# Why Bitcoin Is the Last Defense of Free Speech and Individual Freedom w/ Jordan Peterson

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Podcast: [The "What is Money?" Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-money-show-1365694)
Published: 2026-06-19T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What if Bitcoin is not just a financial instrument but a moral corrective to a system designed to steal from you? In this conversation, Robert Breedlove joins Dr. Jordan Peterson — clinical psychologist, professor, author of Maps of Meaning and 12 Rules for Life, and one of the most consequential public intellectuals of our time — for a roundtable discussion on money, Bitcoin, and the deeper psychological and philosophical implications of both. Joining Robert and Jordan are Gigi Deer, author of 21 Lessons; John Valles, host of the Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcast; and Richard James, filmmaker and creator of Hard Money. The conversation covers why central banking is a parasite on the productive economy, how fiat currency corrupts price signals and degrades social morality, why gold was the best money the free market ever selected and why Bitcoin supersedes it, how Bitcoin changes time preference and accelerates personal responsibility, and why the question "what is money?" is the key to perceiving the corruption embedded in modern civilization. This conversation explores the deeper forces shaping human behavior, institutions, and the future of civilization.

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