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Episode Synopsis
Timothy Allen talks with Rahim Taghizadegan.
Today on the pod I have for you a very interesting conversation I had at BTC Prague with the Free Cities Foundation’s chief economist Rahim Taghizadegan.
Rahim is an Austrian economist who is actually from Austria, which was a first for me, but he is also a physicist (specialization in nuclear physics and complex systems), philosopher, investor and entrepreneur who has written more than a dozen books.
In this conversation we begin by investigating the historical significance of citadels and in particular their modern day incarnation as the Bitcoin citadel meme.
From here we take a tour through many topics such as government inefficiencies, military technology, geopolitics, CBDCs and the collapse of the fiat system.
All in all, I think that the whole discussion could be summed up quite nicely with Rahim’s statement ‘How not to live in a dystopian world'.
Enjoy the conversation.
TIMESTAMPS
(0:30) Introduction to this episode.
(3:23) The meme of the bitcoin citadel.
(10:09) The difference between a citadel and a city state.
(17:24) The origin of the bitcoin citadel meme.
(25:30) Is the Bitcoin citadel meme a progression from historical citadels.
(29:29) How would a decentralized city order arise within mega states?
(31:38) What does the geopolitical landscape look like in 2023?
(39:00) What is your prediction of the future of Europe.
(41:29) How will the state fail.
(46:11) What is the biggest threat to the state?
(50:31) Why is there never enough public money available from the state?
(1:01:04) UBI is a stupid idea.
(1:04:45) Examples of government projects that have not worked.
(1:07:16) CBDCs will never work.
(1:16:42) The future of politics and politics becoming irrelevant.
(1:21:09) Governments mining bitcoin and buying gold.
(1:27:07) Cinese hash rate and banning bitcoin.
LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE
Prague, 14-15 October, 2023
https://libertyinourlifetime.org/
TWITTER:
Rahim Taghizadegan: https://twitter.com/scholarium_at
Timothy Allen: https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen
Free Cities Foundation: https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound
OTHER LINKS:
Bitcoin Citadel Origin Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/
Free Cities Foundation: https://free-cities.org/
Today on the pod I have for you a very interesting conversation I had at BTC Prague with the Free Cities Foundation’s chief economist Rahim Taghizadegan.
Rahim is an Austrian economist who is actually from Austria, which was a first for me, but he is also a physicist (specialization in nuclear physics and complex systems), philosopher, investor and entrepreneur who has written more than a dozen books.
In this conversation we begin by investigating the historical significance of citadels and in particular their modern day incarnation as the Bitcoin citadel meme.
From here we take a tour through many topics such as government inefficiencies, military technology, geopolitics, CBDCs and the collapse of the fiat system.
All in all, I think that the whole discussion could be summed up quite nicely with Rahim’s statement ‘How not to live in a dystopian world'.
Enjoy the conversation.
TIMESTAMPS
(0:30) Introduction to this episode.
(3:23) The meme of the bitcoin citadel.
(10:09) The difference between a citadel and a city state.
(17:24) The origin of the bitcoin citadel meme.
(25:30) Is the Bitcoin citadel meme a progression from historical citadels.
(29:29) How would a decentralized city order arise within mega states?
(31:38) What does the geopolitical landscape look like in 2023?
(39:00) What is your prediction of the future of Europe.
(41:29) How will the state fail.
(46:11) What is the biggest threat to the state?
(50:31) Why is there never enough public money available from the state?
(1:01:04) UBI is a stupid idea.
(1:04:45) Examples of government projects that have not worked.
(1:07:16) CBDCs will never work.
(1:16:42) The future of politics and politics becoming irrelevant.
(1:21:09) Governments mining bitcoin and buying gold.
(1:27:07) Cinese hash rate and banning bitcoin.
LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE
Prague, 14-15 October, 2023
https://libertyinourlifetime.org/
TWITTER:
Rahim Taghizadegan: https://twitter.com/scholarium_at
Timothy Allen: https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen
Free Cities Foundation: https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound
OTHER LINKS:
Bitcoin Citadel Origin Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/
Free Cities Foundation: https://free-cities.org/
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