It is the United States government. They can arrest anyone in the world (or assassinate them) for "national security reasons". If a police pulls over a driver with a lot of money in the car, the police can seize that money and force you to prove where you got it before you can get it back. The United States government only wants Americans to do 2 things, hyper-consume and pay taxes. The Federal Reserve Note is only backed by the taxpayers of the United States and the United States government will go anywhere in the world to seize any assets they can.
The author knows the score. Its too bad "typical white people" go along with this and in many cases rush headlong into a career to be a part of this evil machine.