Brent Johnson joins me for a deep conversation about economics, money, debt, the state, violence, Bitcoin, geopolitics, and macroeconomics.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTBrent’s twitter: https://twitter.com/SantiagoAuFundBrent’s website: https://santiagocapital.com/ PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Brent’s Background and Economic Views00:13:30 Austrian Economics00:17:05 Defining “The State”00:25:32 Debt as Primeval Money00:35:11 Power, Violence, and Taxation00:42:26 MMT and Keynesianism00:47:10 What is Money?00:51:49 Bitcoin and the Logic of Violence00:58:26 Gresham’s Law and Geopolitics01:03:42 Geopolitical Lawlessness and Money01:09:00 The American “Black Hat”01:17:40 Current Macroeconomic Landscape01:25:27 “Dollar Milkshake Theory”01:33:08 The Specter of Warfare in 202101:40:30 Gold’s Role in Modern Geopolitics01:45:21 Freedom Maximalism and Bitcoin’s Potential01:51:29 Bitcoin’s Conflict with The State01:57:05 How can The State “Lockup” Bitcoin?SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true