043 - Pavol Lupták: Global Opportunists, Parallel Societies & Crypto Anarchy

Timothy Allen talks with Pavol Lupták. Pavol is someone who I’ve been trying to talk to for quite a while… so many people have mentioned his name to me but he had thus far proved to be a pretty elusive guy on account of the fact that he is (amongst other things) a perpetual traveller. Fortunately for me I bumped into him at BTC Prague where his company Liberation Travel had a stand next to the Free Cities Bureau, and I managed to sit down with him for a couple of hours to delve a bit deeper into his fascinating life. Pavol has been involved in the crypto anarchy scene in Prague for many years. As the founder of both an ethical hacking IT security company and Prague’s Paralelni Polis, arguably one of the world’s most infamous Bitcoin and crypto anarchy hubs, he has a unique perspective on the ins and outs of creating parallel systems and opting out of mainstream structures. In fact Liberation Travel’s sole purpose is to help freedom minded people to leave oppressive situations and relocate to a better jurisdiction or become what Pavol calls a ‘Global opportunist’. Interestingly, something I didn’t know before this conversation was that Pavol has been visiting intentional communities and Free Cities projects for quite some time already, conducting personal research on different governance models. Look out for a couple of interesting projects mentioned in this conversation that I’d never heard of before and don’t forget that you can meet Pavol and all our other speakers in person in Prague in few weeks time at 'Liberty in Our Lifetime'. Enjoy the conversation LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE Prague, 14-15 October, 2023 ⁠⁠⁠https://libertyinourlifetime.org/⁠⁠⁠ TIMESTAMPS: 0:30 - Introduction to this episode. 4:12 - The history of Paralelni Polis. 8:17 - Parallel Polis Manifesto. 13:21 - Liberation Travel 16:04 - What is a global opportunist? 22:09 - How to pay less tax. 33:34 - Can UK residents be tax free? 42:29 - How do you live using only cryptocurrency? 46:12 - Common reporting standards. 52:58 - Are CBDCs possible? 55:28 - Predictions about future freedom possibilites. 1:01:34 - What are the best second passports to get? 1:08:35 - What do you do about health insurance? 1:14:22 - Which intentional communities have you been to? 1:21:10 - Decentralised governance in Mexico. 1:26:26 - Other places you’ve been with different governance models. 1:34:15 - What is your living strategy going forward? 1:40:29 - Traveling with small children. 1:47:52 - Does the state turn everyone into a freedom lover in the end? TWITTER: Pavol Lupták: https://twitter.com/wilderko Liberation Travel: https://twitter.com/liberatravel Timothy Allen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠⁠⁠ OTHER LINKS: Free Cities Podcast Interview with Martin Leskovjan (Paralelni Polis): https://tinyurl.com/mwwu8tre Liberation Travel: https://liberation.travel/ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠https://free-cities.org/⁠