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Bitcoin Orta Amerika'da Yeni Bir Ekonomi İçin Fırsat mı
After years of oppression and nation-state level gaslighting, Bitcoin represents new hope for Central America.
This is an opinion editorial by Pierre Corbin, the producer and director of “The Great Reset And The Rise of Bitcoin" belgesel.
Bitcoin’s properties make it the perfect asset to gain one’s sovereignty. But this is not only true for individuals. This is as important a topic for nation-states as it is for a nation’s citizens. At an individual level, the privacy attributes of bitcoin, the fact that it cannot be censored, and the protection it can provide against a devaluing currency are often considered the most important aspects. For some economies today, particularly the ones that have been victims for decades or centuries of some form of sömürgecilik, bitcoin could represent hope for a new uncontrolled industry that is also directly profitable at home.
ABD'nin Orta Amerika'daki genişlemesi ilginç bir durum; bağımsızlıklarını kazandıktan yarım yüzyıldan kısa bir süre sonra başladı. 1813 yılında, İspanyol Amerikan bağımsızlık savaşları yoldaydı. 1808'de Fransa'nın İspanya'yı işgalinin ardından İspanyol İmparatorluğu'nun zayıf noktası, Latin Amerika ülkelerine karşı savaşma ve bağımsızlıklarını kazanma fırsatı vermesiydi. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri uzaktan ama giderek artan bir ilgiyle gözlemledi. Bu aynı zamanda bölgedeki erişim potansiyelinin artacağını görebilen diğer Avrupa ülkeleri, özellikle Fransa ve İngiltere için de bir fırsatı temsil ediyordu.
ABD buna izin vermezdi. Bağımsızlıklarını kazandıktan kısa bir süre sonra Orta Amerika ülkeleri, Güney Amerika ve Meksika uluslarından korunmak için ABD'ye bakmaya başladı. Meksika, Orta Amerika ülkelerine karşı daha saldırgandı çünkü İspanya'nın orada daha güçlü bir etkisi vardı. 1822'den itibaren ABD bu yeni ulusları bağımsız olarak tanıdı ve bu bir dizi olayı tetikledi:
1823'te ABD yayınladı Monroe doktrini, esasen dünyaya (özellikle Avrupalı sömürge devletlerine) Batı yarımküreyi rahat bırakmasını söylemek. Aynı yıl, Orta Amerika ülkeleri, ABD örneğini izleyerek, Orta Amerika Federal Cumhuriyeti, aynı zamanda tek bir cumhuriyet oluşturmak için birleştikleri Orta Amerika Birleşik Eyaletleri olarak da adlandırılıyor. Bu birlik, birçok çıkar, görüş vb. çatışması nedeniyle uzun sürmedi.
Yıllar geçtikçe, ABD ile Meksika arasında, özellikle Teksas ve Kaliforniya arasında, toprak konusundaki gerilimler artıyordu; ABD, bir kıta ülkesi olmaya ve Pasifik Okyanusu'na ulaşmaya çalışıyordu. Britanya İmparatorluğu Meksika'yı güçlü bir şekilde destekledi (İngilizler İlk Avrupa'nın egemenliğini tanıması) ve bu ilişki mevcut gerilimleri daha da artırdı. Bu gerilim sonunda Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin Orta Amerika'da ilk kez sahneye çıkmasına yol açtı. Meksika-Amerika Savaşı.
The conclusion of the U.S. Civil War ended slavery for the United States, and this required a shift in the approach the U.S. had toward the rest of the world. They started a foreign investment approach. As Walter LaFeber discusses in his book, “Inevitable Revolutions,” by the 1890s, the U.S. was investing in banana and coffee plantations, railroads, gold and silver mines, and a few years later, utilities and government securities. LaFeber notes that by the start of World War I, North Americans had already constructed the main production institutions on which a Central American nation's trade and even economic survival depended. Between 1897 and 1908, American investments in Central America rose sharply from $21 million to $41 million, and by the eve of World War I, they had reached $41 million. Instead of government securities that the British favored, more than 90% went into direct ventures like banana plantations and mining. Between 1897 and 1914, U.S. railroad stakes in Guatemala totaled $30 million, almost catching up to London's $40 million.
Orta Amerika ekonomisinin büyük bir kısmı yalnızca ABD ihracatına yönelik inşa edildi ve yönlendirildi. LaFeber'in kitabında her ülke için bir araya getirdiği bazı rakamlara bakalım:
Costa Rica: In 1929, Costa Rica exported $18 million worth of goods, $12 million of which were coffee and $5 million of which were bananas. United Fruit was undoubtedly the country's leading corporation, and American investment in Costa Rica had almost caught up to British investment. Railroads, mines, cables and oil concessions were all under North American sovereignty.Nicaragua: Bananas and coffee accounted for $2 million and $6 million, respectively, of Nicaragua's $11 million in exports. United Fruit and Atlantic Fruit each claimed 300,000 acres in Nicaragua. The major mines, railroads, timber industry and financial institutions were owned by, or managed by, North Americans.El Salvador: Coffee and sugar together accounted for $17 million of El Salvador's $18 million in exports. El Salvador's most significant domestic financial institution was owned by San Francisco interests, its transportation infrastructure was reliant on North American capital and New York banks handled its bonds today instead of British banks.Honduras: Bananas made up $21 million of Honduras' $25 million exports of goods. In Honduras, the train network, the ports and almost all of the land used to grow bananas and rubber were all under the control of United Fruit and its affiliates. The thriving silver mine was owned by North Americans.Guatemala: $19 million of Guatemala's $25 million in exports were coffee, while $3 million was in bananas. In Guatemala, they (particularly United Fruit) had complete control of all railroads except a few kilometers, one-fifth of the country's territory, the top bank, several significant enterprises and the largest utility company (American and Foreign Power owned by General Electric).Küresel pazarlarda kahve ve muz fiyatlarının aniden düşmesi halinde Orta Amerika'nın tamamı yıkımla karşı karşıya kalacak. Orta Amerika'da çok fazla güç elde ettikleri için birçok Amerikalı yatırımcı da bu felaketten payını alacaktı. Bu, ABD'nin diğer uluslararası çatışmalara, özellikle de Birinci Dünya Savaşı ve İkinci Dünya Savaşı'na dahil olduğu zamanlarda birçok kez yaşandı. Orta Amerika endüstrileri harap oldu ve milyonlarca insan derin bir yoksulluk içinde kaldı çünkü savaş zamanlarında ABD'nin artık kahve ve muza ihtiyacı yoktu. Bu, yerel yönetimleri daha fazla borç almaya (ABD'den borçlanmaya) ve ABD'ye daha da bağımlı hale getirerek aslında onları köleleştirmeye itti.
Roosevelt declared in 1905 that the United States would henceforth act as the policeman to maintain order in the Western Hemisphere, but that term allowed U.S. presidents to intervene according to any criteria they were creative enough to devise.1 These reasons included ensuring investments, securing the canal, acting as a "natural protector" and replacing the declining presence of the British. This opened the door for the U.S. to take their military into the region, with no other power to stop them. By that time, anyway, more serious problems were starting to broil in Europe, with World War I just around the corner …2
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin, ulusların kurumsal satın alınması yoluyla Orta Amerika'da ele geçirdiği kaynakları savunmak için ABD hükümeti, bölgedeki siyasi nüfuzunu artırmak zorunda kaldı. ABD'nin bir asırlık askeri müdahalesi, siyasi müdahalesi, manipülasyonu, çetelerin ve milislerin yaratılması ve finanse edilmesi böyle başladı.
Let’s not be mistaken in thinking they are not using the same influence today. Laura Jane Richardson is a general in the United States Army who is the commander of the United States Southern Command. She recently said the following, talking about Latin America3:
“This region is so rich in resources it's off the charts rich. And they have a lot to be proud of. And our competitors and adversaries also know how rich in the resources that this region is. Sixty percent of the world's lithium is in the region. You have heavy crude, you have light sweet crude, you have rare earth elements. You have the Amazon, which is called the lungs of the world, you have 31 percent of the world's fresh water here in this region. And there are adversaries that are taking advantage of this region every single day - right in our neighborhood. And I just look at what happens in this region in terms of security impacts our security, our national security in the homeland and the United States. We need to strengthen our neighborhood and we need to realize how resource-rich this neighborhood is and how close our competitors and our adversaries are in the region.”
Max Keiser pointed out the hypocrisy of these words in a recent “Max & Stacey Report,” mentioning her words are a lure to bring these countries closer and repeat what the U.S. has done in the past — take control of their resources: “What about the CIA hit squads sent down to El Salvador in the 1980s? What about the coups in Central America and Latin America for decades? […] She keeps saying that we just want to be your friend, we're friendly, we're partners, trust us, you know we've always been your friend, we've always been here for you and those are such egregious lies.”4
Bitcoin is a property defense system that doesn’t require brute physical force. If the resource-rich nations of Central and Latin America can be put to good use through Bitcoin mining, the countries of the region have the opportunity of building a strong, independent, and modern industry that cannot be taken away from them and can secure their sovereignty. It can allow these countries to secure a new source of income at home, directly paid in a currency that can be transported instantly around the world to trade with any nation, beyond the limits of a single strong nation like the United States that will enslave them economically given the opportunity.
El Salvador is trying to lead the way by opening up its natural resources to provide energy to Bitcoin miners. This gives a strong new industry to benefit from financially, but can also allow the country to produce a surplus of energy. In fact, it is happening already: “CEL President Daniel lvarez confirmed that the country exported 595,537.2 megawatt hours (MWh) between January and July of this year, which is 390,580.52 MWh more than the previous year’s total of 204,959.68.”5
Enerjinin bolluğu topluma refah getirmenin kanıtlanmış bir yoludur. El Salvador bu yönde gelişmeye bırakılırsa dünyanın en hızlı gelişen ülkelerinden biri haline gelebilir.
kaynaklar:
Walter LaFeber, “Kaçınılmaz Devrimler: Orta Amerika'da Amerika Birleşik Devletleri” 1983 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-historyhttps://twitter.com/Southcom/status/1549806290590846978?s=20&t=TFXycJsBn1G86IALh4NEFwMAX & STACEY REPORT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgoRQtE8YBQ&ab_channel=MAX%26STACYREPORThttps://elsalvadorinenglish.com/2022/08/01/el-salvador-increases-its-energy-exports-in-2022/Bu Pierre Corbin'in misafir yazısıdır. İfade edilen görüşler tamamen kendilerine aittir ve mutlaka BTC Inc. veya Bitcoin Dergi.
Orjinal kaynak: Bitcoin Wos Magazine