Why Anarchy Could Work with David Croisant | Value Stack 42

David Croisant is a passionate free-thinker and advocate of sovereign and open source technologies. He and I sat down to discuss common and alternative forms of government, how money affects organization of groups, if bitcoin can lead to better ways of organization, and ask the question - do people really want to be free? Check out the chapters below and if you enjoy it, consider supporting the show. Chapters 00:00 What is anarchy? 1:55 Why did governments come about and stay in power? 5:10 Why are citizens ignorant about government laws? 8:20 Whose responsibility is it to keep governments in check? 12:00 How does the public education system affect government power? 13:35 Money, power, the church, and government control 16:00 Societal structure today is designed government overreach 20:00 How can we take back power into the citizens hands? 24:20 Why do bitcoiners “unplug” sooner than the general population? 28:00 Will governments ever embrace bitcoin? 34:30 Why do we even need money? 39:00 Government ideals vs reality 43:30 Does technology increase or decrease freedom? 47:15 Why do people trade freedom for convenience? 51:45 Cycles of creation and destruction 1:02:30 Paths to “waking up” 1:06:45 How can society work in a world without stated rules? 1:10:10 How education and media keep citizens in the dark 1:14:15 How do collective and individual incentives align? 1:17:15 Imagining very large perspectives to re-examine society 1:22:00 Taking sovereignty of the mind 1:33:00 What ways can we spread sovereign ideas? 1:37:00 Learning from self-reflection and observing others 1:41:00 Outro: You Matter