There are people on the left who would still argue that, you know, there's potential for bit coin, crypto currencis, block chain to be used toward left wing ends. And do you think that they have any valid points in saying that? In one way, that's who i wrote my book fore right, cause i really didn't think that i was going to convince right wingers to not get into bid qincose's right wing like, i think that's why they like it. It was meant to alert the curious, who are not allined with the right wing, to what is going on under the hood, so to speak.
Paris Marx is joined by David Golumbia to discuss the ideology of cyberlibertarianism, the right-wing politics of cryptocurrencies and blockchains, and why the left shouldn’t embrace them.
David Golumbia is an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of “The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism.” He’s also writing a new book called “Cyberlibertarianism” from Minnesota University Press. Follow David on Twitter as @dgolumbia.
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