Canadian truckers and the political weaponization of money: a prelude to 666?

We want to thank @gofundme for listening to our concerns as a City and a police service. The decision to withhold funding for these unlawful demonstrations is an important step and we call on all crowdfunding sites to follow.

— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 5, 2022

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Many truckers in Canada are continuing to protest:

Crowds of demonstrators join rallies across Canada as Covid-19 trucker protests spread

February 6, 2022

From the western province of Alberta, moving east to Quebec City, and in cities and towns in between, thousands of Canadians have hit the streets in trucks, tractors, cars and on foot to protest the nation’s Covid-19 restrictions.

With persistent and noisy horn honking, protesters are demanding governments at all levels lift their health restrictions, including vaccine and mask mandates, lockdowns and restrictions on businesses and gatherings. “The whole event has gone beyond just vaccines and it is now about the entire ordeal,” protester James MacDonald told CNN, adding he’s been in Ottawa since last weekend and has no intention of leaving until health measures are dropped. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/americas/canada-trucker-protest-covid-19/index.html

The protest was originally called for by a group calling itself Freedom Convoy 2022.

It set up a GoFundMe page, which receive millions in donations. Then, what would be called the weaponization of money has been used against the group:

The GoFundMe platform has made a “mess that doesn’t have to be” by stopping donations to the Canadian trucker convoy protesting COVID mandates and then ordering the $10 million in remaining funds to be refunded to donors, Benjamin Dichter, a spokesman for Freedom Convoy 2022, told Newsmax on Saturday.

“I don’t understand what the motivation is to cause themselves such chaos and sacrifice their own reputation,” Dichter told “The Count.” “We’ve moved to another platform, GiveSendGo, and in the first 24 hours, we have $1.5 million donated in the first day. It hasn’t been 24 hours.”

GoFundMe said Saturday it will automatically refund what is left of the estimated $10 million raised for the convoy after Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and others threatened a fraud investigation into the operation after news broke the funding source was being stopped and the money could be donated elsewhere. https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/trucker-convoy-canada-gofundme-vaccine-mandates/2022/02/05/id/1055652/

More and more we are seeing online firms using their power to stop places they do not like from get funding.

YouTube, for example, has been one of the biggest firms to repeatedly do this.

It has demonetized many, mostly conservative or religious channels.

Some banks have been involved targeting individuals.

Of course, there are alternatives still online as the following shows:

Tallycoin has helped supporters of the Canadian truckers re-route their donations to help support the people on the front lines of the protest.

In the day that has passed since GoFundMe announced its plans to quash a fundraising effort for the truckers, more than $700,000 has been raised to benefit the truckers on Tallycoin. … GoFundMe announced that it would be seizing all the money donated to the cause, and that donors would only see their donations refunded if they specifically requested that the money be returned. Otherwise, it would be forwarded to another cause of GoFundMe’s choice. Well, this didn’t go over too well with the donors, who many of whom threw a fit online. 02/05/22 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gofundme-steals-9-million-canadas-freedom-convoy-truckers-under-pressure-trudeau

GoFundMe’s announced redirection of funds to places it chooses looks to have been a factor in getting Florida Governor DeSantis’ threat of a fraud investigation into GoFundMe.

Consider also that places like Talleycoin do not have the power of Big Tech and still could be stopped if Big Tech really pushed it.

Do not think that the world will always have very practical alternatives when more and more weaponization of money happens in the future.

Now, some others claim they should have the money Freedom Convoy 2022 raised:

GoFundMe doled out cash to Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle where businesses were looted and vandalized – despite freezing $8 million to Freedom Convoy: Canada truckers hit with $9.8m lawsuit by fed-up Ottawa residents for mental distress

February 6, 2022

GoFundMe promoted fundraising efforts for participants of the destructive Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle, where two teens were shot dead

During that 2020 gathering, businesses were also looted and vandalized

But GoFundMe on Friday said it would not serve as a fundraising platform for Canada’s Freedom Convoy because it violated its terms

Truckers who are part of the ‘Freedom convoy’ have been sued for $9.8million

The lawsuit was filed on Friday by Ottawa resident, Zexi Li, citing ’emotional and mental distress’

She cites two types of damages: the first, worth $4.8 million, for ‘private nuisance’, while the second is for ‘punitive damages,’ worth $5 million

Convoy organizers Chris Barber, Benjamin Dichter, Tamara Lich, Patrick King and up to 60 other unknown truckers have been named in the lawsuit https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10482405/Canadian-Freedom-Truckers-Ottawa-hit-9-8M-lawsuit-fed-residents.html

The above shows even more problems. That being said, no I would not want to hear loud horn honking and I am not endorsing the Freedom Convoy 2022 movement per se.

The fact that the Ottawa Police Department pressured GoFundMe and wanted more restrictions is troubling, but not unexpected. Governmental involvement in weaponization of money has happened in many ways and more will occur.

But I do see that actions taken against the truckers and proposed against them look like preludes to the following:

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:15-18)

The time is coming when not only are finances to be highly restricted, but people will be pressured under the penalty of death to worship a government leader.

We are getting much closer to this time.

The world needs Jesus, national repentance, and the coming Kingdom of God.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

22 items to prophetically watch in 2022 Much is happening. Dr. Thiel points to 22 items to watch (cf. Mark 13:37) in this article. Here is a link a related video: 22 items to watch in 2022.
Canada in Prophecy: What Does Bible Prophecy, Catholic Prophecy, and other Predictions Suggest About the Future of Canada? There are prophecies that suggest involvement with Canada. And many are not positive about its future. A sermon of related interest is also available: Canada in Prophecy.
SDA/CCOG Differences: Two Horned Beast of Revelation and 666 The genuine Church of God is NOT part of the Seventh-day Adventists. This article explains two prophetic differences, the trinity, differences in approaching doctrine, including Ellen White. Did Ellen White make prophetic errors? Did Ellen White make false prophecies? Here is a version in the Spanish language: SDA/COG Diferencias: La bestia de dos cuernos de Apocalipsis y 666. Here are two sermons in the English language: Seventh Day Baptists/Adventists/Messianics: Protestant or COG?and CCOG and SDA differences and similarities. Here is a link to an article in the Spanish language: Diferencias: SDA/CCOG: La bestia de dos cuernos de Apocalipsis y 666.
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. Here are links to four related sermons: The Fantastic Gospel of the Kingdom of God!, The World’s False Gospel, The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments, and The Kingdom of God is the Solution.
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