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#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights

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How Can Bitcoin Be Used to Fight Authoritarianism?

Bitcoin has two key mechanisms through which it can help us. It's debasement proof, meaning the government cannot print more whenever they want. Only 13% of humans in the world live in a liberal democracy with property rights. About 1.3 billion people who live under double or triple digit inflation.

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