2035: The home you own in the UK: 1. Council Tax 2. Wealth Tax on its value appreciation 3. Net zero penalties for energy-inefficiencies 4. Stamp duty land tax when you sell it 5: Exit tax when you decide to move abroad looking for a better life

Politics mask the deeper divide between authoritarian control and libertarian freedom. Left and right is just a veneer. The core question is always how much power individuals have versus the state.

Desk job finished for the week. Down to the wood shed away from it all. Early autumn nip in the air. Bitcoin podcasts streaming in the background. This is my perfect fucking life rn.

"We're going to head into choppy waters, potentially war. I think it could lead to collapse." @Susie Violet is on the show this week... Don't forget, the VIDEO version is uploaded on @Fountain too! LISTEN & WATCH:

Free Cities Podcast • 151 - Susie Violet Ward: The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism • Watch on Fountain

Stop using their money.

Free Cities Podcast • 150 - Knut Svanholm: Democracy Leads to Totalitarianism • Watch on Fountain

Bitcoin, Culture, Property Rights, Natural Law, Liberty, Democracy, Security, AI, Economics, Personal Responsibility, Geopolitics, Bitcoin Educatio...

Me & @Knut Svanholm ∞/21M are trashing democracy this week on the pod. Off to the gulags we must go! Also.... don't forget, there's also a VIDEO version available on @Fountain too... LISTEN HERE:

Free Cities Podcast • 150 - Knut Svanholm: Democracy Leads to Totalitarianism • Watch on Fountain

Bitcoin, Culture, Property Rights, Natural Law, Liberty, Democracy, Security, AI, Economics, Personal Responsibility, Geopolitics, Bitcoin Educatio...

New BONUS Episode just dropped... Availabale to all our subscribers on @Fountain . Recorded in San Salvador: Nearly 4 hours of candid discussion with Jake Hamilton, an Urbit developer, covering topics from technology and consciousness to philosophy and the future of humanity.

Free Cities Podcast • BONUS 003 - Jake Hamilton: Mind, Machines and Meaning • Listen on Fountain

When I worked at a national newspaper in London, the two biggest public demonstrations against UK govt policy that I covered were: 'Don't go to war in Iraq' & the Countryside Alliance's 'Don't ban hunting'. Neither had any effect on policy. This will be the next learning experience for another chunk of the UK population. They all add up in the end.

I've got the president of Liberland on the pod this week..

Free Cities Podcast • 149 - Vít Jedlička: Liberland’s Path to Prosperity • Watch on Fountain

Finally had to wade into the knots vs core debate. Don't understand all the fuss.

Why is Israel so important in the geopolitical landscape?

It is well documented that extremely powerful political actors sometimes use armed force, organized violence, or war to move, expel, or otherwise reshape populations for strategic, political, or demographic ends.

Is there a grand conspiracy? We're talking geopolitics, Ukraine, The Middle East and the New World Order on the pod this week with political analyst, Patrick Henningson... LISTEN:

Free Cities Podcast • 148 - Patrick Henningsen: The Grand Conspiracy • Watch on Fountain

WATCH:

My pod with @JeffG is now live on YouTube:

Legacy SM algorithms really ramping this shit up.

"Privacy is leaving the allowed sandbox." @Efrat Fenigson

My complete 4+ hour convo with Gigi is now available to Free Cities Podcast subscribers on fountain.fm... Part 1:

Free Cities Podcast • BONUS 001 - Gigi: Proof of Work - Part 1 • Listen on Fountain

Hello and welcome to this BONUS episode of the Free Cities Podcast. These episodes are only available to our subscribers on Fountain.fm, and I'll b...

Part 2:

Free Cities Podcast • BONUS 002 - Gigi: Proof of Work - Part 2 • Listen on Fountain

Welcome to this bonus episode of the Free Cities podcast. These episodes are only available to our subscribers on Fountain.fm or other value-for-va...

Full Episode with @Efrat Fenigson now on YouTube: