The Praxeology of Privacy: Freedom Tech vs Mass Surveillance | Max Hillebrand
Privacy isn’t about having something to hide. It’s about preserving the freedom to act, communicate, and coordinate without coercion.
- Why privacy is fundamentally tied to freedom
- The economic consequences of surveillance
- CBDCs and the future of financial control
- Why corporations and governments increasingly operate as surveillance partners
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Privacy isn’t about having something to hide. It’s about preserving the freedom to act, communicate, and coordinate without coercion.
Max explains how Austrian economics and cypherpunk philosophy intersect, why privacy is a natural consequence of self-ownership and property rights, and how surveillance distorts economic calculation in much the same way that money printing distorts markets.
The conversation explores:
Why privacy is fundamentally tied to freedom
The economic consequences of surveillance
CBDCs and the future of financial control
Why corporations and governments increasingly operate as surveillance partners
The role of Bitcoin in creating a parallel economy