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Nov 2020
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SLP227 Will Bitcoin & Dissident Tech Spl...

STEPHAN LIVERA
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Will Bitcoin enable the Sovereign Individual thesis to play out? Or will the state successfully find some counter to retain the level of taxation, surveillance and control that they currently enjoy? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler join me on the show to debate.

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