Free Cities Podcast 145 - Freddie New: The State is Failing
Personal Sovereignty, Surveillance, Bitcoin, Financial Freedom, Economic Collapse, UK Politics, Freedom Tech, Social Credit Scores, Deep State, Online Safety Bill, Data Privacy.
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Timothy Allen speaks with Freddie New.
Freddie, is a lawyer and Head of Policy at Bitcoin Policy UK. In this conversation we explore the battle for individual freedom in an age of surveillance, financial instability, and growing state power. We discuss the tools and principles that can safeguard personal sovereignty, from Bitcoin and privacy tech to the responsibility each of us carries in resisting economic debasement and government overreach.
Enjoy the conversation.
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TIMESTAMPS
- 0:00:30 – Introduction To Episode
- 0:06:47 - Start of conversation
- 0:09:43 - The UK as an Example of Bad Governance
- 0:12:50 - Politicians' Incentive to Create More Laws
- 0:15:09 - Banning VPNs and Human Rights
- 0:15:41 - The Online Safety Bill: Porn, Kids, and Data Collection
- 0:18:17 - ID to Surf the Internet: A Looming Threat
- 0:21:37 - Compliance and the Enforceability of Ridiculous Rules
- 0:23:15 - The Growing Bureaucracy and the Rehash of Everything
- 0:28:37 - Algorithmic Enforcement and the Good Citizen Score
- 0:39:11 - Taxing Wealthy People and Ending Up with Less Revenue
- 0:47:54 - Microsoft and the Life Cycle of Organizations
- 0:49:53 - Independence on an Individual Basis
- 0:57:50 - Personal Freedom and the Social Credit Score
- 1:02:21 - Government's Monopoly of Money
- 1:19:21 - Government Regulation and Global Power
- 1:36:33 - Some Solutions and First Steps Toward Freedom Tech
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LEGACY SOCIAL MEDIA:
- Freddie New: https://x.com/freddienew
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