94. Plan B Passports with Katie The Russian | The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

In this episode, Saifedean talks to Katie The Russian (Katie Ananina) about Plan B passports and how to navigate a world of Covid hysteria. Saifedean and Katie talk about “Flag Theory” and how obtaining multiple passports and residences can help sovereign individuals respond to restrictive government policies. They also talk about the arguments laid out in the book The Sovereign Individual and whether the rise of the microprocessor has led to a strengthening or weakening of government power. In the Q&A, Katie answers questions about tax strategies, asylum seekers and obtaining residences for dependents.

0:00 Who is Katie the Russian?
2:20 How to become a passport dealer
4:50 Starting to build PlanB Passports
5:50 Explaining the flag theory
8:45 Bitcoin simplifies the flag theory
9:35 What Bitcoiner should do
12:30 Optimising for autonomy over your body
19:10 Hysteria and bad health
24:00 Eastern European Countries
28:00 Herd Immunity
30:30 Discussing the Sovereign Individual Thesis
40:04 Who should you trust?
41:40 Fiat vs. the natural order
46:50 Governmental coordination & centralisation
52:00 When do you stay - When do you run?
55:30 Bitcoin is freedom
01:01:00 Bitcoiners want to be surrounded by Bitcoiners
01:06:33 Obtaining Asylum in the US
01:07:45 Caribbean Countries
01:09:33 The Bitcoin City in El Salvador
01:11:45 What does it cost?
01:13:50 Property laws
01:15:10 Nation states and warfare
01:18:30 Portugal
01:19:50 Family consent for a second passport
01:20:40 Strategising with different Passports

Katie on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/KatieTheRussian

Katie on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2p4...

Katie’s Website:
http://www.planbpassport.com/

The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg:
https://b-ok.lat/book/5271120/d9aeb9

Saifedean’s tweet on Bill Gates Oreo cake clip:
https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/...

Saifedean’s Twitter thread on Coronavirus policies in Belarus:
https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/...

Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard:
http://saifedean.com/thebitcoinstandard

Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard:
http://saifedean.com/thefiatstandard

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