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May 19, 2025 · 36m

MISES' SIX LESSONS: #6 - POLITICS & IDEAS (Austrian Audible on THE Bitcoin Podcast)

"The truth is that what destroyed this ancient civilization was something similar–almost identical–to the dangers that threaten our civilization today. On the one hand, it was interventionism , and on the other hand, inflation ."

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What was it that caused the disintegration of an empire 2 which, in every regard, had attained the highest civilization ever achieved before the 18th century?

3 The truth is that what destroyed this ancient civilization was something similar, almost 4 identical to the dangers that threaten our civilization today.

7 The Bitcoin time chain is 890443 and the value of one Bitcoin is still one Bitcoin.

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What had taken place? What was the problem? What was it that caused the disintegration of an empire

which, in every regard, had attained the highest civilization ever achieved before the 18th century?

The truth is that what destroyed this ancient civilization was something similar, almost

identical to the dangers that threaten our civilization today. On the one hand, it was

interventionism. And on the other hand, inflation.

Greetings and salutations, my fellow plebs. My name is Walker and this is The Bitcoin Podcast.

The Bitcoin time chain is 890443 and the value of one Bitcoin is still one Bitcoin.

Today's episode is Austrian Audible, and I'll be reading the sixth and final installment of Mises' Six Lessons.

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"The truth is that what destroyed this ancient civilization was something similar–almost identical–to the dangers that threaten our civilization today. On the one hand, it was interventionism , and on the other hand, inflation ."

In this Austrian Audible episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker reads Lecture 6: POLICIES & IDEAS , from Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow by Ludwig von Mises, AKA Mises' Six Lessons

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