Civil Discord

By Civil Discord

Welcome to your weekly dose of radical curiosity. Each [Monday or whenever it’s released], Civil Discord critiques the critics and tackles the top lines in news and society. Beginning with the premise... more

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Civil Discord episodes:

June 15, 2021DeFi-Curious, Defying Science
El Salvador Accepts BTC as Legal Tender! Now What?
https://decrypt.co/73125/el-salvador-approves-bitcoin-law-btc-is-legal-tender
We Discuss:
Merchants (including Tesla) operating in El Salvador now have to accept Bitcoin as payment.
What does this mean for capital gains taxes? Independent contractors with U.S. citizenship who are paid for services in El Salvador? Where is our amicus brief? Get excited.
Why are Latin American countries leading the charge?
DeFi vs. CeFi vs. C-Sharp-Fi, and the global financial ecosystem
Why the revolution will not be centralized
Amanda & Maurice on rules without rulers
Why does Elizabeth Warren hate sustainable currency mined with sustainable energy? https://www.coindesk.com/volcano-powered-bitcoin-mining-goes-from-twitter-idea-to-state-policy-in-el-salvador
Amanda recommends: Raoul Pal on the Exponential Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJrla31t8I

Gavin with the Good Hair: Loves Platitudes, Hates Science
https://deadline.com/2021/06/gavin-newsom-state-of-emergency-californis-june-15-1234769594/
We Discuss:
Gavin’s good hair
Why you should care about Friday headlines
The pandemic that wasn’t (more than a few months long)
Increased deaths from things that aren’t Covid: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-finds-deaths-heart-disease-diabetes-climbed-amid-covid-u-n1270260
Policies that would have actually helped people of color
Maurice explains: Policies that would have actually helped people of color
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1h 1min
June 15, 2021You Had ONE Job…
An episode in which the only people doing their jobs well are a group of tweens selling lemonade.

Fasci’s Fiasco & Media Malfeasance
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins
We Discuss:
Are the emails a ‘smoking gun’? Did we learn anything new? Should we care?
From ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman’ to ‘I did not fund gain-of-function at that laboratory’
How the journalistic profession moved from inquiry-modeling to narrative-priming
Why Anthony Fauci isn’t evil
Hacking Meat-Packing
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/some-us-meat-plants-stop-operating-after-jbs-cyber-attack-2021-06-01/
We Discuss:
Was this related to the pipeline hack? Another hostile foreign outfit?
Does Maurice still think both were inside jobs?
Is Amanda, a vegetarian, secretly behind this?
Is there a relationship between this latest attack and rising prices across multiple industries?
Why does one company being hacked affect prices across an entire industry?

First, They Came for the Lemonade Stands
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/health-dept-shuts-down-four-tween-cousins-lemonade-stand/article_fd3ab80c-b682-11eb-a9c8-a74211d758cb.html
We Discuss:
Was this about safety, or taxes?
How people can stay accountable in a world without business licenses
How overzealous licensing laws disproportionately affect low-income communities
“We can work for ourselves, and not work for other people”
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1h 1min
May 24, 2021Let’s All Move to Honduras!
Join us as we discuss a charter city idea that people are trying to build in Honduras. Are Aliens taking over? If so, what do they want?

Let’s All Move to Honduras!
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/prospectus-on-prospera
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2kDtBhXgxRBYc7B1w2bDuf
Links to the Israel-Palestine discussion
Part One, “Territorial Sovereignty and Encroachment” https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/10-jewish-palestinian-questions-a-jew-ish-libertarian-perspective-part-one
Part Two, “Ethnic Cleansing and Postponing Elections” https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/10-jewish-palestinian-questions-a-jew-ish-libertarian-perspective-part-two
Part Three, “Death Tolls and Holy Sites” https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/10-jewish-palestinian-questions-a-jew-ish-libertarian-perspective-part-three
Part Four, “The IDF, The Press, and the ‘Moral High Ground’” https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/10-jewish-palestinian-questions-part-four-and-an-inconclusive-conclusion
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1h 6min
May 23, 2021 CDC Does More Flipping? Who Could Have Called It?
The CDC changes its mind again on mask, vaccines, and how to respond. Did anyone see this coming? Also CPI rose more than the expected rate, what does this mean?
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1h 9min
May 19, 2021 Crypto? What Do You Know? Ok Boomer!
States are actually making some good decisions, decision that Maurice can actually get behind (HUGE Surprise!) What does Bill Maher know about Crypto? Is he just mad that he didn't get in sooner?
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1h 18min
May 14, 2021 Someone Caught Covid... What does this mean?
Teachers are refusing to go back to work after a vaccine. One of your host actually tested positive. How do we react? What is the end goal here?
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59min
May 14, 2021 Derek Chauvin, Is this Justice?
Join Maurice & Amanda as they discuss recent events, and provide a take that may cause you to think? Derek Chauvin... Innocent? Guilty? What does this mean moving forward?
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50min
May 08, 2021 Who Are we? Why Are We Here?
Join the host as they discuss why they have created this podcast. Get to know a few of the concepts, beliefs, and how they feel about moving through this journey that we call life.
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18min

FAQs about Civil Discord:

How many episodes does Civil Discord have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.