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The "What is Money?" Show

The Internet Is Dismantling Governments Faster Than Anyone Predicted w/ Mike Slomczewski

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

Money, History, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Investing, Breedlove, Bitcoin, Rabbit Hole, Robert Breedlove, What Is Money, Education

4.8724 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Mike Slomczewski joins the show to examine how the internet is reshaping power faster than political institutions can adapt. They explore why nation-states are losing legitimacy, how digital coordination undermines centralized authority, and why democracy struggles to function in an environment defined by speed, anonymity, and global networks. They discuss the rise of micro-societies, parallel institutions, and voluntary digital communities that increasingly replace traditional governance structures. From censorship and surveillance to Bitcoin, decentralization, and exit over voice, this episode examines what comes after the nation-state — and whether political systems built for the industrial age can survive the digital one. This is not futurism or speculation — it’s an analysis of incentives, coordination, and why political fragmentation may be an inevitable outcome of networked civilization.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever seen this where the local news anchors are like, and that's a real threat to our democracy.

0:04.0

Like they're literally just reciting it and it shows like all these different local news anchors across the country reciting it verbatim word for word.

0:10.0

It's become a social engineering propaganda tool that democracy is the greatest thing ever.

0:15.0

We weren't founded as a democracy. This country's founded as a constitutional republic.

0:19.0

There's a line from some hip-hop group from Vancouver sweatshop union.

0:23.8

The beginning is like if democracy is so good, why we're running it all over the world,

0:27.4

down people's throats.

0:28.6

Exactly.

0:29.6

Spreading democracy by dropping bombs.

0:31.6

This doesn't make any fucking sense.

0:33.6

Our political apparatus has been set up such that there is government by not merit, but every

0:39.9

private institution is set up such that the highest order executives are chosen on merit.

0:45.4

What happens if in the future micro-sovereignties are no longer run by a personality?

0:50.0

This nation state, this micro-nation is now run by the most competent person.

0:56.2

And look at what Li Kuan Yu did in the 80s in Singapore.

1:00.4

His government was compensated based on economic returns and performance.

1:07.0

Now you have Singapore as a sovereign micro state.

1:10.2

It is widely regarded as one of the best places in the world to do business because

1:15.6

Singapore is widely regarded as one of the freest, most open for business, micro-nations

1:22.6

in the world.

1:23.6

And what Li Kuanwan you did.

1:39.3

Well, I guess we should start with the sovereign individual, the book on the table.

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