February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
Robert Breedlove, author of the book Thank God For Bitcoin, is a Bitcoin-focused entrepreneur, writer, and philosopher. He was raised in Tennessee attending Southern Baptist Churches but spent most of his adult life “spiritual, yet agnostic.” Through his explorations down the proverbial “Bitcoin rabbit hole,” Robert found himself becoming reacquainted with Christianity at the age of 33. He was particularly inspired by Austrian economics and the teachings of Jordan Peterson, which helped him reconcile his purely objective outlook on reality with its more subjective dimensions of valuation, morality, and meaning.
Robert calls himself a “Freedom Maximalist” and believes he has found his life’s work in the Bitcoin space as a contributor to the separation of money and state. Through his writing and media work, Robert aims to elucidate the importance of freedom and self-sovereignty across all spheres of human action. You can find Robert on Twitter (@Breedlove22) where he posts about Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and philosophy.
During our discussion, you'll discover:
-The journey to becoming a “Freedom Maximalist”…07:45
- Entrepreneurial Strategist out of college
- Spent years optimizing tax strategies (tax code has ~9 million words, very difficult to know all of it)
- Became CFO for a startup event planning company; health and software companies followed
- Began CFO consulting company in 2016
- Got involved in cryptocurrency in 2016
- “Smart Contracts” (self-executing contract) such as a vending machine
- Nick Szabo
- The entire financial industry is a “smart contract.” Any work function that can be adapted into an algorithm is called a dry code and can be provided more efficiently with a smart contract.
- Nick Szabo podcast
-The Creature and its cronies fight for survival in the digital age…19:00
- The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
- Another lightbulb moment – Bitcoin is disruptive to gold; gold as the prime money of geopolitics
- Nation-states hold around 20% of the world's gold supply
- Gold is now undergoing disruption from Bitcoin
- The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
- The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous
-What is money, anyway?…32:07
- Robert's podcast, What is Money
- Money is one of the primary motivators of human action, for better or worse
- Is taxation theft or not?
- If people really dig for answers, and they understand what money is, they'll eventually find Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin meets all the qualities of “sound money”: proof of work, scarcity, limited supply, etc.
-How the Gold Standard began its descent into obscurity after World War 2…41:08
- Bretton Woods Conference
- U.S. held most of the gold reserves in the world at Ft. Knox
- Germany tries to redeem gold in the '70s, unsuccessfully
- Nixon cuts ties to gold from the U.S. Dollar in 1971
-Why strong private property rights are necessary for prosperity to thrive…49:06
- Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein
- Leads to profiting off a demand for a pseudo solution such as face masks – The Secret, Absurd World of Coronavirus Mask Traders and Middlemen Trying To Get Rich Off Government Money
- Faulty assumption that all humans are good by nature
- Bitcoin dis-incentivizes dishonesty
- Men create more wealth by cooperating, division of labor
- Free trade increases productivity and accelerates innovation, further increasing productivity
- Strong property rights are the core of a free society
-The superiority of Bitcoin to any other financial medium…56:14
- 5 traits of “sound money”:
- Divisibility
- Durability
- Recognizability / Fungibility
- Portability
- Scarcity
- Satoshi
- Bitcoin is the only sensible option for those who truly understand the nature of money
- Robert only holds U.S. dollars and Bitcoin in his portfolio
- Swan Bitcoin
-Health protocols and biohacks common among Bitcoin enthusiasts…1:04:57
- “Fiat” Robert vs. “Bitcoin” Robert
- You lower your “time preference” by considering the deep issues that Bitcoin raises
- Lower time preference (living for tomorrow) is the core fundamental of building a civilization
- “Abundance Diet”
- Milk smoothie with blueberries and collagen protein powder in the morning
- Steak for lunch and dinner
- Ground beef with organ meats (kidney, heart, and liver)
- Ben's morning smoothie recipe:
- Bone broth
- Goat milk (from the goats in the backyard) or get it from Amazon here
- Colostrum
- Frozen liver cubes
- Dr. William Davis yogurt recipe:
- 2 cans coconut milk
- Omica Organics vanilla stevia (I use six dropper fulls)
- 4 heaping scoops Great Lakes Powdered Gelatin
- 10 BioGaia Gastrus L-Reuteri probiotic capsules, ground with a mortar and pestle
- 2 scoops acacia fiber
- 2 scoops Vitamin C powder
- 1 tablespoon cane sugar
- Super Gut by Dr. William Davis
-And much more!…
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Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode.
Resources from this episode:
– Robert Breedlove:
– Books:
- The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
- The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
- The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous
- Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein
- Super Gut by Dr. William Davis
– Other Resources:
- US Wellness Meats (use code BEN to save 15%)
- Great Lakes Wellness Collagen And Gelatin Powders (use codeBEN10 to save 10%)
- Kettle And Fire Bone Broth (use code GREENFIELD to save 20%)
- Kion Colostrum
- Organic Coconut Milk
- Omica Organics Stevia
- BioGaia Gastrus L-Reuteri Probiotics
- Acacia Fiber
- Vitamin C Powder
- Jordan Peterson
- Nick Szabo
- Nick Szabo Podcast
- Bretton Woods Conference
- Nixon Ends Convertibility of U.S. Dollars to Gold and Announces Wage/Price Controls
- The Secret, Absurd World of Coronavirus Mask Traders and Middlemen Trying To Get Rich Off Government Money
- Satoshi
- Swan Bitcoin
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Hey Ben. I believe it was in this episode that I heard you talk about the yogurt you’re currently making and where you get the culture… But I can’t find it right now. Could you fill me in? Thank you!
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