The Strategy for Liberty | The Hillebrand Series | Episode 12 (WiM071)

Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMax’s twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMaxMax’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Origin Story of The State00:12:12 Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty00:17:00 Liberty is the Highest Political End00:20:32 Libertarianism: The Philosophical Bedrock of the Cypherpunks00:24:00 Liberty: A Moral Principle of Justice00:27:20 Instantaneous Abolition of Statism is Ideal00:30:17 “Gradualism in Theory is Perpetuity in Practice”00:34:15 A Strategy Must Never Undercut its End00:37:33 A Thought Experiment on Ends and Means00:41:29 Liberty as the Ultimate Aim of Human Action00:43:02 Bitcoin as a Force Multiplier for Liberty00:47:49 Human Reason Zeroes-In on Self-Sovereignty00:49:51 NYDIG00:50:59 Accepting All Reductions of Statism with Alacrity00:55:04 An Absolutist Approach Toward Liberty00:57:20 Education is a Necessary Condition for the Victory of Liberty01:04:00 Education is the Ultimate Psychotechnological Tool01:09:59 Bitcoin Incentivizes the “Living Out” of Liberty01:13:50 Right Opportunism vs. Left Sectarianism01:20:46 A Free Mind Never Concludes01:24:24 The Transjectivity of Adaptation, Price, and Fitness01:28:16 Reasons for the Optimism of Libertarianism01:32:02 Equilibrated vs. Disequilibriated Structures01:37:21 “Once You Get Bitcoin, You Can’t Un-get It”01:40:32 Did Digital Technology and Globalization Extend the Run of Statism?01:43:00 What is There Left to Try But Freedom?01:46:11 The De-Sanctification of The State01:53:39 Bitcoin: The Libertarian “Ace in the Hole”01:56:21 Bitcoin: The Ultimate Weapon of Individual LibertySOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmgAutomatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22