Charles Johnson - A Young Nationalist

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Charles johnson, an increasingly influential figure associated with members of the young alt right. The movement was at once trolles, silly and dangerously extreme. Members of the movement flurted with racism and even nattyism. And he seems to have had peter's ear, ear for a couple of years there.

First, Jason covers Coinbase's announcement of their new NFT platform (2:06). Then, Bloomberg's Max Chafkin joins to discuss his book, "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power" (19:57). It's a wide-ranging discussion about Peter's life, business, and politics as well as a debate over the way Max framed him in the book.