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	"'''"Tether''' is Infrared slang for a diaspora political actor who immigrates to the West and lobbies '''for intervention against his own homeland'''.		'''Tether''' — Infrared slang for a diaspora political actor who immigrates to the West and lobbies '''for intervention against his own homeland'''.

	== From the streams ==		== From the streams ==
	* The policy line ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/20153b9a-72e3-4878-9f97-86602310c9a9/ Shocking news stream]): "We want to deport Laura Loomer. We want to deport every tether — every single immigrant who comes here to lobby for interventions against their homeland needs to be deported into the sea."		* The policy line ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/20153b9a-72e3-4878-9f97-86602310c9a9/ Shocking news stream]): "We want to deport Laura Loomer. We want to deport every tether — every single immigrant who comes here to lobby for interventions against their homeland needs to be deported into the sea."
	* The type specimen ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/291743a3-98d0-44fe-83fc-c5cfca54440d/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream]): "Eric Suarez — Latin American politics, he's a Venezuelan tether, international relations, he's got glasses, and he's an ideologist. It was never about winning that guy over. It was about winning over the 19,000 otherwise apolitical, Trump-sympathetic people who naturally respond saying yes~~, there should be a re[ferendum]~~..." — the tether as gatekeeper-ideologue vs. the actual people.		* The type specimen ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/291743a3-98d0-44fe-83fc-c5cfca54440d/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream]): "Eric Suarez — Latin American politics, he's a Venezuelan tether, international relations, he's got glasses, and he's an ideologist. It was never about winning that guy over. It was about winning over the 19,000 otherwise apolitical, Trump-sympathetic people who naturally respond saying yes..." — the tether as gatekeeper-ideologue vs. the actual people.
	* Banter extension: "the Irish tether" for Keith Woods ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/439b93bf-5728-48d9-9c81-fc1b084aaf43/ RED PILL NEWS \| FREE PALESTINE stream]).		* Banter extension: "the Irish tether" for Keith Woods ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/439b93bf-5728-48d9-9c81-fc1b084aaf43/ RED PILL NEWS \| FREE PALESTINE stream]).

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	'''Tether''' is Infrared slang for a diaspora political actor who immigrates to the West and ~~then~~ lobbies '''for US intervention against his own homeland''' ~~— a traitor to his nation of origin serving the empire from inside it~~.		"'''"Tether''' is Infrared slang for a diaspora political actor who immigrates to the West and lobbies '''for intervention against his own homeland'''.

	== ~~Usage~~ ==		== From the streams ==
	* ~~Haz on a~~ policy stream: "We want to deport Laura Loomer. We want to deport every tether — every single immigrant who comes here to lobby for interventions against their homeland needs to be deported into the sea." ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/~~20153b9a~~-~~72e3~~-~~4878~~-~~9f97~~-~~86602310c9a9~~/ ~~Shocking news~~ stream])		* The policy line ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/20153b9a-72e3-4878-9f97-86602310c9a9/ Shocking news stream]): "We want to deport Laura Loomer. We want to deport every tether — every single immigrant who comes here to lobby for interventions against their homeland needs to be deported into the sea."
	* "He's a Venezuelan tether" — ~~said of a Venezuelan~~-~~American IR~~ ideologue ~~shilling regime change against Venezuela~~ ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/~~291743a3~~-~~98d0~~-~~44fe~~-~~83fc~~-~~c5cfca54440d~~/ RED PILL NEWS]).		* The type specimen ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/291743a3-98d0-44fe-83fc-c5cfca54440d/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream]): "Eric Suarez — Latin American politics, he's a Venezuelan tether, international relations, he's got glasses, and he's an ideologist. It was never about winning that guy over. It was about winning over the 19,000 otherwise apolitical, Trump-sympathetic people who naturally respond saying yes, there should be a re[ferendum]..." — the tether as gatekeeper-ideologue vs. the actual people.
	* Applied across nationalities: "the Irish tether" for Keith Woods in banter, Cuban tethers for Miami hardliners, etc.		* Banter extension: "the Irish tether" for Keith Woods ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/439b93bf-5728-48d9-9c81-fc1b084aaf43/ RED PILL NEWS \| FREE PALESTINE stream]).

	== The concept ==		== The concept ==
	~~The tether names a specific imperial mechanism: empire doesn't only rule~~ through ~~its own agents but through '''~~exile populations weaponized against their homelands~~''' — Cuban Miami against Cuba, Venezuelan exiles against Maduro, Iranian MEK-types against Tehran~~. The tether~~'s class function is to provide~~ humanitarian cover ("~~I just want to~~ free my people") for sanctions and bombing. MAGA Communism's answer ~~is the patriotic front across nationalities~~: immigrants organized as anti-imperialists, not as lobbies.		Empire rules through exile populations weaponized against their homelands. The tether provides humanitarian cover ("free my people") for sanctions and bombing. MAGA Communism's answer: immigrants organized as anti-imperialists, not lobbies ([[Laura Loomer]], [[MAGA Communism]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[~~Laura Loomer]]~~		* [[Keith Woods]]
	* [[MAGA Communism]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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	'''Tether''' in Infrared ~~discourse refers~~ to the ~~stablecoin USDT~~ and ~~its role in the crypto-financial system~~ — ~~treated by Haz Al-Din as emblematic~~ of ~~parasitic finance capital. [STUB: expand with specific usage~~.]		'''Tether''' is Infrared slang for a diaspora political actor who immigrates to the West and then lobbies '''for US intervention against his own homeland''' — a traitor to his nation of origin serving the empire from inside it.

	== ~~Context~~ ==		== Usage ==
	~~Infrared commentary has addressed cryptocurrency as~~:		* Haz on a policy stream: "We want to deport Laura Loomer. We want to deport every tether — every single immigrant who comes here to lobby for interventions against their homeland needs to be deported into the sea." ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/20153b9a-72e3-4878-9f97-86602310c9a9/ Shocking news stream])
	* ~~A speculative refuge from dollar inflation that nonetheless deepens financialization~~		* "He's a Venezuelan tether" — said of a Venezuelan-American IR ideologue shilling regime change against Venezuela ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/291743a3-98d0-44fe-83fc-c5cfca54440d/ RED PILL NEWS]).
	* Tether specifically as an opaque instrument of ~~dollar hegemony offshore~~		* Applied across nationalities: "the Irish tether" for Keith Woods in banter, Cuban tethers for Miami hardliners, etc.
	* ~~Part of broader critique of fintech speculation vs~~. ~~productive economy~~

	~~Add~~ specific ~~stream references~~ and ~~timestamps where discussed~~.		== The concept ==
			The tether names a specific imperial mechanism: empire doesn't only rule through its own agents but through '''exile populations weaponized against their homelands''' — Cuban Miami against Cuba, Venezuelan exiles against Maduro, Iranian MEK-types against Tehran. The tether's class function is to provide humanitarian cover ("I just want to free my people") for sanctions and bombing. MAGA Communism's answer is the patriotic front across nationalities: immigrants organized as anti-imperialists, not as lobbies.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[~~Yacht Business~~]]		* [[Laura Loomer]]
	* [[~~Housing crisis~~]]		* [[MAGA Communism]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:~~Economics~~]][[Category:~~Stubs~~]]		[[Category:Infrared]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Imperialism]]

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'''Tether''' in Infrared discourse refers to the stablecoin USDT and its role in the crypto-financial system — treated by Haz Al-Din as emblematic of parasitic finance capital. [STUB: expand with specific usage.]

== Context ==
Infrared commentary has addressed cryptocurrency as:
* A speculative refuge from dollar inflation that nonetheless deepens financialization
* Tether specifically as an opaque instrument of dollar hegemony offshore
* Part of broader critique of fintech speculation vs. productive economy

Add specific stream references and timestamps where discussed.

== See also ==
* [[Yacht Business]]
* [[Housing crisis]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Economics]][[Category:Stubs]]