Bryan Callen

I think in the future, they are going to mandate that you have an ID.

And we already see this somewhat with X premium, right?

You've got to prove who you are.

And if you don't have premium, you're getting a second tier thing.

This is phase one.

Pros and cons.

There's two arguments for this world.

One is that dissent can only be allowed if people are allowed to have anonymity.

Like the founding fathers used pseudonyms.

They knew that if they spoke out against the crown or British parliament, they could be hanged for treason.

So they had to lie about who they were and then disperse these messages.

At the same time, the founding fathers did not have our adversaries.

Like imagine if the Barbary nations, the Barbary pirates- Had the internet.

And were convincing the people in America that they actually weren't pirates, that we were the pirates attacking them.

And then all of a sudden our government didn't establish the Marines to go, Jefferson didn't go and do these things.

The challenge is, ultimately it comes down to...

All is fair and love is love and war, love and war.

And at a certain point, you have to choose to use power or die.

Now, I don't know where that point is.

Maybe it's now, maybe it's not.