The Moral Status of Statism | The Hillebrand Series | Episode 11 (WiM070)

Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Max’s twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax Max’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos PODCAST Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1 RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 The Moral Status of Relations to The State 00:03:27 “Everything The State Has is Stolen, Everything It Says is A Lie”—Nietzsche 00:06:29 “All is Fair in Love and War” 00:12:31 A Free Market for Dispute Arbitration 00:16:49 The Immorality of Holding Government Bonds 00:21:09 Death, Taxes, and 21M Bitcoin 00:25:56 NYDIG 00:27:04 The Relations Between States 00:31:13 Weapons and Violations of Property 00:35:11 A Global Disarmament Under Libertarianism? 00:40:47 WMDs are Less Useful in a Libertarian World 00:43:11 The Moral Equivalent of War 00:47:06 Statism Exists to Harvest Taxpayers 00:50:23 Bitcoin and Geopolitical Defection 00:56:15 Two Types of State Violence: Vertical and Horizontal 01:02:38 Political Power vs. Economic Power; Statism vs. Entrepreneurship 01:11:05 “War is the Health of The State” 01:14:54 Politics is a Mass-Psychosis Premised on Property Violations 01:21:00 Sovereignism: Bitcoin-Enabled Anarcho-Capitalism 01:27:07 Slavery Abolished by the Progression Toward Capital Intensity SOCIAL Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​ WRITTEN WORK Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528 The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/ Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217 Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/ Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/ Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22