Paris Marx is joined by David Golumbia to discuss the ideology of cyberlibertarianism, the right-wing politics of cryptocurrencies and blockchains, and why the left shouldn’t embrace them.David Golumbia is an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of “The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism.” He’s also writing a new book called “Cyberlibertarianism” from Minnesota University Press. Follow David on Twitter as @dgolumbia.🚨 T-shirts are now available!Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com.Also mentioned in this episode:

• David wrote about cyberlibertarianism for Jacobin Magazine.
• Keith Spencer interviewed David about his book for Salon in 2018.
• Elon Musk’s tweets affect cryptocurrency prices, while China is cracking down on crypto mining.
• Marc Andreessen says “crypto is a right wing idea” in an interview with Noah Smith.
• El Salvador’s right-wing authoritarian president made Bitcoin a form of legal tender.
• Tether misled people about how much USD was backing its stablecoin.
• About 20% of Bitcoin — worth billions of dollars — is of-billions-worth-of-bitcoin-have-been-locked-by-people-who-forgot-their-key.html">lost and recoverable.
• Other resources: Langdon Winner’s “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” and “Cyberlibertarian Myths and the Prospects for Community”; Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron’s “The Californian Ideology”; Fred Turner’s “From Counterculture to Cyberculture”; Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish” (article); and John Perry Barlow’s “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.”

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