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February 16, 2026 · 1h 39m

F**k the State: Bitcoin, Open-Source AI, and Ending the Pedo-Cabal | Erik Cason

Erik Cason is back and we're diving deep into some uncomfortable truths. We talk about government corruption, the Epstein revelations, and why most people will never wake up from the Matrix. Erik breaks down his Crypto Sovereignty philosophy, the Orange Party concept, his Vora AI project for true digital sovereignty, and why Bitcoin is fundamentally political with a capital P.

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4 Like it's fucking painful and it makes you really need to stop and reassess what's going on.

5 And for me, it's really valuable because I have to like look at Bitcoin and be like, wow.

9 Today, like there's no fucking way that's even remotely on the table.

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So they have the one that are like, well, didn't it crash?

Isn't it going to zero?

And it's like, yeah, there's like significant drawdowns.

Like it's fucking painful and it makes you really need to stop and reassess what's going on.

And for me, it's really valuable because I have to like look at Bitcoin and be like, wow.

My mom was a single mom who like had a really hard time getting by.

We like grew up poor.

But like she still managed to like buy a house and like keep it.

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Erik Cason is back and we're diving deep into some uncomfortable truths. We talk about government corruption, the Epstein revelations, and why most people will never wake up from the Matrix. Erik breaks down his Crypto Sovereignty philosophy, the Orange Party concept, his Vora AI project for true digital sovereignty, and why Bitcoin is fundamentally political with a capital P.