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‘Uber for guns’ app Protector lets you hire armed body guards like you would an Uber — but does anyone need this?
In a TikTok video with over 3 million views, a woman in a fluffy, maximalist coat sits in the back seat of a luxury SUV, parked in the middle of a New
Atop the 6-second video, a line of text reads, “our bodyguards got us matcha.” The camera zooms in on two intimidating men in full suits with red ties, each carrying an iced matcha latte as they walk back to the car. Last year, he furthered this goal by renting an island near Singapore to host a 90-day “Network School,” which he described as “ a technocapitalist college town ” for “everyone who doesn’t feel part of the establishment” and believes that “Bitcoin succeeds the Federal Reserve.” This was especially clear in an egregious incident when Citizen founder and CEO Andrew Frame promoted the app’s livestream feature by broadcasting a seven-hour manhunt for a suspected arsonist, offering $30,000 for information leading to the man’s arrest.
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