Would Mao Hold Bitcoin? What Censorship Can’t Kill – Roger Huang

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🎯 Episode Thesis:

Bitcoin isn’t just about money — it’s about control.

Roger Huang, author of Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?, breaks down how authoritarian systems work, how Bitcoin challenges them, and why the real monetary war might not be against the yuan… but the dollar.

From Hong Kong to China, from Bukele to the U.S., this episode is a front-row seat to the future of freedom.

🎙️ About the Episode:

In this episode of BitCorner, we sit down with Roger Huang, writer, analyst, and author of Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?

We talk about:

🔸 How the Chinese Communist Party tracks its citizens — even abroad

🔸 Why stablecoins like Tether are more popular than Bitcoin in authoritarian regimes

🔸 What sparked the Hong Kong protests, and why they matter

🔸 Whether the real enemy of Bitcoin adoption is China… or the U.S. dollar

🔸 How Bukele is playing geopolitical chess in a multipolar world

🔸 What it means to build freedom when surveillance is the default

This conversation dives deep into censorship, centralized control, and how Bitcoin challenges both.

Roger Huang brings rare insight into how surveillance states operate — and why Bitcoin freedom matters more than ever.

He explains why Would Mao Hold Bitcoin? isn’t just a book — it’s a question about sovereignty and global resistance.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Intro

03:25 – Roger's journey: from poor student to Bitcoin advocate

08:40 – Bitcoin is not an investment. It’s protection.

14:00 – Mao, censorship, and control

18:25 – Diaspora surveillance and self-censorship

24:10 – Hong Kong protests and tech’s role

30:00 – Why Tether wins in China

36:45 – The psychological power of stablecoins

41:00 – Bukele, Bitcoin, and geopolitical 4D chess

47:30 – Flag theory, freedom, and building a sovereign life

53:00 – Final message to the global South

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