In this interview, I talk to anarchist and author Michael Malice. We discuss a world without rulers, the human propensity for cooperation, and how bitcoin could be an engine for change.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:40 What is Anarchism?
00:08:27 What does The State do Well?
00:13:49 Rules and Anarchy
00:16:17 The Educational System
00:22:26 Gun Ownership
00:24:26 NYC Post Pandemic
00:35:43 Borders and War
00:42:02 Bitcoin in El Salvador
00:44:40 Does Anarchy Scale to Millions?
00:47:06 Why does Michael stay in the US?
00:50:27 Are People Waking Up?
00:52:41 Would we just rebuild the state?
01:01:07 Bitcoin and Censorship
01:04:37 Toxic Maximalism
01:10:07 Question Everything
01:19:26 Libertarians vs. Anarchists

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“People by their nature prefer to cooperate, not because they are genuinely kind, but because conflict and violence is very very expensive; if you have a knife fight you are getting stabbed, even if you win.”
— Michael Malice

Location: New York
Date: Wednesday 9th June
Project: michaelmalice.com
Role: Author

It's a common misconception that anarchy revolves around chaos and war when it is simply about freedom. Anarchists want to see the removal of all government and society to run on an entirely voluntary, cooperative basis.

While it's uncertain what our world would look like without rulers, technology is the greatest driver of transformation in the modern world. Bitcoin has realised an anarchist dream as an incorruptible form of money, controlled by the people outside of government intervention. It is a powerful catalyst for freedom.

Michael Malice is a staunch anarchist and author who believes anarchism is an apparatus for achieving human joy. In this interview, we discuss how the world would operate without state intervention, the human propensity for cooperation, and how Bitcoin is a catalyst for change.