Warning On America's Collapse, Don Lemon vs Elon Musk, Racism, Hitler & Rising War | Bret Weinstein

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In our challenging times, censorship and attempts at information control pose a critical question - how can we protect our institutions and the quest for truth?
In today’s episode of Impact Theory, Dr. Bret Weinstein and I go deep into the cultural and political implications of the Chinese diaspora in America, the evolution of cooperative behaviors, and the significance of lineage over race. We’re covering a myriad of controversial and complex subjects that will challenge your understanding of the world and push the boundaries of conventional discourse.
Dr. Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist with a piercing view on the challenges and potential futures of Western civilization. Dr. Weinstein is an outspoken public intellectual, engaging with society's most pressing issues, driven by the conviction that although Western civilization is at a critical juncture, burdened by the strains of rapid novelty, it is not yet beyond redemption.
Topics we discuss include:
- Security risks of an unchecked southern border
- Influence of foreign powers on American political systems
- Manipulation for competitive advantage
- Risk potential for foreign influence on U.S. politics
- The significance of free speech and controversial topics
- Social media's amplification of human tendencies
- The relationship between collusion and emergent processes
- The importance of updating positions based on evidence
- Challenging conventional wisdom and skepticism
- Understanding historical figures and preventative measures
- Importance of discussing controversial issues
- Systematic sabotage in education
- The shift towards extremeness in entertainment and a call for depth in experiences
- Connection between growth cessation and rise in antisemitism
- The need for advanced tools to avoid genocidal behavior
- The role of science in establishing facts
- Challenges in modernizing the Middle East
We also discuss genocide, evolution, historical atrocities, and examine the structures of power that seem to be perpetuating division and distrust in society.
Dr. Weinstein doesn't shy away from controversial topics, scrutinizing current leadership decisions, or proposing a stark vision for a rational future that salvages the best of Western civilization.
Chapter Markers:
[0:00] Dehumanization, inequality, genocide, war
[54:12] Levels of control and illusion
[1:14:01] What leads to a clearer understanding?
[1:43:13] Consent of the governed
[2:30:34] We need to communicate & think
[3:06:16] Rare sex for evolutionary success
Powerful Insights From Dr. Bret Weinstein:
"There's two kinds of competition, you've got exploitation competition, and interference competition. If I bomb your factory so you can't make stuff, I am arguably competing with you. But it's a destructive kind of competition. If I try to make better stuff than you in order to out compete you in the market, and you try to make better stuff than me because you want to succeed, then the point is, what we get is an improvement in the quality of the things we have access to."
"But if you've lived inside the academy, you know also that a field like climate science at the moment will not welcome countervailing evidence. And what that means is that the evidence you see doesn't have the implication that you think it has. Even if the studies you see are accurate, you're not seeing the studies that weren't done that would have provided a different view."
"But in [navigating controversial topics], you are more or less saying, oh, I know what's probably there, and we can't afford to know that in any factual way. So that can't possibly be right, because how do you know if you haven't gone down that route?"
"If you imagine that there's a lot of productivity to be discovered through collaboration, well, if you decide only to collaborate with people who look like you, how far you're going to get is going to be limited, because some of the best people to collaborate [with] probably don't look like you."
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Themes: Mindset, Finance, World Affairs, Health & Productivity, Future & Tech, Simulation Theory & Physics, Dating & Relationships

[@TomBilyeu]

WARNING: I will never ask for your contact info in the comments section, that is someone impersonating me!

[@Lucromick13]

You promised me crypto and never gave me any 😡💢. Pay up buster

[@thelastaustralian7583]

Australia's most serious Enemy was always the 'Septic Tanks' . After World War Two they have covertly Raped our Natural Resources While putting future generations into unpayable Debt and or rotten conditioned addictions and behaviors . Within a seriously declining social system and Natural environment....

[@scillyautomatic]

@@Lucromick13 I've got it. My bad. I'll send it out tomorrow. I promise!

[@HalfJapMarine]

What is AIPAC?

[@randylehey8636]

Bret Samuel Weinstein* Just a friendly correction

[@clintpot8521]

Americans need to rediscover how to put govt in check when it is out of control and authoritarian.

[@lift1311]

They have too much power. We have no chance with the tools they have in hand. Our government has outpaced us

[@atheplummer]

US Constitution demands that citizens oppose tyranny. Problem is, ONE man against the state will always lose. That and the fact that literally no one knows what the Constitution limits the government to govern. Known as the Enumerated Powers.

[@sisterseeth]

It's not that we need to "rediscover" it. Protesting will get you shot in America. Withholding taxes will get you thrown in prison. Online resistance and/or anonymity will get you prosecuted as a domestic terrorist. What do you propose we do? People in America are just trying to make it to tomorrow and are waiting for the axe to drop at any moment.

[@firelily77]

We can do that if we stop paying taxes and going to work. If everyone gets enough to survive on while we duke it out. But that'll never happen

[@sisterseeth]

@@firelily77 I agree that it'll never happen, but disagree that it would impact them. If COV1D taught us anything, it's that they don't need our money, anymore. Their long-term plan has moved beyond that stage. They know money is an invented value without any gold or resource backing its validity, and they no longer care whether we know it, or not. They're now in the stage of natural resources, purely.

[@dawnmitchell8213]

People can’t handle the truth and thus ignore or run from it. I want to hear the truth no matter how painful it might be.

[@lnsk]

We seem to be a small minority who want the truth, even if its telling us our ill fate. I have faith that our America founders knew this but succeeded anyway...at least until now, which they also warned us of. Good luck, hope the other side doesn't find that changed.

[@realityvanguard2052]

3:08:48 why is homeboy defending the people who crushed teenagers with tanks in ti%#@%men square? (Censored, because China literally runs everything already, and my comment will be shadow-censored if I say the full thing.

[@_munkykok_]

Here's a spoiler as to why: 1.) People care about getting paid. Everything else comes after that. Truth is way down on the prioroties list, perhaps because by itself, it's nothing tangible. So it's only interesting as a means to an end. (For example: getting paid.)

[@BobbyDazzler888]

Aliens are real.

[@BobbyDazzler888]

@@_munkykok_thats not truth

[@androidplattanthelipp5001]

Bret please never give up, we do need your mind at work

[@MrChuckwagon55]

He’s a little late to the game. In fact he’s probably too late to the game.

[@JordanFreshour]

I get the sense Tom is either not listening or does not understand what Bret is saying this whole interview. Which is odd because Weinstein is being quite clear.

[@randywalsh8383]

Yes. The other 3 -4 conversations out there like this, were better.

[@SeanMurphy00]

Brett’s saying some things that don’t align with the narrative approved by the parasite class. I think Tom is playing dumb to preserve his career and not end up an someone’s radar that has the power to cancel him the way Brett was canceled during covid. Just my opinion.

[@sookibeulah9331]

@@SeanMurphy00and Brett probably realised this but doesn’t call Tom out as it’s good he’s been invited to talk and understands why he doesn’t want to risk his podcast/ reputation

[@JordanFreshour]

@@sookibeulah9331 very respectful on Bret’s part. I think he is a class act. However, for me, Tom‘s credibility goes down when he cares more about looking mainstream than the depth of truth discussed on his own podcast. Tom‘s response to an evolutionary biologist explaining differences in intelligence was arrogant and off-putting

[@P.T.Barnum-tk1ky]

​@@SeanMurphy00I agree. I sense some willfully resistance.

[@tedcash2834]

I haven't watched a Tom Bilyeu interview in a while but I must say I'm glad I came across this epic discussion with Dr. Bret Weinstein. Much as Tom tried hard to ask provocative questions, Bret responded in the most eloquent and calmly composed nature of a man of wisdom with an uncanny knack of connecting the dots. Definitely one to share with folks!

[@PepeCoinMania]

He speaks too much and most of times worthless comments theninterviewers are always better

[@Polit_Burro]

He talks a lot about people taking things that don't belong to them, but he never once mentions Xionism taking an entire land that doesn't belong to them, incompensation for crimes committed elsewhere, by people who had nothing to do with Palestine. So he's missed quite a few "dots".

[@roundedges2]

@@Polit_Burro Hamas propaganda irrelevant to higher intellectual discussion of the entire planet humanity--not a tiny piece of land with greedy people fighting over it. The presence of original Jewish kingdoms on the land is documented in Old testament. It was greedy first Roman then Islamic armies who came much later and took what did not belong to them. From Old testament and New, we know the truth. BTW, United Nations shared the land but you greedy people said "no, We insist to have it all" --so you got nothing. Except endless mutual killing. It is madness to continue.

[@normanboyd2273]

There is no such thing as Palestinian

[@Polit_Burro]

@@normanboyd2273 LOL There's no such thing as an "American".

[@decreasethyself1212]

I realized early in covid the reluctancy for most, to talk in depth about psychological history, most everything gets labeled as a conspiracy. We've lost our willingness to confront uncomfortable thoughts.

[@byronfoppola8676]

All of the conspiracies surrounding covid are unproven, yet this guy is embracing them. He's a washed up professor turned fool.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Did we "lose" that or did a bunch of idiots and charlatans turn the concept of a "conspiracy" into a joke by insisting that the earth is flat and 9/11 was an inside job?

[@IvanGonzalez-kf4lp]

No, we’ve lost our ability to be reasonably skeptical. Nobody who’s constantly espousing conspiracy theories ever actually talks in depth about anything. They superficially ‘just ask questions’ and never actually bother looking for the answer and therfore pretend there isn’t one. That’s a conspiracy rotted brain in a nutshell

[@jaredangell5017]

Absolutely

[@stoneneils]

Talking is not waking up and making a difference. This generation is totally lost. Blah blah blah is not getting thing done or making progress.

[@delphinebrooks5110]

Bret Weinstein is so amazingly calm and rigorous in his approach. I kind of agree with him about everything , thanks for this interview conducted without complacency.

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

The problem with the SARS-CoV-19 panic is the caparisons of reactions and results. My state did not lock down, we did not wear masks, and we did not get in line for vaccinations. Yet we lived a normal life. While other states went to extremes. Who was right? We were.

[@bimmjim]

80% of those entering into hospitals for covid were fat and obese. It was a pandemic of FAT with a comorbidities of diebetes and covid.

[@tishie42]

Yup. My state never stopped, we are all the agriculture of the us winter vegetables. Lettuce in NY in winter for their fancy salads. They never closed our border. If it was such a big deal,no travel would have happened.

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

@@tishie42 I agree. If it was as lethal, or truly a deadly virus, we'd be all dead. My wife's grandmother just turned 101, our parents in their 70s and 80s, all still here. No one we know was hospitalized because of covid. So who was right? The people who freaked out, locked down, and enforced draconian rules, or us? We lived as normal, celebrated holidays, had social gatherings and went about our lives as we did before 2020.

[@capoman1]

I think the data was fudged. They gave extra money to hospitals each time a death was recorded as a covid death... Also, how can you or I possibly validate the covid death statistics?

[@lionintu]

What state was this?

[@tammykinney9712]

I love hearing this man. So sensible. The world is thirsting for "sensible"

[@DonnaBrooks]

He and his wife, Heather Heying, are 2 of the most soft-spoken, thoughtful people I've ever seen. Their capacity to think deeply & explain thoroughly whatever subject they are discussing in such a calm, eloquent manner is a gift to the world right now. If you haven't heard of Coleman Hughes, you should give him a listen, too. He is similarly calm & thinks deeply about issues of race, especially. Both Bret & Heather and Coleman have written books, too.

[@_munkykok_]

That, and water.

[@christinemarie6976]

Yeah, we've had an assful of "sensitive" and need a healthy dose of "sensible"

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

I don’t know….. I’m hearing a lot on nonsense. Unfortunately.

[@carried6996]

I think he is very spot on. We Need level head no bist thinking.

[@joshualagatta6343]

Canada is getting fucked up too we are no longer what we used to be all Canadians that are not afraid to speak out will agree

[@doomsdaybooty1072]

Yup! I feel like the social contract has been grossly violated and I don't even know what it means to be Canadian anymore. Other than paying outrageous taxes for healthcare that's steadily decreasing in quality and quantity, and not being able to afford a home while I work mostly for wealthy immigrants that just moved here and bought a multi million dollar house. Doesn't do much for your sense of national identity

[@byronfoppola8676]

​@@doomsdaybooty1072Come the the US and mortgage your house to pay your medical bills... cry some more.

[@halaheleu7013]

Let us stay silent and fade away into obscurity. That is who we are and what we do. We sure do not want to offend anyone.

[@koltenloewen29]

Agreed

[@grannyannie2948]

Canada and Australia have the worst trajectory

[@Lonnie32120031]

At 40:20 Bret says "for some reason, they wanted us to take the shot." Instead of the interviewer asking "Why do you think they wanted us to take the shot," He just moves on instead of exploring the comment. That statement was one of the most important statements ever uttered online! This video is a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect in action.

[@sookibeulah9331]

Perhaps it’s because Tom knows the answer would put his KZbin channel & income at risk?

[@babyyoda3118]

Why does coca cola want us to drink coke?? When countries in africa wanted the ”vaccin” pharma companies didn’t give a flying… and could absolutley not help them in any way! It wasn’ t so important with the shot for the anyone there??? Racists or just intresting in making money!!

[@user-hp2go6iw7p]

He says also that something was going on in Ukraine but he doesn’t know what. That the presidents son had no business doing business there. He doesn’t mention that there are bio labs in Ukraine that America is involved in/owns and that there’s way more than Hunter Biden going on there.

[@Lonnie32120031]

@@sookibeulah9331 🤔 Hmm, good point. But I doubt it.

[@sookibeulah9331]

@@Lonnie32120031 well that’s exactly what happened to the person he’s speaking to, Bret Weinstein. His channel The Dark Horse podcast was demonised because he and his wife spoke out as scientists and challenged the orthodoxy. Their income evaporated overnight.

[@BretHazlett]

I’ve got no idea how his college students could turn against such a logical intelligent peaceful person? Actually accusing him of being racist.

[@polysaturated]

It’s a hack, a flaw in the system they can exploit to flip the power structure. And it mostly wasn’t his students I believe.

[@mwhite1474]

Having been classically educated from the military academy at West Point, I can inform you as a retired public school teacher of science and as a current graduate school student, that educational institutions have been taken over by unelected globalist stakeholders who produce pseudo scientific "research" findings that are used to indoctrinate our youth. The idea of national identity and our constitutional rights is never discussed. It's a constant focus on globalist propaganda such as net zero and sustainability. They have corrupted everything.

[@picklikeapro6952]

If you think that you have less money than 4 years ago you’re racist now. Not that surprising. 😂

[@picklikeapro6952]

If I tell someone I had more money 4 years ago I’m called a racist now. Lol

[@ratgrl81]

Mob mentality. They're also being taught that anyone who offends them is evil.

[@uglytruth21]

If someone is in your country and they refuse to assimilate; or worst try to change your country into the place they ran from or into to the same thing they got put out of other for try to do, people have a right to be mad. Their “culture” doesn’t supersede everyone else

[@RC-fi4ix]

Right! Assimilate or go home

[@mikkojaatinen4508]

Even that Sweden has created it's own "parallel society" by open borders and crime and chaos therefore, Finnish politicians do not care but want same progress. So insane. And naturally it's "hate speech" even mention.

[@joematters1982]

@@RC-fi4ixright so should israel assimilate with Palestinians by your logic ? .

[@donyalucas2713]

I wish we would listen more and validate each other’s experiences. How else can we heal

[@thousandaireradio3199]

@@joematters1982Israel and Palestine are separate countries.

[@JennyJean.]

“Polite Society” is actually a group of people that love status, and money over truth.

[@jerryware1970]

Speaking the truth might offend someone.

[@readopol4249]

I wouldn't say money, rather the illusion of superiority.

[@jasong5913]

And the preference to sit in silent indifference than to pipe up and take a stand.

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

I disagree, a few love money and status over truth, it isn't doing the rest of us much good - but communism doesn't either - communist and capitalist leaders are equallly disinterested in the wellbeing of the common people - the moral is capitalist or communist leaders don't care about the people not at the top. I might add that Muslim countries are a dictatorship and they certainly don't either. Stop listening to ALL of them. If we band together we will just come up with this nonsense all over again - mankind is doomed to this cycle - prove me wrong. People in power whatever their political beliefs become supressors, f**k the lot of you.

[@guhlobtrekker]

This is one of the most important discussions on the internet. Great job you two!

[@lukelucy1980]

I don't care who's channel Bret Weinstein is on; Every time I hear Bret speak, I know it is with Full Integrity, and an un-fathomable depth. Additionally Bret's self confidence allows him to speak in such a way that most can grasp what he is saying. Others with less intellect try to hard to sound as if. Thank You for having such great guests. PS. I've heard that there is a great possibility that Alex Jones was guided / lead by the FBI down the Sandy Hook rabbit whole. Considering the FBI & CIA's history, I wouldn't dismiss the claim at hand. Good Comment, It is up to us to separate the chafe from the grain.

[@a.d.3606]

I'm a huge Bret Weinstein fan as well. He helped preserve my sanity during Covid, and I'll ways be grateful for that. But this interview was the first time he came off as being perhaps intellectually dishonest on one topic, and that's the topic of the cause of anti-semitism's rise in recent times. And yes, there are perhaps some truths that are unspeakable, especially on a public podcast, that are mammoths in the room. But for him to speak as if those mammoths don't exist is to attempt to put together a puzzle while leaving the majority of the pieces in the box. And that's not intellectually honest.

[@lukelucy1980]

@@a.d.3606 I missed that. I often listen while working or... I'll go back & have another listen, or listen for it next time. Tkx for the heads up

[@1whocontends70]

@@a.d.3606I think he was being extremely cautious with the choice of his words. Not that he wasn’t addressing but rather hoping that the audience would grasp and read between the lines.

[@0ucantstopme034]

Is it just me, or is Brett's voice, his cadence, calmness, just soothing? Could listen to him all day...

[@noseyparker6969]

Personally, Need to listen at 1.25 or I do indeed fall asleep.

[@0ucantstopme034]

@@noseyparker6969 Too funny, but completely understandable!

[@nsbd90now]

Not creepy at all.

[@SPW812]

He doesn’t hem and haw, nor stumble with thoughts. He knows himself.

[@nsbd90now]

@@SPW812 So... like a smooth-talking con artist?

[@Stuart.McGregor]

2:13:50- Bret: ‘There is no habitat that selects for stupidity.’ DEI: ’Hold my beer, I’m on it.’

[@pstain1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@just_another32]

hmm, i dont support dei but those who fall prey to it are not necessarily stupid. They just happen to have been born with the targeted characteristics.

[@streglof]

and stupidity selects for disaster

[@yuliapanina8815]

😅😂😂😂

[@KenJackson_US]

Some things that _appear_ to be stupid are in fact the effect of malice.

[@CA-ih7pq]

Tom comes across as a personification of the Dunning-Kruger effect despite what his mother may say...

[@bunangst8415]

Bret has slowed down the time line of sadistic establishment saboteurs in such a significant way that he gave the silent majority a chance to reverse engineer this mess.

[@HURSAs]

One of the best Public Conversations with Capital "C" that happened this year! The message and the good will expressed here should be seen - they definitely evoke thoughts for our common future!

[@micanro]

Mostly good, except he is full of it regarding differences of brains in races. VERY significant brain size etc.

[@stoneneils]

Thought are not action. He said you have to wake up.

[@pjcdm]

We have to stop interference-competition or corruption. Take one example. Illiteracy costs 2.2 trillions per year in the USA & illiteracy is high in the anglosphere. Why is this?

[@MrRicardowill]

Not many podcasters can get me to sit through a 3 Hour interview, but this one did. It was interesting and revealing. I suspect the interviewer knew the questions before hand and even the pushbacks, but nevertheless, it worked. Did they flush out all the possible answers, No? On the question of Free Speech they could have dug deeper. Free Speech is a good thing when it comes to criticizing the government. If that is taken away, we are doomed. However the expansion of free speech when it comes to race, gender, religious affiliation muddies the water and that’s why those at the bottom of the barrel like Blacks and to a lesser degree LGBQT community are a vulnerable prey for Free speech advocates, but criticizing Jews is not allowed, because money is power and freedom is lost in pursuit of money. On the question of migration, America needs migrants for the pending wars, since most Americans are not willing to fight wars. The Ricardo Authenticity Rating for this podcast is 8 out of 10. This was good informative conversation worthy of the time invested.

[@pjcdm]

@@MrRicardowill So, about LGBQ ... you are saying we cannot ever criticize a group or a number of individuals who represent that community? If anyone were to salute like nazis or kill like Nazis, we cannot criticize any disgusting behaviour that a group or even its individuals?

[@frankleahy226]

If war and genocide are a transfer of wealth, then so is mass immigration of a culture into the territory of a wealthier culture.

[@user-ng6zu5bx1x]

What does that even mean.

[@lelandrobbins2310]

​@@user-ng6zu5bx1x war by other means..... end result is the same destruction of one culture and exalting another one over it

[@__Ryan_]

@@user-ng6zu5bx1xreally…

[@keyisersoze]

@@user-ng6zu5bx1x What does that even mean. He doesn't understand that our destiny was decided 10+ billion years ago by the universe that created us. We are just going through the motions, meaning classes and wealth are irrelevant.

[@skynet000001]

like colonism- world theft? you seem narrow minded...

[@CJinSD1]

I was at a going away party last night which was attended by a bunch of people in their thirties, mostly career military and schoolteachers. The conversations were dominated by plans to leave the United States, either because they hate living here or because they don't think there is a future here. It may have taken a while for Rome to fall, but Rome also took many centuries to build. Transportation is faster now, and our destruction is being executed by people who want to destroy us. Our currency is being eliminated because there are people who want the control that a digital currency will give them more than they want to avoid the anarchy and famine that will result. The pedocrats paying invaders to come here and then granting them rights and benefits not available to citizens are doing it in order to destroy our cohesion, our sanity, our safety, and our resolve to continue as Americans. Tom seems like he's hanging onto his state of denial with white knuckles.

[@deathmetalcakefarts2751]

He’s quite a goofy guy and he has a strong survivorship bias in his success, I’d be in a strong dissonant denial myself if I were in his socioeconomic position!

[@nobodynever7884]

How long before the mass exodus is so large that other countries start requiring a visa for Americans to move abroad?

[@MrChuckwagon55]

100% I even think Brett is in a little denial himself of the magnitude of trouble that’s on the way. He’s too intellectual to understand that most of the world is very primitive and violent. He can’t handle the reality of why those Chinese hostile people are there for.

[@deathmetalcakefarts2751]

@@MrChuckwagon55 Yeah I think when we take a step back and look at human nature those of us with brains completely and utterly overthink and try and rationalize the ensuing chaos that will come from humans being humans

[@annesperling978]

Yes, Tom not doing a good job here..!!!!!!!! An absolute fail here, disappointed!!!!

[@sandybottom6623]

Freedom is vital and fundamental to growth. Without it you have a dark age.

[@Ermz]

This is great. Brett is one of the few straight shooting non-partisan intellectuals left. He and his wife got me through the lockdowns with my mind intact. Endless respect.

[@susiex6669]

Non partisan? He won't even differentiate between J u daism and Z io nism. No one hates J ews. We despise po li ti cal Zi onism. My kids aren't dying for Isntreal.

[@susiex6669]

Non partisan? 😂😂😂

[@bobbyjones5377]

Ya many thanks to him for the ivermectin shilling. Was nice to have it when I got the ovids

[@johnnarogers2088]

I concur.

[@Tigerhearty]

because you are told by the pyromaniacs that other people are creating the problems they have made up as total lies to begin with

[@Matt-gf4gd]

I dont often seek out Bret Weinstein content, but usually when I come across him I walk away impressed. What a great conversation.

[@nunyabeezwax6131]

He's a phenomenal bullshiter. How eloquently he word salads our ears.

[@davidanalyst671]

Brett Weinstin says there is a rise of antisemitism..... No, the USA is just tired of supporting israel while they commit genocide and bomb consulates. Hes race baiting you. THis is a well known sneaky jewish trick

[@user-uq4gj1fo2u]

@@nunyabeezwax6131you pro Hamas?

[@ilirsvenfrancous9011]

@@nunyabeezwax6131in what sense? He’s quite easy to follow. You can disagree with him but he certainly doesn’t bullshit anything

[@newsoftheday420]

Bret is a really good man

[@light1908]

Bret is everything that we as a society need when it comes to a rational player in this game of life.

[@invisiblecollege893]

Been following Bret for years & he never ceases to calmly caress my small intellectual brain with astonishingly well thought out ideas, arguments & communication AND most importantly of all non-finite SOLUTIONS

[@TBrizzle]

It's so wild to me to see this change in Brett. But I really love the trajectory he's been on since people lost their minds during COVID.

[@MrChuckwagon55]

People like him only acknowledge trouble when it finally comes to their doorstep and is too late.

[@bracero27]

Was he Pro Vax?

[@HeyLiem]

Wow, this is the podcast of the year so far! Bret has been pushing these stories elsewhere, Joe Rogan, etc. Here the stories are very refined and detailed and focused. On genocide, we're missing the biggest point. It could happen here. If you're conservative, you felt oppressed heavily by woke culture, and our government, intentionally, setting the stage for us against them with a vengeance. Who is us? Who is them? Who are you? Imagine October 7 happening in cities all across the USA?! You wake up one morning to the sound of gunfire in your neighborhood, people are running up and down the street, and it looks like a gang of foreigners are entering each house and setting it on fire, but you don't see your neighbors after the terrorists leave each house. This is one possible scenario with the open border and the organized flow of military aged men from a single country.

[@frankwhite1816]

I know everyone here is going to hate me for this but Tom, the ads, really? Do you NEED sponsors? Aren't you like super rich? I realize this is important work and your time is very valuable but can't you just consider this podcast a donation to humanity's collective improvement? Without monetizing it? I even like the products and services you market I'm just overwhelmed with ads in my life and it would be nice if your podcase was a respite for that affliction. I love your work, huge fun, I'm just saying. :-) Thanks for all that you do, sorry for whining.

[@garypotter5569]

Bret, I got a lot of respect for you. Don't fuck this up, what you have. Please.

[@susansmith1925]

I agree with brett on his evaluation of this “migration”. I’ve been alarmed.

[@PaulTaylor-cp9eg]

In reference to the Chinese immigration through US southern border - maybe we shouldn't be theorizing so much about why china or an international organizations might want young Chinese males in the US, but why does the US government want them here. It appears there is a coordinated effort.

[@lisablanchard8915]

great conversation.. Bret is brilliant! thought provoking in the most concerning way...if this does not get your attention, nothing will

[@rossderer6154]

The simple truth. America is on the decline because 1. Hard work or any work for that matter Academic, Blue or white collar does not pay. Even lucky enough to have a good paying job 100k plus (good luck getting one of these jobs) doesn't buy shit. My girlfriend and I make 200k combined we cant afford a house because a house where we live is 1.7 million for a fixer upper. 2. Inflation has ruined the ability to afford to have kids. 3. Corporations own everything especially government and any potential home you might have been able to afford. 4. Monopoly's make it so there is no downward pressure via competition. Lastly The boomer generation has made is so future generations will not have the same opportunitie for prosperity. If you are not currently established in housing, carrier, or investment the threshold as a percentage of your buying power is so dissimilar its insurmountable. Bottom line Americas future generations will have it harder every generations due to greed of the prior generations before them.

[@DJJ81]

Western civilization would be a lot better off if people realized they have every right to be a ridiculous person, but no right whatsoever to impose their ridiculous bullshit on everyone else. Of course that would also require people publicly standing up to said ridiculous shit, calling it out, and not succumbing to the pressure.

[@tpustina3318]

Well said

[@jeffmonroe6317]

What if my neighbor is raising free range rats?

[@RobbinFlowers]

​@@jeffmonroe6317Rat poison exists.

[@dogeared100]

Amen

[@davidmiller532]

I prefer my solitude because the majority of humanity is selfish.

[@DM-ed9os]

Preach!

[@dave9547]

Living in solitude is fairly selfish, isn't it?

[@grannyannie2948]

I like solitude, but I'm devoted to my large family too. Good balance I believe.

[@John_Candy]

@@dave9547only to people that want to take your stuff. Otherwise it called existing

[@rustyreview]

But not you

[@RickTashma]

A bloody amazing dialogue! Thank you both, Tom and Bret, for allowing us to be witnesses to your "thinking out loud". Cheers. "Tomorrow's mastery begins with mental calm today."

[@davidmiller1938]

Knowing you can be wrong is a powerful state of being that humbles one existence.

[@elizabethnorris2781]

As someone living in poverty I'm trying to do everything I can do get ready for a collapse but all I can do is quit smoking cigarettes and fill up my house with food and water and try to get in shape

[@purplegirl8036]

When will things collapse? Probably not until 2026

[@honeybadger5933]

​@@purplegirl8036 2026? Why do you say 2026? Do you know the significance of that year?

[@grannyannie2948]

2030. You are doing well. If possible get out of cities. Rent is cheaper in rural areas and there's more social cohesion.

[@grapeape780]

Good idea to quit, but it will be a hot commodity in bad times.

[@grannyannie2948]

​@@grapeape780Yes though not as much as in WW2. Alcohol is still in demand.

[@stormevans6897]

Hopefully they'll have an archive of podcasts like this in the fallout shelters.

[@alexbarcan4705]

Good one, I like the idea, but they probably won't have :))

[@barryyoung]

It will need to be on a mechanical gramophone

[@Overwatch03]

Only people in the shelters will be the wealthy and I'm sure they'll get a good laugh out of it

[@kennethfernandez7255]

Like an I told you so, on loop 😂

[@PauloBerni699]

@@kennethfernandez7255😂🥇

[@packardsonic]

The key to solving this is by raising awareness about the fact that everybody can become either an "asset" or a "liability" for society by either meeting their needs or not meeting them. This shifts the paradigm on its head from asking if people if they "deserve" something to asking if it helps meet their fundamental needs. This includes clarifying that needs are not desires. Needs are needs. Without them people will develop pathologies. Most of our needs are emotional.

[@leavingsoonduetocensorship3453]

80% of Americans got vaccinated for covid...only 1/5 the populace was free to think critically and respond appropriately...terrifying.

[@bookzdotmedia]

Yep, 80% zombies

[@ozarkcyn1]

And I was part of that 1/5.

[@johnkatsaros7340]

The problem wasn't the vaccine it is that they forced you to take it or punished you for not taking it. I have no problem with anyone who took the vaccine of their own free will in consultation with their doctor and being fully informed. I thought the big government policy mistake is that only high risk groups (e.g. the elderly) should have been advised to take it. Instead they tried to make all of us take it when it made no scientific sense. That's where the corruption was.

[@SeanMurphy00]

Yes and what’s even more terrifying is for the most part they refuse to admit they were wrong. Mistakes are only mistakes when you refuse to learn from them.

[@user-yn7uz9go5q]

What was the worst part about the vaccine? I’m worried

[@j.m.3600]

“In an effort to become the worlds biggest buzzkill, I have taken up arms against the idea of entertainment..” LOL

[@fionacornish3409]

Exactly 😂 how dare we voice what we all know

[@paulburket]

CORRECTION for BRET: According to David Epstein, author of ‘The Sport Gene’, when studying Ethiopians he discovered that the world-class runners actually came from a specific tribe in Ethiopia. It’s insane how the conditions of their hyper-specific tribal area made such a impactful difference. Side note: Bret is my peoples to the core! I’m truly thankful to be sharing this planet with him. I think the issues we’re navigating today pales in comparison to what lies ahead. It’s gonna take unwavering courage, critical thinking, compassion and humility to identify the formidable unknown force baring down on us.

[@unanielson8837]

What an incredible conversation. I learn so much from Bret, every time I listen to him.

[@John-Adams-Can]

When we cannot even agree on the basic laws of the land (dont steal property including ppls lives), we can never agree on anything. When the govt cannot even follow this one basic simplest rule, where do we go from here?

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

Peoples lives are not considered property, wealth is - what does that tell you about or leaders?

[@Yomi4D]

What exactly is anti semitism? Is it the criticism of Israel?

[@SchoolofDivinePhilosophy]

"Semite" refers to a member of any of the various ancient and modern peoples originating in the Middle East, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. The term comes from the biblical figure Shem, one of Noah's sons, from whom these people are traditionally considered to descend. In a linguistic context, "Semite" also pertains to the family of Semitic languages, which includes Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, and others.

[@arikkatzenberg582]

It’s the force that made me quit my job, take risks , buy property, invest in risky new franchises and get everything I got. Thanks for your doubts.

[@dave9547]

​@arikkatzenberg582 no, it's any critism of Israel

[@MattAngiono]

Effectively, today, yes. Palestinians are Semitic too. The real problem is Israel has stolen what it means to be Jewish without the permission of Jews in other countries. It claims it's their country anyways

[@AshKhazJew]

@@dave9547 No it's not the criticism of Israel, it's the demonisation, accusation, dehumanisation and hatred of the Jewish people who are the majority of Israeli citizens and diaspora. And let me add of which 90% are Zionists. You can criticise Israel without being a Jew hater and accusing us of genocide, naziism, apartheid, by doing that you are accusing Jews of the very thing that 6 million of us were wiped out for. That is Jew hatred! It's like me saying well you're a christian and you're evil because you wiped out millions during the inquisition so what right do you have to exist. That's what we as Jews are facing.

[@WinkenBlinkenAndNod]

I hold that people who are tied to notions of lineage are not keenly aware how the sausage gets made.

[@fionacornish3409]

Thank you for voicing the truth. It's all by design!! And, we the people need to use our capability to see it and refuse to be a sucker and a slave to the few psychopathic losers we bow to !!

[@markmclean3954]

Brett, thank you as always for being the voice above all other voices!

[@davidanalyst671]

Brett is race baiting you into thinking we are antisemites. We are mad at israel for committing genocide with USA taxpayer weapons and aid packages. you fell for bretts trick. Thats why he talks so smoothly

[@jara8653]

Thank you, Bret, for tolerating the judgemental interviewer who failed to use the valuable time with you in this conversation. You have so much to offer,

[@dj_1969]

Aww you disagree with the interviewer- poor you

[@Kevin-hz7oe]

This podcast was good but far too many commercials, I listen while operating a machine so I can hit skip & some commercials are 30 minutes long.

[@corydiaz7408]

Get siri to skip the adds for you. Hopefully you can wear an earpiece while working. I hope this tip works for you. “Siri! skip the add” 😁

[@ltb1919]

Excellent interview. One thing: IMHO & without malice, Tom's get-up - the hackneyed backwards baseball cap which has become a shtick with podcasters is offputting & continuously distracts from the visual presentation & his interviewing talent.

[@elizabethcarrera9626]

Love most of your shows but this one is by FAR THE BEST! I love your questions and love the thoughful and in-depth answers that Bret offers. I will follow him anywhere, almost. Love that he's in Kennedy's camp and one can only pray or beg for others to do their own due diligence to realize that Kennedy is the real deal and can do more for our country right now more than anyone. And, we can have him for 8 years. Time to make the Goliath's pay for their sins. Figuratively and monetarily. Thanks for your fabulous choice of guests Tom.

[@daisyviluck7932]

He’s too socially liberal. Hard pass

[@davidanalyst671]

Israel bombed an iranian consulate, and is now complaining to the USA that they need more weapons for defense. The Israel and the Jews are begging for more antisemitism. You just got sucked in by bretts' voice, but Israel is attacking everyone, committing genocide in gaza, and acting like a wild dog on a leash. The USA needs to reign in Israel because they are committing war crimes ever single day.

[@DanEngell]

Living in western Washington State, most of my social circle is the Polite Society that Bret is talking about. I am so absolutely grateful to hear conversations like this one. Thank you, Tom and Bret!

[@csk4j]

This IS EXACTLY where we are at..you are both directly over the target even though we still have more to learn about what "it" is...

[@joshuagrubbs5207]

I think I’m so depressed bc I look around and everyone seems like zombies .. on their phones, computers, materials, etc. I watch older congressional hearings or senate hearings and man .. things were calm, it felt like both sides at the end of the day were Americans. Vocabulary and vernacular at such a higher caliber. Miss it

[@MrChuckwagon55]

Same here. It seems 99% of Americans are too stupid or too in denial to see what’s about to happen.

[@MrChuckwagon55]

Same here. It seems 99% of Americans are too stupid or too in denial to see what’s about to happen.

[@Platypus2062]

Okay it's the first 10 minutes, but he's saying that the rise of anti-Semitism is predictable because people are going through hard times, we're on the downslide from the peak of the empire? I think a lot of it has to do with how Israel is treating and killing the Palestinians. They have literally changed the definition of anti-semitism in the United States to mean anyone who speaks against Israel, Zionism or the massacre of the Palestinians. By the new definition of anti-semitism, if you are not 100% in agreement with the IDF and the Israeli government you're an anti-semite. Ridiculous. And that creates MORE anti-semites, both real and imagined. PEOPLE HATE BULLIES. PEOPLE HATE LIARS. PEOPLE HATE THIEVES. Jews are not immune to this. If there are liars thieves or bullies among them, they, like anybody else, is going to be hated for it.

[@arikkatzenberg582]

Antisemitism is the losers socialism. Guessing that resonates w you.

[@sukhmanicambridge]

Totallly agree. Jews need to wake up here, and stop putting themselves always as the victim, especially when they perpetrate horrendous atrocities.

[@hazelsworld6752]

People look for someone to blame...a scapegoat. They tend to pick a small group that is differentiated. The Christians, the witches, the Jews, the kulocks ECT.

[@purplegirl8036]

@@hazelsworld6752yeah but there’s a reason it’s happening to them again so there’s a pattern. Doesn’t it say in the Bible everyone wil turn their face against ____ In the end times? How long is it going to take for the world to end?

[@Alberecht]

@TheLegionsofScipioAfricanus It’s great to ask for accountability, but is that what you are truly doing in this instance? You’ve let your emotions get in the way of logic, leading to you commentating a nothing burger refutation that brings nothing to the discussion. It is a fact that Palestinians were Mistreated. Source: google, videos, Human Rights Watch “ Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza”. Who cares. Why do you care to defend Netanyahu? Did you listen to Weinstein discuss genocide in the first 15 minutes and not apply the lesson to the Palestinians as well? Just take a step back, these aren’t your people. @arikkatzenberg582 you proved op’s point… he brings up a valid concern, a personal opinion that helps add to the discussion and you immediately call him an -ism. Is that something Bret Weinstein, the man cancelled from Evergreen college would agree with? This is a basic Ad Hominem fallacy that you should have stopped yourself from making. Again, why are you getting personally offended for other people? @hazelsworld6752 That is somewhat true, but ultimately a gross simplification that doesn’t help us get to the root of the problem. You end up explaining away the feelings and concerns of others, while bringing up no valid argument or counterpoint. Why, guys?

[@magnaajube7784]

Tom thanks so much for being balanced forthright! I admire you today more than ever ! Well done

[@noseyparker6969]

Brett's the one being interviewed?!

[@davidanalyst671]

Bret is claiming that antisemitism is rising while Israel is bombing consulates. Nooooo. lolz. Brett is race baiting you. The USA is tired of Israel using our tax payer dollars and weapons to act like a mad dog on a leash. Israel killed 30,000 innnocent civilians from october to today. For every innocent civilian that died on 107, Israel killed 20 innocent palestinians. Israel killed 30,000 innocent palestinians, and this means they are going to need USA help for the next 70 years to fight terrorism from the families of all those civilians.

[@marinasparks1675]

Tom is weak

[@magnaajube7784]

@@noseyparker6969 There were moments when Tom let Brett express clearly without conflict his viewpoint Without reacting to his very divergent or very unconventional views as the interviewer.

[@hughjanis6439]

Bret is describing out government theft against us perfectly.

[@davegibbs6423]

On China, Bret's hypothesis sounds more in line with what is happening.

[@monkeyfunky3287]

We are so screwed. One of the most articulate men on earth’s voice is not being heard. What is there for the little people to do?

[@suezcontours6653]

If enlightenment is what tou want then choose China

[@StavroginNikolay]

Being anti-Israel is not anti semitism. If the people who owned all the banks and the biggest enterprises were called Xi, Huang, Waong and Zang you would NOTICE right away.

[@honkytonk4465]

Yes it definitely is

[@jamiemoore7007]

It’s really hard to make it through these conversations with all the commercials every 10 minutes

[@mwilliamson4198]

get premium. hate to support Evil google, but it's worth selling out for the convenience ;)

[@terrylynn7396]

More like every 3 minutes!!! Should be ILLEGAL!! its Utube doing it!!!😈😈😈😈

[@marinasparks1675]

This !!!!!! 100%

[@eddiemoore6216]

Get a ad blockerFFS !!!

[@JRR100]

Very few can hold their own with Bret. Tom did, and then some. It takes a top mind to challenge Brett. Great job.

[@TiGGowich]

You know why I have zero hope for the Western world? While this is airing, there were over 10,000 people watching Amouranth on Twitch cleaning her car and giving her thousands of dollars.

[@Mark-pb8kj]

never heard of amouranth

[@TiGGowich]

@@Mark-pb8kj good! if you were a frequent viewer on twitch you would

[@CallumBalodis-yx9zo]

Sad 😢

[@dogeared100]

Idiocracy

[@swetsTV]

women.......

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

A good idea would be to ditch Kamala Harris and make Bobby Kennedy the VP for the upcoming election.

[@brandoncheek3632]

Really great convo. Great questions and responses, wonderful depth!

[@JamesStrock]

Excellent convo. Such a delight to be able to listen to think and react and learn and reflect--not to short-circuit thought and debate by tagging others with disfavored identities or associations. We need much more of this. Thank you.

[@cfmcelderry]

God damn it I just finished 4 and 1/2 hours of JRE and then I discover this! There's not enough time in the day!

[@mssjbsf77]

Same! Got way caught up in that Graham Hancock MMA like takedown yesterday and now Bret has me hyperventilating. Heaven forbid I respond to any emails today...

[@just_another32]

graham and flint? :D awesome eh???

[@mwilliamson4198]

That's why KZbin has the 1.25x playback speed feature :)

[@mssjbsf77]

Bret and Eric make my head spin ev-er-ree time I see either of them. Can you imagine being their parents?! The dinner conversations and debates. My god.

[@donniefenwick5642]

There may be legitimate anti-semitism occurring but criticism of Israel’s genocide on the Palestinian people is now labeled the same, which only cheapens the weight of the term..

[@gregpalmer8017]

Brett and Eric are phenomenal!!!

[@themagicbuzz5728]

Brilliant conversation gentleman, thank you for having Bret on in calm clear long form.

[@MichaelRussell3000]

Time Stamp 1:55:00 - Host reverses Bret Weinstein's idea of 'RATIONAL Monster' and asks question, "How do we define who is an IRrational Monster". This negates the idea, by confusing the concept, and ignoring the fact that Monsters CAN be RATIONAL.

[@mwilliamson4198]

Elsewhere he (bret) has explained that he thinks that people are rational in an important sense, but that they are also motivated by so many inherently conflicting desires that it comes out appearing rational

[@rcr324]

Bret, that was clearly your most heart felt, honest examination of the desperate “extrapolation” on this topic, EVER😮

[@anibalcabral7631]

It's incredible to me that people already have a view regarding this video that was just posted less than 30 minutes ago, and it's over 3 hours long. That's mind blowing to me!!

[@Rickyyhu]

They read the abstract 😂

[@MG-me7iw]

Most people you meet are nice, but not particularly bright.

[@krs1968dec]

Thank you for the reminder to bother to listen to ALL the information before forming an opinion. 👍🏻💡

[@SteazyCrypto]

​@@krs1968decdon't tell me what to do. WTFAY?

[@drishy94303]

I've seen him speak many times but to your point my take was based on a prior opinion. Not many will admit that but I'll throw it out there because objectivity is extremely important in these confusing times.

[@firefly9838]

Tom walked away so fast from the interesting IQ points Bret brought up🤣

[@benpalmer3984]

I'll continue assessing individuals through their actions, judging is a trap.

[@ArtU4All]

Bret Weinstein= integrity He is a perfect teacher. Always ready to be surprised and dig deeper.

[@jlsquire8352]

Stay the course, Bret. Logical informed truth seekers should win in the end.

[@StarJoon]

We must figure out or acknowledge what this something is before the tipping point of the collapse.

[@robisonbeth]

That tipping point was passed in the 20th century.

[@StarJoon]

@@robisonbeth I think you’re right, a or one tipping point was passed before each World War. And after, depending on how much devastation happened in the world war (collapse), we were able to rebuild. However, this collapse will be at a different scale and we may not be able to rebuild so easily. There are still opportunities to stop the collapse as we approach this new tipping point and collapse. But we must act everyday through the next two years. The telltale sign of the tipping point is when more than half of our population and our leaders have lost their reasonable minds..

[@robisonbeth]

@@StarJoon there is no coming back. Our species has overshot the planet's carrying capacity. It's an ecological problem that will be corrected by the Earth in the form of extinction (which has been happening steadily). It's happened before, repeatedly. Best to get your head around de-growth on the way to extinction.

[@williamtuite1120]

The plan is to force the tipping point , not avoid it

[@MrChuckwagon55]

I agree however we’re beyond the tipping point and there’s no fixing what’s going to happen soon. Most Americans are spoiled from our own success and can’t fathom the danger on the way because they’ve lived their lives in this safe, artificial bubble.

[@goldfishi5776]

Bret is more wise than he can allude. I hope people are listening. I feel this because I agree with his understanding intuitively more than most people. I always listen for errors no matter who is talking. He's really good. 99.999

[@mandywatson.]

His podcast/yt channel is amazing

[@rebellucy6200]

Weinstein is always the adult in the room. He has the abilty to see the bigger picture and is one of the best. He adjusted his views on the vaccine and earned my respect.

[@stephendesjardins3626]

This conversation is astonishing. Someone needs to write down all the ideas, insights, and explanations Bret has in a single volume, a tool box, of human wisdom.

[@danielleary9533]

There's a lot of good stuff in his book "A hunter gatherers guide to the 21st century"

[@SBecktacular]

This was all predicted- the truth is right in front of everyone’s face but we’d rather engage in intellectual gobbledygook

[@frankwhite1816]

Love these gentlemen. So much knowledge, so thoughtful, this is a very needed conversation for us all. I'll listen to this ten times. Thank you Tom and Bret. Thank you big big. Much gratitude.

[@lorrainedanese4526]

Love this conversation

[@Lonnie32120031]

The biggest taboo is not the I.Q. question. The biggest taboo is the creation of our money and how our monetary system functions. Let's see if Bret is bold enough to discuss that.

[@molassescricket6663]

I do my best to keep an open mind when there is conflict. Usually you can find both good and bad on each side. Nothing is pure or uncontaminated. Evil can’t exist without good, and vice versa. Even if something is 90 percent evil you still have 10 percent good, for example.

[@go9ro367]

Brett for the win! Sorry, Tom. “Rent-seeking: (1) Behavior of an individual or entity who seeks to increase their own wealth without creating any benefits or wealth to society. (2) Increasing own’s own wealth without reciprocating any benefits to society.”

[@TheShootist]

back in the day in poli-sci. there were rent seeking politicians looking for Crony Capitalists. The Crony Capitalists' wanted stuff and the Rent Seeking Politicians changed "rent" to vote in the approved manner.

[@leiladarling4495]

I agree with you. God Bless.

[@normaorlando3538]

Thank you Bret,agree with all my heart!!

[@anamoke3473]

Thank you for holding the hard conversations

[@jean-marclamothe8859]

Wasn’t Tom was ok with the jab and restrictions?!? I just remembered that I have erased his name in my book!

[@mandywatson.]

Humans have the capacity to learn, grow & change our minds

[@SeanMurphy00]

@@mandywatson.that sounds like a yes.

[@J.Rob-vg7gx]

I agree with everything that's been put out there by your guest - very intelligent gentleman. I would suggest however in response to the southern border issue regarding not just the "normal" migration wave ( which is huge and totally out of control), but the more insidious possibility of the Chinese "invasion" of single males, that when asked what could possibly be behind all this, I would have to venture there's something more than the CCP paying U.S. officials to look the other way at our porous borders or create policy that allows for open borders in the first place. Sure this could be part of it, human greed knows no bounds, but the FBI, the CIA, and all the other Homeland Security agencies are obviously well aware of this second hidden wave of young males from China. Our intelligence agencies are staffed by some brilliant minds with highly advanced technology that can count the hairs on the heads of these migrants from miles above the Earth. They KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT what's going on! This implies there is a more comprehensive, global (as in the UN), and yes evil plot to pack our country with "others" that when triggered will either create havoc all throughout the country when told to do so, or if allowed to enter our military (as recruiting currently is at an all time low), will not hesitate to pull the trigger if the military is ever called in to take action against US citizens for whatever reason. As it stands now I'm told (anecdotal and research studies), the average home- baked farm boy from Iowa who is currently serving in the military will not pull the trigger on Jane or Joe from next door - but Xuanjun or Hanjun just might. General, global migration is a definite policy goal of the WEF and the UN as well as most other international/supra national NCO's. There can be no other reason for this creepy influx. The cheap labor explanation theory is way to simple (which was not put forward by Mr. Weinstein, but by others) doesn't explain the slack vetting (or non-existent) immigration process nor most certainly the whole young, Chinese male component aspect to this story. Something is rotten in Denmark as they say. Biden is not up to the task and Trump is too divisive and a mess. If I had to pick a politician capable of handling such a complex and threatening issue such as this, I'd go with RFK Jr. This wasn't meant to be a political post, but I believe if you're going to bitch, one should always put forward a solution to the problem. That's mine. Good show Tom.

[@user-ng6zu5bx1x]

Why can’t the migration of young males from the most populous country in the world, with a more brutal regime, not just be people/men trying to have a better life. Why do we have to label them “others” on the basis they are young males from a different land. We are a land of others, on the basis of ethnicity, which doesn’t matter. There doesn’t need to be an enemy. “The Chinese”, “the Jews”, “the Muslims”, “the nazis” “the Germans”, “white people”, as if the population could describe the individual with any meaningful accuracy is simple, to me.

[@przemyslawsekula9170]

@@user-ng6zu5bx1x Because the same happens in Europe...Just to mention what Russia and Belarus doing on a eastern part of Poland. They organise transfer of emigrants from middle east and push them over Polish border in order to destabilise EU borders and then destabilise further economic and social order. Russia over the years had big influence on developing a propaganda in Europe that mass emigration is good... Somehow still a lot of politicians can't see what trap they are trying to put there. There is no coincidence in this unfortunately.

[@grannyannie2948]

As an Australian I agree entirely. People say our border is so solid and it is. But still we have some of the highest immigration per capita. And much from where you mention. I'm convinced this is globally organised. Just as our previous Prime Minister was personally praised by Schwab for using covid to advance their aims.

[@tpustina3318]

Totally agree on the CCP

[@MrChuckwagon55]

The Chinese are obviously not poor families looking for a better life. They are obviously all male highly trained members of the CCP sent to do maximum damage to the US, just like them sending fentanyl that kills over 100,000 Americans a year. It’s not that complicated.

[@MurrayLake]

The other uncomfortable question that needs to be asked and discussed given the moment we're in: does democracy still deliver good social outcomes for the population at large or is it now delivering bad results in too many countries?

[@grannyannie2948]

I have been coming to the same conclusion for some time. In my country we choose between parties with similar policies, so nothing changes. And census records show half the people voting are recent immigrants. Under these circumstances, is it even democracy? Marx said religion was the opiate of the masses preventing revolution. I disagree. I think it's belief in democracy that does this.

[@juanvaldez5422]

We don’t live in a democracy

[@juandiegoramos4490]

Waking up is not enough, gotta wake and stand up too

[@matthewcallaway5223]

Bret nailed it early on on what needs to happen for society to operate successfully. Reward that behavior. Instead we reward, lying cheating stealing etc