Robert Breedlove & Balaji Srinivasan , The "What is Money?" Show

The Centralized East vs. The Decentralized West | The Balaji Series | Episode 6 (WiM120)

24 Jan 2022 • 66 min • EN
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Balaji Srinivasan joins me for a multi-episode series exploring sovereignty in The Digital Age, geopolitical game theory, the future of statism, and how Bitcoin/crypto fits into the picture. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Balaji's Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis Balaji's Website: https://balajis.com/ 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 Wargaming: East vs. West 00:08:48 A Potential Restructuring of Geopolitical Power 00:12:58 “The Bitcoin Seizure Bill” of the Late-2020s? 00:16:52 A Scenario Where Both CCP and BTC Win 00:19:31 The Fragmentation of Sovereignty in The West 00:22:50 “Three New Deals”: China as the 21st Century Exception 00:26:34 Defense of The Decentralized West vs. The Centralized East 00:30:03 An Optimalist Operates with a Limiting Principle 00:32:31 Bitcoin Breaks All Incompetent States 00:36:23 Looking Deeper into the Coming Centralized vs. Decentralized Struggle… 00:40:38 Decentralization and the Disorganization of Violence 00:45:12 “When there is Anarchy, People Want Leadership” 00:48:20 Human Root Access: The Moral Justifications of Action 00:53:52 China Without the US-Check On It is a Whole Different Animal 00:56:13 Will All Software Backends Go “Blockchain” Eventually? 01:03:17 Re-Bundling Civilization into Sovereign Collectives 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 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 Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

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