Anti-money laundering laws exist for one reason, and one reason only: to control the population and penalize those who dissent via extrajudicial processes.

From NGOs organizing against the war on terror to supporters of disfavorable political movements, one wrong post on social media may make you lose access to any service that depends on your bank account.

To employ such targeted exclusions – via sanctions or regular bank account closures – the global financial system *must* make sure that every transaction taking place is identifiable and attributable to an individual.

AML does not stop crime, but functions as a system of narrative control that would become unworkable if the right to privacy in finance would exist.

This weaponization of money has become the greatest tool in the West’s oppression of dissent, and we are all paying the price for it, being subjected to the dragnet surveillance it imposes.

Anti-money laundering laws exist for one reason, and one reason only: to control the population and penalize those who dissent via extrajudicial processes.

From NGOs organizing against the war on terror to supporters of disfavorable political movements, one wrong post on social media may make you lose access to any service that depends on your bank account.

To employ such targeted exclusions – via sanctions or regular bank account closures – the global financial system *must* make sure that every transaction taking place is identifiable and attributable to an individual.

AML does not stop crime, but functions as a system of narrative control that would become unworkable if the right to privacy in finance would exist.

This weaponization of money has become the greatest tool in the West’s oppression of dissent, and we are all paying the price for it, being subjected to the dragnet surveillance it imposes.