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The Pomp Podcast

#1079 Aaron Daniel On How Free Speech Is Under Attack

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 129 minutes

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp

0:07.4

podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Now let's kick this thing off. Aaron Daniel is a partner

0:13.4

and board certified appellate attorney at Cula and Associates. In this conversation, we discuss

0:19.1

free speech in the First Amendment, including an overview of the landmark Bernstein v. Department of Justice case, the recent issues with Tornado Cash and the OFAC list.

0:29.6

We talk about Alex Jones, the mainstream media, and what it means to actually go after someone for defamation.

0:35.9

And then we talk about Bitcoin, how Bitcoin can eliminate negative externalities,

0:40.2

how Bitcoin could change many parts of the legal system,

0:43.1

and why Bitcoin as a piece of technology is neutral,

0:46.6

but what it could mean for things like the First Amendment.

0:49.4

I really enjoyed this conversation with Aaron,

0:51.7

and I hope that you guys enjoy it as well.

0:53.9

Once we get to the end, make sure that you let me know in the comments or tweet at me on Twitter,

0:58.4

and I hope that you guys find this just as fascinating as I did.

1:01.7

Anthony Pompliano runs Pomp Investments.

1:04.3

All views of him and the guests on his podcast are solely their opinions, and do not reflect the opinions of Pomp investments.

1:11.6

You should not treat any opinion expressed by pomp or his guest as a specific inducement to make a particular

1:16.6

investment or follow a particular strategy, but only as an expression of his personal opinion.

1:21.9

This podcast is for informational purposes only. All right, guys, bang, bang. I've got Aaron here with me.

1:27.3

I'm very excited about this because it seems like a huge debate in society that has

1:33.3

happened in the past but is resurfacing.

1:35.3

This idea of software being free speech and being protected by the First Amendment.

1:41.3

You have a specialty in understanding a lot of this. But I thought a great place

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