#121 - Curtis Yarvin PT.2 - From Caesar to Satoshi: Why Political & Economic Systems Fail

In Part 2 of our conversation, Curtis Yarvin covers political decay, Austrian economics and the origins of money and Bitcoin.

We explore: – Monarchy as the most honest system of rule – The flaw in free-market libertarianism – Mises vs Keynes vs Friedrich List – What the Austrians got right & wrong – Why personal net worth is the real inflation metric – The theoretical origin of money – Bitcoin vs gold question

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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:05:38 – Farage, Reform & Populism's Trap 00:10:50 – Monarchy as a Political System 00:17:34 – Caesar vs Commodus 00:25:38 – Democracy's Many Failure Modes 00:30:11 – Corporate Governance as Political Metaphor 00:33:25 – Austrian Economics & Intellectual Capture 00:40:32 – System Software & Building Urbit 00:49:29 – Economics as Propaganda 00:54:12 – Why GDP Is a Lie 01:01:07 – Mises vs Keynes 01:05:00 – Mercantilism & Friedrich List 01:09:21 – Personal Net Worth = Inflation 01:14:18 – Bitcoin, Gold & Store of Value 01:24:05 – The Nash Equilibrium of Money 01:30:34 – Why Axes Can't Be Money 01:35:26 – Why Bitcoin Wins 01:38:16 – The Path to Remonetisation 01:46:43 – How Close He Got to Bitcoin 01:50:00 – Final Thoughts

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