Is the State a Foregone Conclusion?

Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 The Inevitability of Statism?
00:05:55 A Thought Experiment on Statism: Alien Invasion
00:09:28 The Chimera of “Limited Government”
00:14:04 Why is Defense Different Than Any Other Industry?
00:15:31 Did Nation-States Arise from Technological Realities?
00:17:07 A Thought Experiment on Statism: Individual Invincibility
00:22:15 Unassailable Property Makes Statism Irrelevant
00:26:00 The Zero-Sum Revenue Model of Statism
00:33:07 Bitcoin’s Price in Relation to The Demand for Security
00:34:38 Can Bitcoin Miners Operate At a Loss?
00:38:48 NYDIG
00:39:56 The Rise and Fall of States Across History
00:43:09 Inviolable Property Makes Statism Irrelevant?
00:47:19 Is Bitcoin a Regulator on The Growth of Statism?
00:50:45 The Ratio of Resistance to Statism

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