039 - Rahim Taghizadegan: Bitcoin Citadels, Geopolitics & CBDCs

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/⁠