Much as I liked his book on Browder, Hedge fund manager says the "right-wing" riots weren't that bad and it's all part of a plot to stiffle free speech and then ooh another WHO disease conspiracy, this time to stop publix gatherings (which so far absolutely has not happened one bit) and it's main aim is to distract from the Ukraine debt default. Given neither of these things has been reported widely, and in fact hardly at all, in the msm it seems unliklely.

Also, in the "straight to jail" bit he conflates things which probably should be offences "incitement to violence" with things that admittedly shouldn't "hateful speech" but then he doesn't show any examples of when this led to "straight to jail".

Jordan Parlor got 20 months for inciting people to burn down the asylum seekers hostel and another guy got 36 months for the same things but naming more targets.

Another was jailed for posting that asylum seekers should have their throats cut (it remains to be seen whether the ex-Labour councilour gets the same treatment for the same offence...)

While I agree the establishment reaction is always to clamp down and increase their power and reach, the vast majority of the sentences given out were for violent offences, looting of shops, trying to set fire to hostels, etc. so that part of it doesn't hold water.

The economic stuff ends with "As the empire unravels – good riddance – it will create opportunities for major windfalls, possibly one of those rare occasions worth paying attention to. In concluding, I’ll only foreshadow what I believe is possible by presenting the chart of the German Imperial Bond at the turn of the 19th century."

and then links to his "trend compass" investment newletter.

Colour me scpetical.