What if everything you think you own in the financial system—your stocks, your retirement, your savings—could be taken away in an instant, not because of your own mistakes, but because the institutions holding them are “too important” to fail? Today we finally unpack the horrifying reality behind asset ownership in today’s fiat-driven world, laid out in the shocking work from David Rogers Webb, The Great Taking. Are we living through the final act of centralization, where the only real escape is opting out entirely? You already own nothing, are you happy? It's time for a Guy's Take episode. Mentioned Links & Resources: The Great Taking P1: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/jdtLvkhU4WnkOP4zQMA4) The Great Taking P2: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/oRAgQIOhb2zCCZVwsYpS) The Great Taking P3: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/0OXwF9eimcw8UAx1Nz2g) The Great Taking P4: (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/CZUyoWaoWL1Kqr64Y4ER) “The Unsettling of America” by Wendell Berry (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yr53duba) Read_862 - Full Steam Ahead: All Aboard Fiscal Dominance (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/quWlCWkDZ8JAC9Bx1cJi) Chat_135 - Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (Next episode, coming soon!) Bitcoin Audible & Guy Swann Links ?Guy on Nostr ?(Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) ?Guy on X ?(Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) ?Bitcoin Audible on X? (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839) Check out our awesome sponsors! HRF: Subscribe for free to HRF's Financial Freedom Report to stay updated on our latest work advancing freedom tech and defending human rights around the world. (Link: https://hrf.org/financial-freedom-reports/) OFF: The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is an international human rights conference series hosted and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). Bringing together the world’s most engaging human rights advocates, journalists, artists, tech entrepreneurs, and world leaders, we aim to share their stories and brainstorm ways to expand freedom and unleash human potential across the globe. Don't miss next year’s Oslo Freedom Forum in June. (Link: https://oslofreedomforum.com/) Pubky: Pubky is building the next web, a decentralized system designed to put control back in your hands. Escape censorship, algorithmic manipulation, and walled gardens by owning your identity and data. Explore the Pubky web and become the algorithm today. (Link: https://pubky.org/)