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The "What is Money?" Show

Bitcoin and the Canadian Freedom Convoy with Benjamin Dichter (WiM284)

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

Bitcoin, Breedlove, What Is Money, Investing, Rabbit Hole, Cryptocurrency, Money, Finance, Education, Robert Breedlove, History

4.8710 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss how and why the Freedom Convoy came about, the authoritarianism in the west, and Bitcoin's key role in sustaining democracy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The other ironic thing that, you know, I talked a little bit about during the convoy is one of my brothers is a police sergeant.

0:07.2

And I have two nephews who are in policing and have many friends who are cops who are mortified with what was going on in Ottawa.

0:15.6

But they also said, now you see what we've been talking about.

0:19.0

This is what they're doing to policing. They're turning it into a security force for politicians. It's completely politicized or the term that I hear often is depolicing. And in the case of my brother, he says, that's why I'm retiring because I'm sick and tired of hearing politicians call me up and think that, oh, I work for

0:38.3

them. There's somebody on their name, their street that they don't like, that they want us to

0:41.8

visit. That's how authoritarian the government had become. I never thought I would have saw that

0:48.6

here. You know, we always think that's going to happen somewhere else, right. Like all this hyperbolic scenarios that we hear

0:58.5

about Bitcoin, why you need it, here it's just an investment. But, you know, it's really over

1:05.2

there that it's freedom money. And the freedom convoy proved that no, it's freedom money in the in the

1:12.3

Western world as well. The only money that was capable of getting there was Bitcoin, right? Like,

1:19.0

that's, if you're going to stand up against an existing institutional framework, you need a form

1:26.3

of money that is outside of that institutional framework. You need a form of money that is outside of that institutional framework.

1:36.7

Hey, everybody. Welcome to The What Is Money Show. I am thrilled to have you here joining me on my

1:42.6

mission to help shine light on the collection of

1:45.0

money. Now, if this is your first time listening to The What Is Money Show, I strongly recommend

1:50.4

that you go back to episodes one through nine first, which lays a lot of the groundwork for many

1:56.2

the concepts that we explore on the show. These first nine episodes are my series with Michael Saylor, and thousands of people have told me that this is the best podcast series they've ever heard, hands down, and that it was instrumental to their understanding of money and Bitcoin.

2:11.6

So if you're looking to start a deep dive into the nature of money, I don't think there's any place better that you can

2:19.3

start other than episode one of this show. Now, a little bit about this show and how it makes money.

2:24.8

What is Money Show is 100% sponsor based. So all of our revenues are derived from direct sponsorships.

2:31.7

And I strive to be very selective about the sponsors that I work with, specifically only

2:37.1

using sponsors that I use personally and also choosing sponsors that have values which are well

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