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Dan Smotz: Collapsitarians and Who Is Roger Ver?

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro: filmmaker Dan Smotz of The System Is Down
1:19 – Why libertarians aren't in it for the money
2:31 – From band videos to Vermin Supreme's campaign
4:17 – Fronting a band and the art of screaming
8:17 – DIY art and the libertarian message
10:49 – Clever stickers vs. "Taxation is theft"
12:10 – Why he films weddings
16:00 – Making campaign videos for Roger Ver and Ian Freeman
18:18 – Roger Ver, Bitcoin Jesus, and the exit tax case
21:58 – Ian Freeman's Bitcoin vending machine case
24:20 – Explaining crypto and fighting the government
28:23 – Ross Ulbricht, his mom Lyn, and FreedomFest
30:12 – Keeping liberty activism local
31:54 – Growing up a pastor's kid
34:13 – The Last of Us and Nick Offerman
37:16 – Preppers, collapsitarians, and one bullet
40:55 – Learning to work with everybody
43:31 – Gold in a collapsed society
45:33 – Women in power in The Last of Us
49:20 – Vince Vaughn, Hollywood IP, and Joker
52:33 – The Minecraft movie, Snow White, and remakes
57:50 – Top Lobster as Aladdin and the Daily Wire
59:43 – Influencers in movies and Jordan Peterson
1:01:58 – Comedians don't need opinions on everything
1:03:23 – Kill Tony and artists first
1:04:28 – Wrap-up

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Dan Smotz, the filmmaker behind The System Is Down, joins Lou to talk about Roger Ver and the Bitcoin Jesus exit tax case, preppers and collapsitarians, and keeping liberty activism local.

We also get into why libertarians aren't in it for the money, Vermin Supreme's campaign, the art of screaming in a band, clever stickers versus "Taxation is theft," filming weddings, Ian Freeman's Bitcoin vending machine case, Ross Ulbricht and his mom Lyn, growing up a pastor's kid, The Last of Us and Nick Offerman, gold in a collapsed society, Hollywood remakes, and why comedians don't need opinions on everything.

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