My guest today is Alex Krainer. Alex is a geopolitics, commodities trading expert, and the founder of Krainer Analytics. He has worked as a market analyst, researcher, trader, hedge fund manager and CEO since 1996, mostly out of Monaco. Alex is also an author: his first book received awards, while his second book “The Grand Deception” was censored and banned. Alex was born and raised in a socialist regime of former Yugoslavia, under one-party communist rule. We talked about: What is it like to live in a socialist turned communist regime? (2:00) Alex’ book banning story - related to Russia (15:30) Free speech suppression, censorship and mis/disinformation (30:00) The structure of dysfunctional democracies: governments & concealed oligarchies (45:00)  Predatory system: the role of money in today’s controlled reality (inc. CBDC) (58:00) Will the US dollar collapse? And what will reality look like after such a collapse? (1:03) “Empires” - systems of governance controlled by elites/oligarchies (1:09) France: Alex’ view on what’s behind the uprising (1:18) My view on Israel’s geopolitical situation (1:31)  I hope you enjoy the show; please share it forward, and leave a review! Alex’ Twitter | Alex’ SubStack  Efrat's ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | You're The Voice on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | Efrat's ⁠⁠other links⁠⁠