THE Bitcoin Podcast13 Sep 2025

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk | American Hodl, Erik Cason, Guy Swann

"This is the time for bravery. It's the time for courage. It's the time for more speech. It's the time to self-censor even less because it's too important."

A raw, urgent round-table with American HODL, Eric Cason, and Guy Swann on the cultural fracture following the killing of Charlie Kirk—and why speech, not violence, is the only way out. The crew wrestles with grief and anger, the “banality of evil,” media incentives, and why debate on campus matters. Then they pivot to Bitcoin as a non-violent, property-rights-based “third way”: a cultural exit from nihilism and the fiat feedback loop that funds endless political escalation. You’ll hear Gerard, Foucault, and Fourth Turning riffs alongside practical calls for courage, organizing, and orange-pilling your local community. Heavy, hopeful, and very human.

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