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

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

Update: 2025-10-20
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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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#121 - Curtis Yarvin PT.2 - From Caesar to Satoshi: Why Political & Economic Systems Fail

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