{"id":12113,"date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=12113"},"modified":"2024-05-27T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T20:59:51","slug":"starchild-chair-libertarian-party-of-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/starchild-chair-libertarian-party-of-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"starchild &#8211; Chair, Libertarian Party of San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>In this episode of <em>The Big Questions<\/em>, Big John interviews <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starchildsf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">starchild<\/a><\/strong>, the Chair of the Libertarian Party of San Francisco, a vocal advocate for transparency and bottom-up governance, starchild&#8217;s journey to libertarianism, the importance of controlling our own information, the need for radical restructuring of current party governance and operations, and the potential threats posed by institutions.<br><br><em>The Big Questions with Big John <\/em>is an interview show where our own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/sports-grumblings-founder-john-t-georgopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Big John<\/a> <\/strong>gets to have conversations with interesting people from all walks of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Ury-BX_JMy8\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-877\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mobile-Smartphone-icon.png\" alt=\"Big Questions with Big John - Dr. Charles Ballay, 2024 Libertarian Presidential Candidate mobile video link\" 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