A Bitcoin Civilization with Ragnar Lifthrasir - WBD471

Location: Los Angeles
Date: Saturday 5th February
Company: Guns N’ Bitcoin
Role: Chief Range Officer


Pro-freedom principles are deep rooted in the Amercian psyche.
Liberty is a cornerstone of the US Constitution, which seeks to
protect individuals from arbitrary and unreasonable restraint.
The Constituion codifying what freedom means for the individual
and the state, yet debate on the surface level extents of freedom
in modern America mean deeper reasoning is lost.


Polarised discourse misses that freedom expects from the
individual as much as it provides. An individual must hold and
display certain values within a working pro-freedom society. This
ideal comes from the ancient Greeks philosophy of stoicism:
citizens should apply the virtues of wisdom, courage, justice,
and temperance. As Aurelius would put it “be a good person”.


If the citizens and the state can both respect each other and act
with values that are in concert with each other, then a
pro-freedom civilisation is possible with all the benefits that
this brings. But if the state is oppressive, the rationale
actions of the affect individuals, and the long term consequences
for their civilisation, are obviously going to be antithetical to
progress.


In our fast-paced ‘fiat’ system where debate is dominated by
short form communication, we are too quick to prejudge and
pigeonhole people. Pro-freedom advocates are associated with far
right politics. Yet, any long-form conversation with pro-freedom
advocates indicates this ideology appeals to a wide political
spectrum as it is predicated on sound and sustainable principles.


In short, slowing down and spending time with people we find our
commonality exceeds our differences. That is the Bitcoin way.


In this interview, I talk to Ragnar Lifthrasir from Guns N’
Bitcoin. We discuss what it means to be pro-freedom, the role of
the state, the importance of values to build good civilisations,
Bitcoin groupthink, printed guns and the safe gun culture.