hard way that nobody much cares. That happened to me shortly after having everything I worked for in my life taken, and given away, by a government court that would not let me testify or present evidence (of the case or the fraud that was occurring). Nearly eight years later, I have one gallon of gas and one dollar to last another week. A lot goes under the radar, never reported by media. I NEVER mer a problem I couldn't get past, until government was involved in my life for no good reason.

[@voluntarism335]

One day these Judges will meet their victims and their victims will rightfully break their legs and murder them

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Why did they freeze your account?

[@tristan8041]

They’ve crossed the line. There can be no unity or common ground with this sort of government inconsistency and doubles standards. Calm political discourse and cooperation with the opposition isn’t possible under these sorts of conditions.

[@cerebraldreams4738]

I'd argue that we should hold people to their own standards, on grounds of consent. If someone says they want a Christian government, that should be considered a declaration of consent to levy criminal sanctions against them whenever they violate Biblical law. If someone says it's OK to freeze the bank accounts of protesters should part of the group turn violent, or cause property damage, or protest "for too long," then they have effectively consented to the use of such tactics against them, should they ever be involved in such a protest. When we start holding people to their own standards, you're going to be absolutely gobsmacked by how many people suddenly champion freedom for the other side.

[@XRinger]

Once a majority of Americans agree the line has been crossed too many times, we can enact retroactive Term Limits or even completely defund any parts of federal government that needs to be reformed or removed. Article V Convention of States is our Emergency FedGov Repair kit. (It bypasses the fedgov jerks). "Article V of the U.S. Constitution gives states the power to call a Convention of States to propose amendments. It takes 34 states to call the convention and 38 to ratify any amendments that are proposed. "

[@marioandultrachap]

Yeah I just wonder when people are going to get aggressive. The peaceful crap isn't working. Don't need to get violent but start hitting them where it hurts stop paying the government taxes

[@BlueisNotaWarmColour]

@@XRinger so in other words, we're fucked

[@XRinger]

@@BlueisNotaWarmColour Not really. You can google Convention of States and get about 604 million hits. A lot of people have been interested in using Article V to enact Term Limits on Congress. For decades, polling shows that 60% to 70%* of American voters want Term Limits on Congress.(*on average). Due to the actions of our government over the last 5 years, the polling will now be closer to 90% of voters, who want to vote for Term Limits. All we have to do is educate more people about their rights. The States have All the Power!

[@joelt00b]

He will freeze your account next John

[@kittymama45]

As a Canadian, what hurt me the most is not one world leader spoke up about what Trudeau did. Everyone turned a blind eye.

[@davidbrock4104]

Once again, John hits it out of the park. Governments have grown way to powerful.

[@MrScottStory]

100% agree! They started with Twitter and KZbin as “Private business” and now as we move towards a cashless society it will make it impossible to buy and trade.

[@mosesbrown4126]

Where was it we heard a story back in the day about being unable to buy or sell for not getting with somebodies program? Hmmm.

[@jmbstudio6873]

Not true. I suggest you educate yourself on cryptocurrency.

[@joebidendagoat]

What's wrong with that? Now right wing terrorists can no longer fund their evil cause.

[@MikinessAnalog]

Gee, where have I heard THAT before? Oh yeah, the book of Revelation. Of course you know that doesn't end well for those that "go along to get along".

[@drok7461]

@@joebidendagoat 🐑🐑🐑

[@ChristopherRyans]

Where would the country be at without independent journalist like John Stossel

[@chauncey5962]

Like it matters. don’t take it offensively It’s up to us the people he just tries to provide information as unbiased as possible and you gotta love him for tht. We gotta quit letting these rich fucking assholes who only care about their self interests in office (if you even can) just imagine if we had a government tht was for we the people. Just a little rant about shit you probably done know sorry if I got off topic

[@CJW0056]

@@chauncey5962 what are you angry at? Everyone?

[@hengry2]

@@CJW0056 learn to read

[@brushcountry6361]

Our dumbed down voting population is to blame. Guys like John try to educate them but, it’s obvious we’re slipping into full time socialism.

[@poonamkumar7941]

Here in Australia, there is a rule that requires any transactions of more than $10000 in cash to be reported to the federal government. The teller at my local branch told me that they need to do extra paperwork whenever this happens, so I figured that I'd always keep it just under that threshold. Despite the fact that depositing that money forced me to hand over a huge chunk to government, I still got into trouble for it. Because my business is much more profitable than most and because I was hiding much less income than most combined with the fact that I was legally avoiding reporting these transactions, my account was flagged as a potential money launderer and it was closed. This happened twice. Absolute nightmare both times. Third time I was with the last bank in town, so I wised up, and stopped being so naive. That was several years ago, and I haven't had a problem since.

[@markfreeman4727]

what happended with the third bank?

[@midnightanimal4598]

This is why Decentralized Finance is so important. Like John said, we're not quite there yet because the exchanges are in bed with the government, but the only way to prevent things like this happening in the future is to have a system that the government can't control.

[@davec3651]

The pandemic opened our eyes to how important it is to keep certain people out of office. Emergency proclamations enabled shockingly dictatorial impositions.

[@piouswhale]

The left trades political office for power. They pass a bunch of rules regulations and laws that remove power from the people, then they get voted out of office but nothing gets repealed. Theb they get back in office and pass more things to consolidate power

[@mbdg6810]

100%

[@WSFM_Rex]

Keep up the good work stossel🔥

[@ZaxTheAl1en]

same

[@Im_Not_From_Around_Here]

Trump would NEVER let this happen in America.

[@luxlife1772]

There's many great things that Stossel brings to the table, but one of my favorites is that he's able to bridge a gap between myself, a hardcore anarchist and my normie, blue-pilled family members. The world's a much better place because of his hard work!

[@elgrigorio1]

Thank You John Stossel for your amazing journalism. On a side note, Justin Trudeau is the worst thing that happened to Canada!

[@kevinnienhuis1890]

... although Justin has a lot of competition from his dad ... 1A and 1B for worst ever ...

[@amberwoodstudio]

Government has reached the point of being unmanageable. The outside influence, WEF in Canada’s case, has no business in our government. Canada is a sovereign nation not a toy for the extremely wealthy to experiment with.

[@mctrustsnoone3781]

Those in our government acting in the interest of the WEF, and against the interests of Canada, need to be held accountable for treason. Otherwise this will not end.

[@tomkeane1331]

This is why I love Stossel… even though he agrees with most of his guest he still pushes them with tough questions

[@aevangel1]

He is not agreeing with them.... he is playing devil's advocate and allowing them to take the rope to hang themselves....

[@RyanMallory1350]

Solid reporting watched from this guy throughout much of my life

[@marshimeak1972]

Nick Fuentes's bank accounts were also seized/frozen after Jan. 6.

[@ChristopherRyans]

John Stossel is a hero and American Legend

[@leagueaccount6254]

I wish he would decide on growing facial hair or shaving I mean mid life crisis much?

[@jakeholister2770]

Face it,...your freedoms are only what they let you have. It took years for them to accomplish. One piece at a time so we wouldn't notice, or ignored.

[@grantodamax]

watched the whole protest beginning to end from here in the US. What the Canadian government has done to its own people is unforgivable. And this Ukraine thing came at such a convenient time to take the spotlight. Just like coof came during the peak of the Hong Kong situation and that went away. Guess yall had a "Honk Kong" and they had to shut it down.

[@HomesteadForALiving]

Gee almost as if we’re gonna need a mark on our hand or head to buy, sell, and trade soon…

[@michaelstansfield319]

Just wait, that's coming and maybe real soon. ;-)

[@grimus]

Thanks for this important story! The recklessness of government is truly terrifying.

[@travisb1757]

You will not see stories like this covered in the mainstream media!

[@LordEagle]

REAL news reporter,,,,THANK YOU Mr Stossel,,,👍👍👍

[@davidhill6899]

Keep up the good work John. This is extremely important for people to realise.

[@stantheoneandonly]

When did our culture turn from "live and let live" to "live and make starve"?

[@johngenericlastname9781]

About 40 years ago, you're just now seeing it applied internally

[@317Chris]

This government and world are showing you, you need to be proactive and expect this type of behavior. Take you money out, convert it to decentralized currency, DO NOT RELY ON ANYONE. Be self-sufficient. Do not broadcast out your intentions, or speak on public platforms. Decentralize yourself, then they cannot control you.

[@charleneblack2792]

Everything that's happening today with our government truly terrifies me. We've been stocking up on food and ammo for years.

[@chrismay2298]

Fear is useless.

[@mateozapata3112]

Destabilizing democracy? Come on, Trudeau, you're the one doing that! Not those truckers!

[@rawmean8989]

Actually, that ‘I need ammunition’ quote has never been confirmed. Possibly more of the many false stories coming out of Ukraine.

[@dedasalmeida9047]

Yeah the whole quote is half right but he never said ammunition, I think he said more troops

[@thelefthandedshooter5760]

The biggest mistake that Canadians and Americans make is we still think we live in a free country.

[@generalawareness101]

Pretty much and did you see the USA convoy? What a bunch of ducks (spelled with a C) as they were too afraid to go to the capital YET, at least, the Canadians did. Weak men bring hard times which bring strong men. We are trans right now as we shift over to hard times that will breed the people (women and men alike) who have spines. Betas will go bye bye like obese people running from the Zombies in Zombieland.

[@johngenericlastname9781]

@@generalawareness101 women aren't included in that cyclic statement because they help breed weak men and bad times.

[@generalawareness101]

@@johngenericlastname9781 No one is born weak they are raised that way. Go to see how many modern adults were raised in a one parent household with that parent being the mother?

[@johngenericlastname9781]

@@generalawareness101 when you breed livestock, do you not select the best genes? Men are being breed weak via multifactors, as well as not eliminating the mentally infirm genes. Weak men are bred.

[@mustang607]

Don't believe Insoc. Freedom is not slavery.

[@DeconvertedMan]

Insanity and madness.

[@Greg18m7]

Thank you John for covering this 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@ragebait988]

Astonishing isn’t it. So, what are we going to do about it?

[@RedSiegfried]

Sorry, you're not allowed to answer that question. You can complain and protest all you want though, as long as you don't actually try to actively change anything.

[@johngenericlastname9781]

Literally nothing, we have the means and power, but lack the collective balls

[@kennethgardner3090]

Money don`t buy happiness, what money buys is freedom. We can still do some things for free, but we have needs and wants that cost money. Take away your money, they take away your freedom.

[@alchobum]

Thank you for making this video. It needs to be seen by everyone.

[@mannyflores470]

When the Canadian government bites its tongue on hypocrisy.

[@sesupanchick]

All this in the name of safety, but do we feel safe?…

[@piouswhale]

Those that trade liberty for security will have neither

[@samuelb6960]

And what about LA disconnecting people utilities for violating covid rules.

[@uabir8338]

FINALLY, you covered Canada! FINALLY!!!

[@edmor1086]

Stop them

[@IMRROcom]

And if you have cash they will take that too. With a prove to the government that your $10,000, $1,000, $100, $10 or $1 was not used in a criminal activity is the excuse used to take from you.

[@TechnologyBudda]

They would just define "financial risk" to include your shiny new social credit score

[@Wakkaflakkaflame]

What's weird is that I've heard for a long time that money is freedom of speech. So in a country with rights that protect free speech, wouldn't seizing their money or denying people the ability to give their money freely to causes they believe in in effect be unconstitutional?

[@AmericansAlwaysFree]

Yes but that’s a two plus two most don’t want to put together

[@patricktrussell7465]

Thanks John ! Right you are :the delicate president .

[@jonathanwhite3507]

If corporations have individual rights, why don't my rights extend to my property?

[@piouswhale]

Agree. It’s impossible to own property in US because government can take it away unless you pay a tax

[@jonathanwhite3507]

@@piouswhale i mean, at least we have better rights to our homes than the uk. Lol

[@armandodelossantos736]

Stossel, you the man

[@bardman3819]

Stossel is a true patriot.

[@davebeveridge3314]

Scary!

[@onlinecall5284]

When the discourse of anyone in authority becomes gibberish, lies and double talk, then that individual must be terminated at all cost because his priorities are psychopathic in nature and practice and counter to the lives and society that individual is suppose to governor and represent.

[@chauncey5962]

Where’d u hear tht?

[@johnpetrakis379]

You bet, Hashishins X 3. Look up hashishins

[@jefferydebbink282]

What Trudeau did is the equivalent of what dictators do. If I’m a Canadian, I’d be high-tailing it out of Canada until Trudeau is no longer Prime Minister.

[@TGuard00014]

To where? Australia and New Zealand are worse. The UK is equally as bad. The US might be an inch better just because a bunch of states have pushed against federal policies but it remains to be seen how successful they are.

[@FUToob]

Family of Four in Thailand - stuck there because no flights home to Russia. They went to grocery store for food but their credit card was declined. They could not get food. They have two small children. THIS IS WRONG.

[@konstantin7912]

If you take the step to drain your bank accounts and carry cash then if a police officer pulls you over and finds the cash they can take it away since they deem it as suspicious.

[@BROTHERGRAVY]

Don't put your money in the bank,put down yourself phones.. sorry cellphones,Martin luther King did not have internet and his willingness still stands today. Thank you Mr Stossel for these down to earth keep your shoes on videos.

[@markfreeman4727]

Martin Luther lived in simplier times his opponents did not have the arsenal that exists today

[@jakek584265]

Thank God that Canada has a well armed citizenry. Wait, what! My bad, I had forgotten.

[@jwonz2054]

There are differences between exercising free speech, blocking roads, and invading countries.

[@sanniepstein4835]

Truckers left lanes open.

[@jwonz2054]

@@sanniepstein4835 Press 'X' to doubt.

[@moegreenback6854]

Certainly alarming to see private businesses clamoring to impose sanctions on its customers because of a geopolitical conflict. Right or wrong, banks and private entities should not be in the business of supporting public entities.

[@nickwilson3499]

Virtue signaling

[@justinsane7128]

I hope John does some coverage on the American trucker convoy that has been ignored by the media

[@justinsane7128]

@Steve L no highlighting your post to prove you're a narcissist is a waste of time

[@dolphincliffs8864]

It is a waste of time. It'a money grab for the organizers.

[@guscunnilin]

People can only take so much before they take a stand. What's it going to take for us to say enough is enough. Thank you John. Let's hope they don't freeze your bank accounts for speaking out

[@thirdplanet4471]

I want to hope that there will be a revolution but most people today will shut up if given a phone and wifi

[@billnotice9957]

My buddy donated 50 bucks to the Truckers in Canada ! Trudue seized and redirected that money! He got a nice TY card from BLM for his donation! I never seen my buddy so cheesed off in my life!!!

[@RyanJones4444]

Thanks for covering this john. I really appreciate this

[@dragons_red]

I hope Canadians remember this when it comes time to elect their leaders again, and same here in the US. Governments need to be stripped of their over-reach powers

[@johngenericlastname9781]

These people are selected not elected

[@lauragriffin6512]

Too many women think Trudeau is "hot".

[@Gitn2it]

Remember when the CDC issued an eviction moratorium in 2020? Even when the courts struck it down, Biden refused to capitulate and tried to work around it. Biden also sicced OHSA on private businesses to force them to fire unvaccinated employees or be fined out of existence until again the Supreme Court struck it down. He also is in the process of suspending and eventually forgiving billions of dollars in student loan debt. We should all be very afraid of what he'll do next.

[@johngenericlastname9781]

@@Gitn2it nah they won't get rid of student debt, they ensure serfdom via debt aka debtsurfs. Why would you give up that leverage for nothing, simple they won't.

[@alchobum]

@@lauragriffin6512 Even the Kokanee Grope event failed to convince them he is a predator.

[@davidt2291]

Politicians just may do these things when you do not vote for for them. You get my point.

[@nworbydnar]

Thank you for your fight to tell the truth.

[@MissMarinaCapri]

When politicians are frightened of the people meaning their constituents they should resign immediately!

[@revtmyers1]

I totally agree. I have had 2 accounts recently were impacted by these events because of the financial institutions being overly cautious. One was closed after 15 years with no explanation, and the other was locked from doing any online banking. I have lost all confidence in banks at this point and will treat them as a necessary evil for some financial transactions. At this point, I am seriously rooting for crypto to become more mainstream. Anything that helps protect the individual from having their assets arbitarily frozen while having determination made on the account status.

[@breakingames7772]

Do what I do, I never used a bank in my life, I live in a van at work, I get paid on prepaid cards and immediately take all the money off on Fridays, I store them in special made boxes you can buy online for burring money without it getting moist, or rotting away. As a kid in the 80s I loved James brown and he taught me that, his accounts were drained from the gov and he never used banks again, he always got paid in cash, after his death his kids found millions buried in his yard. I saved up 63k last year alone truck driving and having a cell phone as my only bill besides food, like most detroiters I don't have my vehicles insured lol...it's like 500 month for basic insurance a month in Detroit and that's not exaggerating

[@juliebarnett9812]

And then, they just turn off the internet so you have no access to your crypto.

[@tstricklin4808]

Cash is king

[@generalawareness101]

@@juliebarnett9812 That is coming I firmly expect. I said in 2016 that the Internet helped Trump win (despite reasons) and that the establishment despises that the plebs having the ability to communicate with each other at this level. Course of action is to remove the Internet...for our protection. Watch.

[@storytimewithunclekumaran5004]

GOLD IS KING

[@42luke93]

Gee I didn't even know about stuff like this. What a shame the government can do that by forcing the businesses to do so cookie cutting around the rights people have.

[@ironheadedDoF]

Not knowing ... is why there has been censorship in Big Tech.

[@RTStx1]

If not your way behind on research and saving up..... the second you better work on.

[@uduran9907]

Wake TF up people!!! They are playing with your EMOTIONS!!!

[@onerider808]

Stossel is the best living journalist.

[@sanniepstein4835]

Money is survival, for anyone who doesn't live in the bush. This is extreme.

[@spunkush]

Fidel Castro Jr. Just went back to his roots.

[@Objectivityiskey]

Stossel, one of my modern hero's. Thanks John!

[@ronmoore6598]

Well said!