103 - Natalie Danelishen: Free Speech, Twitter & US Politics
Elon Musk, Twitter, X, Free Speech, Censorship, Trump, US Election, Liberty, End The Fed, Nostr, Federal Reserve, Bitcoin, Libertarianism.
Timothy Allen talks with Natalie Danelishen.
It is election week in the US, so I thought we should get some feedback from a local this week.
Natalie is well-embedded in the political quagmire as a well-followed Twitter influencer, tweeting about liberty and freedom. One of Elon's favourite libertarians, she even got Javier Milei to retweet a photo from the conference this year. Well done, Nat!
We recorded this conversation a few days before the election, so we didn't know the result. However, as you'll hear, Natalie was pretty confident that Trump would win through.
This is a very informal chat touching on money, politics, social media, and freedom in general.
Enjoy the conversation.
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TIMESTAMPS:
- (00:30) Introduction
- (06:05) Beginning of conversation
- (07:16) Thomas Massie introduced a bill to abolish the Federal Reserve
- (08:20) Worries about Trump becoming the 'saviour of humanity' since nearly getting shot
- (11:34) There are some things about the Trump administration that still worry me
- (13:40) Why do non-Americans follow US politics?
- (15:58) A Scottish comedian was arrested for teaching his dog to do a Nazi salute
- (20:19) Why do some people care strongly about trans issues and others don't
- (24:29) Should we end the furries?
- (27:49) Algorithms and social media
- (34:14) Nostr is censorship resistant
- (37:25) Nostr is a protocol like Bitcoin
- (40:34) What do you think Trump's detractors get wrong about him?
- (43:54) Why isn't the US prospering under the democrat administration?
- (50:19) I think the United States dollar has to collapse for Bitcoin to win
- (54:57) Twitter is fragile
- (56:57) The mainstream media isn't mainstream anymore
- (01:01:21) Twitter has given people access to unlimited information
- (01:06:13) Twitter will become the Everything app
- (01:10:27) Does a president actually run the country?
- (01:18:13) Ancient civilizations in North America
- (01:21:00) Let's talk about hope
- (01:22:08) Trump will win
- (01:26:28) Banning Trump on X
- (01:33:15) Historically people always went off and…