CD92: Mandibles with Lionel Shriver

support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE: 92 BLOCK: 778126 PRICE: 4202 sats per dollar TOPICS: Lionel Shriver is the author of The Mandibles - a book set in the United States in 2029 during a debt crisis that results in hyperinflation and economic collapse. nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal.net/odell⁠ youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@citadeldispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stream sats to the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.fountain.fm/ (00:03:20) Introduction to the show and guest (00:08:44) Discussion on the inspiration for the book and the 2008 financial crisis (00:19:26) Concerns about the future and the impact of financial collapse (00:30:26) Discussion on the role of bitcoin and government control (00:40:00) The role of gold and gun control in the book (00:48:59) The idea of utopia and the ending of the book (00:54:46) Broken incentives in society (00:55:30) Pros and cons of local governance (00:57:47) Exodus from high tax states (01:…