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Aug 2020
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SLP204 Robert Breedlove Bitcoin vs Slave...

STEPHAN LIVERA
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What’s the relation between fiat money and slavery? How did easy money and government suppression of honest money lead to this outcome? What’s the story with aggry beads and panos? How does Bitcoin change this? Robert Breedlove (CEO & CIO Parallax Digital) joins me to talk about these questions.

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