Decoding America's Slide Into Soft Totalitarianism 2013-2022 (12-15-24)

01:00 Don't be a sucker, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158267 09:30 Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship and Dining With Trump, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgTeZXw-ytQ 13:00 Debanking over your politics, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158257 16:00 Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158243 30:00 The emerging counter-elite who are often more successful than the ruling elite 37:50 'Nick Fuentes gives credit where credit is due to Israel.' 40:00 What happened in Syria? 48:10 Kip joins to discuss admirable vs contemptible behavior 1:47:40 Democratic political strategist Lindy Li is not going to pre-hate everything Trump-related, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_fSBGFMoQ 1:55:30 "The Elites are Shaking" - CIA Analyst breaks down modern media manipulation, Trump, Elon, and Obama, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wH-MsQpxo8 2:02:00 The Comfort of False Beliefs: Why We Crave Misinformation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK8jXJPbnLc 2:07:45 Politics as an identity akin to a religious identity 2:10:00 Psychology of disgust, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-psychology-of-disgust 2:25:30 Disgust as a vehicle for prejudice 2:33:30 Does America have vital interests in Syria? 2:36:00 Does Europe need to increase its defense spending? 2:39:30 Elbridge Colby vs John Mearsheimer on China, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CfjlhAyZQw 2:58:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann joins the show, https://ronyguldmann.com/ 3:26:30 Transgender coverage in the news 3:38:30 American conservatives live under soft totalitarianism 3:43:00 Was Sam Bankman-Fried excessively punished? 3:49:00 Republicans are the low-IQ party 3:53:00 The best & brightest in academia are not woke