Free Cities Podcast

039 - Rahim Taghizadegan: Bitcoin Citadels, Geopolitics & CBDCs


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Timothy Allen talks with Rahim Taghizadegan.

Today on the pod I have for you a very interesting conversation I had at BTC Prague with the Free Cities Foundation’s chief economist Rahim Taghizadegan.

Rahim is an Austrian economist who is actually from Austria, which was a first for me, but he is also a physicist (specialization in nuclear physics and complex systems), philosopher, investor and entrepreneur who has written more than a dozen books.

In this conversation we begin by investigating the historical significance of citadels and in particular their modern day incarnation as the Bitcoin citadel meme.

From here we take a tour through many topics such as government inefficiencies, military technology, geopolitics, CBDCs and the collapse of the fiat system.

All in all, I think that the whole discussion could be summed up quite nicely with Rahim’s statement ‘How not to live in a dystopian world'.

Enjoy the conversation.

TIMESTAMPS

  • (0:30) Introduction to this episode.
  • (3:23) The meme of the bitcoin citadel.
  • (10:09) The difference between a citadel and a city state.
  • (17:24) The origin of the bitcoin citadel meme.
  • (25:30) Is the Bitcoin citadel meme a progression from historical citadels.
  • (29:29) How would a decentralized city order arise within mega states?
  • (31:38) What does the geopolitical landscape look like in 2023?
  • (39:00) What is your prediction of the future of Europe.
  • (41:29) How will the state fail.
  • (46:11) What is the biggest threat to the state?
  • (50:31) Why is there never enough public money available from the state?
  • (1:01:04) UBI is a stupid idea.
  • (1:04:45) Examples of government projects that have not worked.
  • (1:07:16) CBDCs will never work.
  • (1:16:42) The future of politics and politics becoming irrelevant.
  • (1:21:09) Governments mining bitcoin and buying gold.
  • (1:27:07) Cinese hash rate and banning bitcoin.
  • LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE

    Prague, 14-15 October, 2023

    ⁠⁠https://libertyinourlifetime.org/⁠⁠

    TWITTER:

    Rahim Taghizadegan: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/scholarium_at

    Timothy Allen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    OTHER LINKS:

    Bitcoin Citadel Origin Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/

    Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://free-cities.org/⁠

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