Bitcoin Doesn't Care About Your Politics: Why Bitcoin Has More Ideological Flexibility Than We Think

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Falling down the proverbial bitcoin rabbit hole tends to lead people to ask deep questions about the nature of the economy and society. Today’s Breakdown guests are all professionally trained to ask those sorts of questions as philosophers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">NLW is joined by:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andrew Bailey, Yale-NUS College</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/resistancemoney"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@resistancemoney</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bradley Rettler, University of Wyoming</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/rettlerb"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@rettlerb</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Craig Warmke, Northern Illinois University</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/craigwarmke"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@craigwarmke</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The three form a research collective called</span> <a href= "https://www.resistance.money/"><strong>Resistance Money</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and are working on a book about bitcoin’s use helping individuals overcome infringement by states and other institutions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode they discuss bitcoin’s ideological flexibility and situate it in the context of the larger political landscape.</span></p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">--</div> <div>Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io</div> <div>--</div> <div>Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcj