Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. Been watching a very interesting social experiment play out – the rise of the nation of CHAZ – Capital Hill Autonomous Zone – If you haven’t heard about it – it is a LARP – live action role playing for an anarchist/communist state – not really a new country or nation - Area in Seattle – about 6 city blocks – protesters have taken over a zone in the city and are calling this a decentralized state – saying that they are separate from the US gov and self-determinate in law their goals are focused on creating a neighbourhood without police initially Now that it has been going on over a week – had some time to put together more demands - a zone of rent control, the reversal of gentrification, the abolition of police and funding of community health The area is cornered off by fences and barricades at intersections – this week the city of Seattle and representatives of CHAZ agreed on a footprint for the zone – the Mayor Durkan's signed off on this – inform