Special Guest: Tom Woods
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In a wide-ranging discussion, Tom Woods joins Doug Casey and the host to assess current U.S. politics, culture, and economics. Woods reflects on Trump's 2024 win, the apparent retreat and performative nature of "wokery," and a broader sense that public life is "oddly fake," arguing that Trump squandered political capital and abandoned promising ideas like DOGE while ballooning spending, pursuing misguided trade and housing approaches, and attacking right-wing dissenters. They discuss generational divides in information and voting behavior, pessimism about fixing deficits and entitlements, and the likelihood that "reality" will force a fiscal reckoning through unmanageable interest costs or money printing. The conversation also touches on U.S.-Israel influence politics, concerns about deeper military integration, social media's role in mass conformity, the possibility of U.S. fragmentation, and Woods's commitment to keep speaking out and promoting his newsletter and history courses.
00:00 Welcome Tom Woods
00:33 Old Friends on PBS
01:10 Culture Wokery and Faith
04:15 Trump Momentum and Plan B
05:42 Economic Agenda Letdown
06:53 Housing Prices and Mortgages
09:48 Loyalty Tests and Vance
13:47 Israel NDAA and Intelligence
18:19 Censorship and Empire Decline
19:30 Pride Ads and Mass Psychosis
23:01 Social Media Amplifier
25:13 Will America Break Up
30:01 Keep Fighting Anyway
31:43 No Matter Who You Vote
33:03 Owning the McCain Line
34:04 Twitter Algorithms and Links
34:35 Debt Nobody Wants to Fix
39:49 Progress and Modern Comforts
43:00 Phones Amplify Human Nature
44:43 Boomers vs Gen Z Divide
48:19 Self Reliance for Young Men
51:23 Doug Casey Boomer Memories
55:54 Risks Hope and Do What You Can
58:28 Tom Woods Courses and Farewell