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Recently we spoke with Corey from the Stone Choir podcast to talk about the moral, legal and societal ramifications of the CRISPR gene editing technology. Tonight we are honored to have a genetic researcher offer his technical expertise and experience with the inner workings of the biotechnology field, including areas ranging from the increasing computational demands of molecule discovery to the political and financial dynamics of the varied research groups involved in the ever growing search for biological improvements and cures. With this as a backdrop, we compare the institutional quality of the United States, Europe, and Asia, and reflect on the implications for continuance of trends in research and manufacturing excellence in the broader economy. -- Brought to you by -- Gene Tic with Adam Smith New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - The Mythical Man-Month, Brooks (1975) - The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Raymond (1999) - The Heroes of CRISPR, Lander (2016) - https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(15)01705-5 - UC Berkeley suffers big loss in CRISPR patent fight: What’s next for the powerful gene-editing technology?, Netburn (2017) - https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-crispr-patent-decision-20170215-story.html - American Factory, Bognar (2019) - CRISPR, the revolutionary genetic ‘scissors,' honored by Chemistry Nobel, Cohen (2020) - https://www.science.org/content/article/crispr-revolutionary-genetic-scissors-honored-chemistry-nobel - Statistician to the Stars - William M Briggs, Myth of the 20th Century (2024) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/statistician-to-the-stars-william-m-briggs/ - Editing Humanity - The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing, Myth of the 20th Century (2024) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/editing-humanity-the-crispr-revolution-and-the-new-era-of-genome-editing/ - Top 10 Universities in ISC World University Rankings by Subject 2020 in Industrial Biotechnology - https://isc.ac/en/news/1755/top-10-universities-in-isc-world-university-rankings-by-subject-2020-in-industrial-biotechnology - H.R.5546 - National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 - https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/5546 - Biotechnology Innovation Scorecard - Productivity - https://www.thinkbiotech.com/globalbiotech/category/Productivity - Polymerase chain reaction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction - All Employees, Manufacturing (MANEMP) - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP

On the morning of May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York in a plane he helped design on the first successful solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 33 hours later, after braving 3,600 miles over ice cold water and bone chilling fog in the North Atlantic, Lindbergh touched down in Paris, France to cheering crowds. Upon his return to the United States, over 4 million people in a jubilant crowd attended his parade, just to get a glimpse of their hero. Like his father before him, Charles saw the devastating effect the First World War had on Europe, and with war clouds returning to the continent by the 1930s, Lindbergh sought to keep America out of the conflict. His movement, called ‘America First’, saw many of the forces behind calls to bring the American arsenal to bear in Europe to have little resemblance to the common people of the country, whom they asked to bear the brunt of the sacrifice, and in citing these forces, brought out a barrage of censorship, criticism and job losses to many of his supporters. This seemingly confirmed Lindbergh’s suspicions of the pernicious motives of the Second World War, and the courage to speak out in many ways paralleled what it took to cross the Atlantic a decade prior. Today we are joined by returning guest Zach Logos to examine the legacy of the ‘America First’ movement and its implications to the modern era, where once again America seems entangled in an endless series of foreign wars that offer little if no benefit to the average American. -- Brought to you by -- Zach from Logos Revealed Odysee Channel LogosRevealed - https://odysee.com/@LogosRevealed:0 Marathon Stream - https://odysee.com/@LogosRevealed:0/NSMarathon:a Twitter/X - @LogosRevealedI with Adam Smith -- New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - The Deer Hunter, Cimino (1978) - Henry Ford - Life, Work and Legacy, Myth of the 20th Century (2017) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/henry-ford-life-work-and-legacy/ - Forging America - The Story of Bethlehem Steel, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/forging-america-the-story-of-bethlehem-steel/ - Marcus Aurelius - Stoicism in a time of Empire, Myth of the 20th Century (2024) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/marcus-aurelius-stoicism-in-a-time-of-empire/ - Charles Lindbergh’s America First Des Moines Speech - http://www.charleslindbergh.com/americanfirst/speech.asp - Billionaire space race - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billionaire_space_race

As technology has advanced throughout human history, societies have adapted their way of life to try to incorporate the advantages offered while limiting the consequences. The automobile for example freed people from the limited range and unpredictable nature of the horse, but also created a need for traffic safety laws and research into pollution controls. Similarly with biotechnology and genetic engineering, the promise of curing disease motivates many to continue research, but the demonstrated and potential consequences of genetic abnormalities and eugenic warfare make this technology a power that may not be best left to the creative classes and better kept under close scrutiny if allowed at all. Tonight we discuss this topic in the context of Kevin Davies’ work ‘Editing Humanity’ on the CRISPR gene editing technique with the help of returning guest Corey Mahler from the Stone Choir podcast to offer a Christian perspective on this profoundly human topic with its deep moral implications. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Corey Mahler @CoreyJMahler https://coreyjmahler.com/ Podcast RSS: https://rss.podfora.com/stone-choir/ https://stone-choir.com/ with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Andromeda Strain, Crichton (1969) - Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race To Unlock Human DNA, Davies (2001) - Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How, Kaczynski (2016) - Editing Humanity - The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing, Davies (2020) - The Mystery, Myth and Reality of Plum Island - https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/biology-fields/mystery-myth-reality-plum-island.htm - Prisoner’s Dilemma - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma

The world has rarely seen a time where two powers dominate the entire globe - almost utterly and completely - like in the latter half of the 20th Century with the United States and the Soviet Union, as our guest Thomas777 tonight points out. After the end of the Cold War in 1991, it also became easy to feel like the era of major global conflict was over, and forget just how deadly and potentially catastrophic with nuclear weapons the preceding eras had become. During the post World War II era, with the Axis powers having been thoroughly defeated, the (former) allies, replete with their battle tested armies and massive armaments and industrial bases, aligned against each other into capitalist and communist blocs. With the stakes never before this high, and the entire world hoping to avoid another cataclysmic 100 million dead, the United States began funding think tanks to come up with ways to do this - most notably at the RAND Corporation. During their early years, and up until the height of the Cold War, RAND attracted thousands of famous and highly influential intellects from the fields of physics, mathematics, statistics, economics and more, many of who went on to win Nobel prizes, focusing on war strategy, production planning, and predictive modeling of adversaries using theoretical and computerized simulations. But as the Vietnam War demonstrated the limits of these approaches in entrenched nationalist struggles, and as general sentiment for military research soured, the organization today is a shadow of its former self, and stands amidst a crowded field of beltway adjacent think tanks, going through the white paper motions without demonstrating anything of true note - perhaps like much of the rest of the broader US military establishment. -- Brought to you by -- - Books: https://www.imperiumpress.org/product-page/steelstorm, https://imperiumpress.org/shop/steelstorm-ii/ - Thomas and Pete at the Movies - https://freemanbeyondthewall.com/movies/ - Thomas TV - https://www.youtube.com/@7homas7V - Telegram - https://t.me/s/WOODPILEDISPATCH - Substack - https://realthomas777.substack.com/ - Gumroad - https://7homas777.gumroad.com/ - Twitter - https://x.com/REAL_7homas777 - Thomas' CashApp - $7homas777 with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - On War, Clausewitz (1832) - Cybernetics, Wiener (1948) - On Thermonuclear War, Kahn (1960) - The Pentagon Papers, New York Times (1971) - https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/the-pentagon-papers - The Terror Network, Sterling (1981) - Inside the Soviet Army, Suvarov (1982) - WarGames, Badham (1983) - Beautiful Mind, Howard (2001) - Soldiers of Reason, Abella (2008) - The Fog of War, Morris (2008) - TMBS Doc - Private Gov - The Rand Corp Meritocracy, Bessner (2020) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu13l7JMhe4 - Zeihan - After Dark - the Collapse of Globalization, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/10/31/zeihan-after-dark-the-collapse-of-globalization/ - Episode 889: The 'Cold War' Pt. 16 - The Q&A Finale - w/ Thomas777 (2023) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-889-the-cold-war-pt-16-the-q-a-finale-w-thomas777/id1263295815?i=1000611518316 - Episode 1079: Trump is Targeted w/ Thomas777 and Dark Enlightenment, The Pete Quiñones Show (2024) - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1079-trump-is-targeted-w-thomas777-and-dark-enlightenment--60686297 - Proud Prophet - Reagan's Nuclear War Briefing Declassified - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2016-12-22/reagans-nuclear-war-briefing-declassified - Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Pournelle's_laws - Arrow’s impossibility theorem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theorem - Nash Equilibrium - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium - Shoe-banging incident - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-banging_incident - Simplex algorithm - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplex_algorithm

Serving as emperor of Rome from 161AD to 189AD, Marcus Aurelius was considered the last of the five ‘good emperors’, and oversaw a time of relative peace and prosperity at home while stabilizing the empire’s frontiers abroad. Noted for his modesty and dedication to stoic philosophy, Aurelius’ writings serve as a guidepost for many seeking wisdom on life, rule, and what we leave behind. Tonight we are joined by Zach from Logos Revealed to examine Aurelius’ most famous work, ‘Meditations’, and to explore its lessons for leadership in a corrupt modern world. -- Brought to you by -- Zach from Logos Revealed Odysee Channel LogosRevealed - https://odysee.com/@LogosRevealed:0 Twitter/X - @LogosRevealedI -- General Lance https://link.space/@LancesLegion Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw Lance’s new book: Caesar Bellator - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1957583193 DVX Publishing - https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion with Adam Smith and Hans Lander -- References -- - Republic, Plato (375 BC) - Meditations, Aurelius (180) Coriolanus, Shakespeare (1605) - Gladiator, Scott (2000)

Wall Street has famously been a place for young and ambitious people looking to make a career in finance, and has been host to numerous boom and bust phases, whether it be the IPO craze of the late 90s or the mortgage derivative boom in the 2000s. In the 1980s, leveraged buyout (LBO) firms like KKR spearheaded the then largest takeover deal ever in the purchase of RJR Nabisco, as chronicled by the bestselling book ‘Barbarians at the Gate’. As these types of takeovers typically involved large amounts of debt and cost cutting layoffs to pay for the debt, LBOs grew unpopular by the 1990s, eventually leading to the industry rebranding under the Private Equity banner. But despite the name change, cheap interest rates following the 2008 financial crisis led to a massive rise in funds of private equity management by over 1,000 times today over 1980, with perhaps a trillion dollars controlled by the top 30 firms of the likes of Blackstone, KKR, and the Carlyle Group. Tonight we are joined by New Yorker Ace Neiderhoff to give us an insider take on this often misunderstood but tremendously significant industry, and also offer guidance to those seeking to make it in one of the toughest and most competitive cities in the world. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Ace Niederhoff https://x.com/aceniederhoff stay tuned for the ‘Manifest Destiny Podcast’ with Adam Smith and Hans Lander -- New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Intelligent Investor, Graham (1949) - Barbarians as the Gate, Burrough (1989) - Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers and Acquisitions, 2nd Edition, Rosenbaum et. al. (2013) - https://a.co/d/iIY95mD - Big Short, McKay (2015) - The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy, Karma (2023) - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/private-equity-publicly-traded-companies/675788/ - Private Equity 2023 Year-in-Review and 2024 Outlook: Clearer Skies Emerge for Private Equity Amidst Challenges, Cherry Bekaert (2023) - https://www.cbh.com/guide/reports/private-equity-industry-report-2023-trends-and-2024-outlook/ - Nobel Laureate Romer Says AI Hype Risks Repeat of Crypto Bubble, Savov (2024) - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nobel-laureate-romer-says-ai-hype-risks-repeat-of-crypto-bubble/ar-BB1neec0 - 2023-2024 Best Business Schools - The Princeton Review - https://www.princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings/best-business-schools - Wall Street Oasis - https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/

Since its founding in 1976, Apple has been at or near the center of personal computing. Led by legendary founder Steve Jobs, who described the company as lying at the intersection between liberal arts and technology, Apple pioneered the introduction of the graphical user interface, the music player, and the smartphone to everyday people around the world. Since his passing, however, the company, led by former operations manager Tim Cook, has delivered strong unit growth and profit numbers, but has not been able to introduce a revolutionary new product or paradigm in the way we think about the world of information technology. To the question of has the soul of the company left the building permanently, we are joined tonight by returning guest Woe, from the excellent Stone Choir podcast, to share his perspectives as an over 15 year Apple veteran on the company’s place in the culture of Silicon Valley and the broader moral issues in the coming era of artificial intelligence. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Woe @treblewoe The Cargo Cult Right - https://x.com/treblewoe/status/1787155581293240446 Podcast RSS: https://rss.podfora.com/stone-choir/ https://stone-choir.com/ with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Blood Meridian, McCarthy (1985) - Steve Jobs, Isaacson (2011) - Ex Machina, Garland (2014) - After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul, Mickle (2022) - Apple M1 Chip: Everything You Need to Know, Clover (2022) - https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m1/ - Stone Choir - Christian Nationalism, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/stone-choir-christian-nationalism/ - The Big Lie, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/the-big-lie/ - Stone Choir - After Dark - Good vs Evil, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/stone-choir-after-dark-good-vs-evil/ - Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones, Mehta (2024) - https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/17/apple-is-reportedly-exploring-a-partnership-with-google-for-gemini-powered-feature-on-iphones/ - Technology, Stone Choir (2024) - https://stone-choir.com/technology/ - This is what dismantling the Apple Car project looks like, Potuck (2024) - https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/02/what-dismantling-the-apple-car-project-looks-like/

Mark Twain once quipped, regarding truth in journalism, that “there are lies, damned lies - and then there are statistics.” Interpretations vary, but a common take away is that people lie to others using fancy numbers. This is almost certainly true - but what is explored with tonight’s guest, statistician and professor William M. Briggs, is the tendency for people to deceive themselves by assigning undue authority to complex mathematical models and their practitioners - and not questioning the assumptions that inevitably go into those models in areas such as climate change and the recent COVID scare. In his books ‘Everything You Believe is Wrong’ and ‘Uncertainty’, Briggs examines many of these commonly held fallacies, and we discuss those findings along with his experience in the academic world to understand the implications it has for doing science in an increasingly non-scientific culture. -- Brought to you by -- William M. Briggs - https://www.wmbriggs.com/ https://wmbriggs.substack.com/ @FamedCelebrity with Adam Smith and General Lance New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - How the Laws of Physics Lie, Cartwright (1983) - The Intellectual Capacity Of Women, Stove (1995) - https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/17124/ - SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Day (2015) - Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics, Briggs (2016) - https://www.amazon.com/Uncertainty-Soul-Modeling-Probability-Statistics/dp/3319397559 - Everything You Believe Is Wrong, Briggs (2021) - https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Believe-Wrong-William-Briggs/dp/1087987156 - What Happened After Peter Thiel Paid 271 Students to Drop Out of College?, MSN (2024) - https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/02/24/2311221/what-happened-after-peter-thiel-paid-271-students-to-drop-out-of-college - Elite overproduction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_overproduction - Founder Fund - https://foundersfund.com/team/peter-thiel/

Economics today is an institutionalized profession, with academic departments, research grants, and millions of practitioners in the finance and government sectors. In the late 18th and early 19th century, however, economists were not part of any formalized profession, and ranged in background from professors of logic and moral philosophy in the case of Adam Smith to dilettantish journalists with wealthy patrons in the case of Karl Marx. Friedrich List, a former German bureaucrat and eventual entrepreneur emigre to America, saw firsthand the important interplay between government and industry, particularly around protective tariffs for developing a manufacturing sector - serving as a potential “missing link” in the body of thought between the extremes of radical laissez faire free markets and top down centrally planned economies. As the world continues on a path towards de-globalization and increasing polarization, List’s system of National Economics provides a guidebook to many developing and developed economies alike that seek to increase their level of independence and sovereignty. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Mike from Imperium Press - Substack - https://imperiumpress.substack.com/ - Telegram - @ImperiumPress - Twitter - @kulturedads - imperiumpress.org with Adam Smith -- New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Wealth of Nations, Smith (1776) - On War, Clausewitz (1832) - The Collapse of Complex Societies, Tainter (1988) - Governing the Market, Wade (1990) - Korean Tiger - the Park Chung-Hee Era, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/korean-tiger-the-park-chung-hee-era/ - The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges (2020) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/the-ancient-city/ - Why I am Not a Liberal, Bowden, Pankhurst et. al. (2020) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/why-i-am-not-a-liberal/ - Patriarcha - The Complete Political Works, Filmer (2021) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/patriarcha-the-complete-works/ - National System of Political Economy, List and O’Beirne (2022) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/national-system-of-political-economy/ - The Populist Delusion, Parvini (2022) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/populist-delusion/ - Breeding the Human Herd, Dutton (2023) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/breeding-the-human-herd/ - Germanic Theology, Powers (2024) - https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/germanic-theology-vol-i/

Vladimir Putin recently won reelection as Russia’s president by a wide margin, making him the country’s longest serving ruler since Josef Stalin. Both men have also uniquely presided over their country’s largest-scale conflicts, throwing support to the argument that economic sanctions placed on countries during war only serve to entrench rather than dislodge their leaders. But the long-term sustainability of a war-style command economy remains less clear, with notable examples of North Korea and arguably the Soviet Union itself raising real concerns of how people can fall behind over time without a relaxing of the central authority. Tonight, we are rejoined by Lance, our frequent military expert and contributor to help us unravel some of the mystery of the military and economic machinations of the Putin regime and how it compares to other stratagems in America and around the world. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest General Lance https://link.space/@LancesLegion Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw DVX Publishing - https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion with Adam Smith and Hans Lander Lance’s new book: Caesar Bellator - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1957583193 -- New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - FM100-2-1 The Soviet Army Operations and Tactics, US Army (1984) - https://archive.org/details/fm100-2-1/mode/1up - The Fall and Rise of Russian Electronic Warfare, Clark (2022) - https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-fall-and-rise-of-russian-electronic-warfare - Ukraine loses 16 US-made armored vehicles, group says, but Kyiv's forces still gain territory, CNN (2023) - https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-12-23/h_677ac2bebb1d8324ffd538ac5124876e - Putin's war fired up Russia's economy and beat sanctions - but big problems lie ahead, Summa Money (2024) - https://summamoney.com/investing/the-daily/putins-war-fired-up-russias-economy-and-beat-sanctions-but-big-problems-lie-ahead/ - War against Ukraine to cost Russia $1.3 trillion in lost growth - Secretary Austin, The New Voice of Ukraine (2024) - https://ca.news.yahoo.com/war-against-ukraine-cost-russia-183000980.html - Exclusive: Russia producing three times more artillery shells than US and Europe for Ukraine, CNN (2024) - https://www.wral.com/story/exclusive-russia-producing-three-times-more-artillery-shells-than-us-and-europe-for-ukraine/21322737/ - Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Many of us on the disaffected political right got here at one point or another through libertarianism, which appeals to those most usually content with doing their own thing. If 2020 taught us anything, however, with COVID lockdowns, riots, and suspicious elections, the powers that be are not only not content with allowing free choice, but are more than willing to use violence to maintain their power. Tonight, Pete Quinones joins us to share his journey through libertarianism and his assessment of the conservative political project, concluding organized political force may be the only way to protect the personal values many of us hold. -- Brought to you by -- The Pete Quinones Show - https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/ https://findmyfrens.net/petequinones/ https://petessubstack.com/ with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Letters on the Spanish Inquisition, Maistre (1843) - https://archive.org/details/lettersonspanish00maisuoft/page/140/mode/2up - Patchwork: A Political System for the 21st Century, Moldbug (2008) - https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/11/patchwork-positive-vision-part-1/ - Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese (2013) - Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Thiel (2014) - Peter Thiel's War On Gawker: A Timeline, Forbes (2016) - https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2016/06/21/peter-thiels-war-on-gawker-a-timeline/ - Spanish Civil War - Fascist Uprising, Myth of the 20th Century (2018) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/spanish-civil-war-fascist-uprising/ - Israel’s first moon mission lost moments before landing, Temming (2019) - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/israel-moon-mission-spacecraft-crash - Episode 759: *Throwback* A Survey of the Neo-Conservative Ideology w/ Paul Gottfried, Quinones (2022) - https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-759-0 - Erik Prince wants to sell you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be true, O’Neill (2022) - https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/19/1058243/erik-prince-wants-to-sell-you-a-secure-smartphone-thats-too-good-to-be-true/ - Episode 904: Joseph de Maistre's 'On the Spanish Inquisition' Pt. 1 w/ Aaron from Timeline Earth, Quinones (2023) - https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-904 - Episode 978: The Point of No Return w/ Dr. E Michael Jones, Quinones (2023) - https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-978 - Episode 993: PragerU and the 'Con-Inc' Agenda w/ Dark Enlightenment, Quinones (2023) - https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-993 - Episode 1004: October 7th and Its Consequences w/ Ron Unz, Quinones (2024)- https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-1004 - EPISODE 1020: THE POST WW2 'ORDER' W/ MARK WEBER, Quinones (2024) - https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR1D812E60RKQER - Argentina - Chainsaw Economics, Myth of the 20th Century (2024) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/argentina-chainsaw-economics/ - Google Declares War, Myth of the 20th Century (2024) - https://theamericansun.substack.com/p/google-declares-war - Project 2025 - https://www.project2025.org/

The largest country in Latin America - in terms of population, land mass, and economy - is a crown worn indisputably by Brazil. But the history of this land, spanning four timezones and over five centuries of development, is one marked by tumultuous governance and political conflict, with different crowns worn by monarchs, military dictators, and democratic politicians alike, ruling over a teeming population of millions of former slaves, colonists and wannabe conquistadors. Tonight, we are joined by Lance from Lance’s Legion to help us work out the nuances of this complex and fascinating country, as well as impart some of the potential lessons of managing a large and complex demography with high rates of poverty and crime. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest General Lance https://link.space/@LancesLegion Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw DVX Publishing - https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion with Adam Smith New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Starship Troopers, Heinlein (1959) - Platoon, Stone (1986) - Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick (1987) - Extreme Ownership, Willink (2015) - Dichotomy of Leadership, Willink (2018) - Coluna Miguel Costa-Prestes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluna_Prestes - The Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam Project, Brazil - https://www.power-technology.com/projects/itaipu-hydroelectric/?cf-view - History of the Empire of Brazil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Empire_of_Brazil\ - Maps of Brazil - https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/brazil - Brazil Real GDP per Capita, from 1900 - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Brazil-Real-GDP-per-capita-since-1900_fig3_346923358 - War of the Triple Alliance - https://www.britannica.com/event/War-of-the-Triple-Alliance - A Global Map of Culture Types - http://honorshame.com/global-map-of-culture-types/ - Violence in Brazil - https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/brazils-violence-map-shows-alarming-trends

Located at the southern end of South America and comprising much of Patagonia, a region known for its ruggedly beautiful, yet empty expanses, Argentina is a country distant geographically as well as one metaphysically often forgotten. That all changed last year when Javier Milei won election to President and perhaps most notably held a rally wielding a chainsaw, promising to slash government bureaucracy and free up the society in an attempt to revitalize the long-struggling economy, plagued for decades by slow growth, chronic inflation, and currency crises. Tonight, we are joined by returning guest Lynn Lockhart, who has family from the land of silver, to help us understand more about Argetina’s history and colorful new president, as well as the implications for radical reform against incumbent systems more broadly. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Lynn Lockhart @LynnLock328 - The Crackpot Podcast - https://thecrackpotpodcast.jimdo.com/ - Books - https://jameslafond.blogspot.com/p/james-lafond-starter-pack.html with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Little House on the Prairie, Wilder (1932) - The Manipulated Man, Vilar (1971) - African Decolonization - Empire of Dust, Myth of the 20th Century (2018) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/african-decolonization-empire-of-dust/ - Minding the Gap - Homeschooling, Myth of the 20th Century (2018) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2018/12/05/minding-the-gap-homeschooling/ - Crippling blackout hits tens of millions in South America, CBS News (2019) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-america-blackout-power-grid-failure-leaves-44-million-without-electricity-across-argentina-and-uruguay/ - Argentina - The Evita Review, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/argentina-the-evita-review/ - The Rise of Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's Authoritarian President, Blitzer (2022) - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/12/the-rise-of-nayib-bukele-el-salvadors-authoritarian-president - Someone Has to Say It - Tom Kawczynski, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/07/14/someone-has-to-say-it-tom-kawczynski/ - The market triumphs: Milei manages to improve rent prices with deregulatory measures, Rondon (2024) - https://voz.us/the-market-triumphs-milei-manages-to-improve-rent-prices-with-deregulatory-measures/?lang=en

Tonight we discuss some of this past year’s highlights, starting with the run on Silicon Valley Bank and near repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. We then cover the geopolitical implications of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine mixed in with the attacks in Israel, crisis at the border, and the changing world of technology as AI continues to touch more of our everyday lives. As a bonus, we are excited to welcome back longtime co-hosts Nick and Hank to help us round out the year, and to give us some perspective as what this year may yet bring. -- Brought to you by -- Adam Smith, Hank Oslo, Nick Mason and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - BANKING CRISIS - After Dark, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/03/17/banking-crisis-after-dark/ - US Pending Home Sales Index Holds at Lowest Level on Record, Sasso (2023) - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-pending-home-sales-index-150000975.html - Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of seven counts of fraud in stunning fall for former crypto billionaire, Morrow (2023) - https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/business/ftx-sbf-fraud-trial-verdict/index.html - Forbes mocked as another ‘30 Under 30’ honoree joins the ranks of fraudsters Elizabeth Holmes, SBF, Barrbi (2023) - https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/forbes-mocked-as-another-30-under-30-honoree-accused-of-fraud-incredible-track-record/ - The World on the Brink - After Dark, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/the-world-on-the-brink-after-dark/ - Gaza Strikes Back, Giraldi (2023) - https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/gaza-strikes-back/ - AI and Open Borders, Henry Delacroix (2023) - https://theamericansun.substack.com/p/ai-open-borders - The Great Geopolitical Compass of the 2020's (Israel vs. Palestine & Russia vs. Ukraine), Stark (2024) - https://www.unz.com/article/the-great-geopolitical-compass-of-the-2020s-israel-vs-palestine-russia-vs-ukraine/

In pagan Germany sometime in the 8th century, legend has it that a Christian monk, who would later become known as Saint Boniface, gathered a tribe of non-believers around him and their most sacred tree. Thought to incite a vengeful bolt of lightning from Thor himself if cut down, Boniface, in front of all who could see, felled the tree with a single chop of the axe, aided by a gust of wind seemingly from another divinity, and no lightning. In that moment, the onlookers were converted to Christianity. Tonight, we are joined by the author of ‘The Boniface Option’, Pastor Andrew, to explore why the analogy of a bold and visceral attack against false idols may be fitting for addressing the troubles of our “trashworld” times. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Pastor Andrew The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFZ84K7T Contra Mundum - Sojourners in a Strange Land - https://contramundum.life/ https://news.gab.com/tag/andrew-isker/ https://twitter.com/BonifaceOption with Hank Oslo, Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books - https://theamericansun.substack.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide For Taking Dominion And Discipling Nations, Isker, Torba (2022) - The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation, Isker (2023) - Stone Choir - Christian Nationalism, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/stone-choir-christian-nationalism/ - Stone Choir - After Dark - Good vs Evil, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/stone-choir-christian-nationalism/ - How to Get Excommunicated in 2023, Dee (2023) - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-to-get-excommunicated-in-2023 - Why Polemics: A Review of Andrew Isker's "The Boniface Option”, Oslo (2023) - https://theamericansun.substack.com/p/why-polemics-a-review-of-andrew-iskers-the-boniface-option - Can The Grill Americans Be Radicalized? (Contra Mundum, Episode 29), Boniface Option (2023) - https://bonifaceoption.substack.com/p/can-the-grill-americans-be-radicalized-f41 - Chronicles - a Magazine of American Culture - https://chroniclesmagazine.org/ - Reviewing 'The Boniface Option’, Drehrer (2023) - https://roddreher.substack.com/p/reviewing-the-boniface-option

The world has never lacked for a troubling incident or cause for concern. But there are times when the drumbeats reach a crescendo, and in the case of war, the potential for large scale conflict seems to rise when a hegemon begins declining, and rival powers see their opportunity to increase their share. Ray Dalio, having made his success running the world’s largest global macro hedge fund and authoring several books on the major forces shaping world history, recently raised his estimate on the chance of World War III occurring in the next two years from 35% to 50%. Given how high the stakes are in that outcome, those are not the most encouraging odds. Tonight, we are joined by returning guest Lance to discuss the recent conflicts in the Middle and Near East, as well as the potential for such in the Far East and the general escalation amongst the nuclear armed superpowers. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest General Lance https://link.space/@LancesLegion Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw DVX Publishing - https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick (1964) - Black Swan, Taleb (2007) - Can the Navy Defend Its Aircraft Carriers From Death by Submarine?, Hollings (2022) - https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/can-navy-defend-its-aircraft-carriers-death-submarine-199177 - WAR ROOM - THE MODERN PELOPONNESIAN WARS feat. Myth of the 20th Cent., Lances Legion (2022) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JmKInRXiak - Superpower Rivalry in the 21st Century, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/superpower-rivalry-in-the-21st-century/ - Saudi Arabia and the (End of the) Petrodollar, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/07/23/saudi-arabia-and-the-end-of-the-petrodollar/ - Americans, Weary of Foreign Conflicts, Face Another, New York Times (2023) - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/us/united-states-israel-ukraine-war.html - What are carrier strike groups, the ships the US sent near Israel?, Atherton (2023) - https://www.popsci.com/technology/us-aircraft-carrier-strike-groups/ - Zelensky begs US for cash on 'credit' to be paid back after the war, Barshis (2023) - https://humanevents.com/2023/11/07/zelensky-begs-us-for-cash-on-credit-to-be-paid-back-after-the-war - San Francisco using fencing, barriers to secure APEC summit where Xi, Biden will meet, DNYUZ (2023) - https://dnyuz.com/2023/11/13/san-francisco-using-fencing-barriers-to-secure-apec-summit-where-xi-biden-will-meet/ - From Ukraine to the Middle East: On the Brink of World War 3, Dugin (2023) - https://www.geopolitika.ru/en/article/ukraine-middle-east-brink-world-war-3

Even before humans developed metal tools, stonework, jewelry and mineral wealth have been an integral part in human society. With the advent of the industrial revolution, with coal being exploited as a primary energy source for heating and locomotion, even more minerals ranging from copper to iron to aluminum became accessible on a scale never before seen. Now, with fossil fuels such as coal and oil becoming more difficult to source and pressure from environmental concerns causing a search for greener energy, a new frontier in mining for the green economy, ranging from lithium to cobalt, has opened, raising new challenges and opportunities in the never ending search for wealth from beneath. -- Brought to you by -- Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c

The world is a complex place, filled with good and evil - and almost everything in between. The challenge of navigating this is that we are all tempted by something that we want, but ultimately will be our undoing. Christians frame this battle between God and Satan, with humans caught in the struggle to choose. What makes this even more difficult is it is not simply a matter of choice, but also of action. To avoid sin, we must resist its lure, but most, if not all, can without help. This is where faith provides solace, and in the final judgement, salvation. Tonight we are joined by two gentleman who have dedicated the search for what is good in the form of the excellent Stone Choir podcast, which explores many of these fundamental issues, and provides a guide to those who have sought a light in these dark times. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guests Corey Mahler @MahlerLCMS and Woe @treblewoe https://stone-choir.com/ with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Paradise Lost, Milton (1667) - On Human Race: IQ, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-iq/ - Perfect Hatred, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/perfect-hatred/ - A Young Man’s Life, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/a-young-mans-life/ - Normalcy Bias, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/normalcy-bias/

Estimates place the amount of the earth’s land area dedicated to buildings and other fixed structures to be no more than 3%. But of that land, nearly half is exclusive to roads and parking structures in some urban areas. This fact, obviously a consequence of the prevalence of the automobile, illustrates the importance of transportation, a key pillar to modern civilization. Connecting people, goods and services has always been important, but as the cost of movement has dropped and the speed has increased, the value of the network has only grown, which Metcalfe defined as proportional to the square of the nodes, or in this case, destinations. As technology pushes us farther and more safely, the era of globalization may very well extend beyond the globe and into the stars. -- Brought to you by -- Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - The Box, Levinson (2006) - The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business, Myth of the 20th Century (2021) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/the-visible-hand-the-managerial-revolution-in-american-business/ - Cadillac Desert - The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/cadillac-desert-the-american-west-and-its-disappearing-water/ - Essays on the History of Transportation and Technology, Kemp (2014) - Geography of Transport Systems, 5th Edition, Rodrigue (2020)

Australia, a name derived from the Latin for “southern land”, sits as a continent unto itself at the far reaches of the Asian landmass, receiving its first settlers over 50,000 years ago when the ice age connected the two by a land bridge. It was not until the European settlements in the 17th century did Australia have a written record, and also when it started receiving its largest growth in population. When Australia became united as a federated commonwealth in 1901, one of the first acts it passed was the White Australia Policy, favoring European settlement and limitation of the recent Asian, particularly Chinese, immigration and influence. Only until the 1970s did this policy shift towards broader and more open immigration. Tonight, Matthew Grant from the Australian Natives Association joins us to discuss why this shift occurred, and perhaps why a return to the older policies might be beneficial to the people of his country. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Matthew Grant https://nativistherald.com.au https://ausnatives.org with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - The Commonwealth of Australia, Wise (1909) - https://archive.org/details/commonwealthofau00wise/mode/2up - The Lucky Country, Horne (1964) - Australia’s Boer War, Wilcox (2002)

In a time of increasing skepticism of globalization, stemming from losses in jobs, cultural heritage, and sovereignty over ones own homeland, nationalism has re-emerged onto the political stage in protest movements and increasingly populist governments. Christian nationalism, focused on the incorporation of church doctrine into a nation and often a sovereign, is not a new concept, stemming at least from the time of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, but recently has re-emerged as a potential solution to the social ills many societies face in the West. Tonight we are joined by Woe, co-host of the Stone Choir podcast, to make the case for how and why this might be a good way forward for many of the discontented souls of today. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Woe @treblewoe https://stone-choir.com/ with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Industrial Society and Its Future, Kaczynski (1995) - Uncle Ted’s Cabin, Myth of the 20th Century (2017) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/uncle-teds-cabin/ - E. Michael Jones - Cultural Revolution in America, Myth of the 20th Century (2018) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/e-michael-jones-cultural-revolution-in-america/ - Christian Nationalism Is Submission to God, Stone Choir (2022) - https://stone-choir.com/christian-nationalism-is-submission-to-god/ - Election in View of Headship, Stone Choir (2022) - https://stone-choir.com/election-in-view-of-headship/ - On Human Race: IQ, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-iq/ - On Human Race: Racism, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-racism/ - Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/hebrews-israelites-and-jews/ - Judge (Not), Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/judge-not/ - The Big Lie, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/the-big-lie/ - The strange relationship of liberals to power: their psychology as the forever underdog, Neoliberal Feudalism (2023) - https://neofeudalreview.substack.com/p/the-strange-relationship-of-liberals

In 1945 near the end of WWII, US President Franklin Roosevelt, on his way back from the Yalta summit, met on the cruiser USS Quincy in the Suez Canal with Kign Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. The meeting, prompted by Roosevelt asking how the United States had outlasted the mighty German war machine, was motivated by the fact that American oil resources fueled the enormous military buildout that went on to eclipse not only the production of Germany but also the output of all other Axis countries combined. Thinking ahead to declining American reserves, Roosevelt correctly saw and successful negotiated an alliance between the US and the kingdom that until recently has undergirded not only the industrial world’s need for energy but also America’s need for further legitimization of the US dollar in an era of large budget and trade deficits which came in the form of the ‘petrodollar.’ Growing from a population of fewer than 5 million in 1960 to over 33 million today, the home to Mecca, the birthplace of Mohammed and Islam and the center of the broader Muslim world, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has had mixed success in transitioning from its ancient heritage to the fabulous wealth provided by oil. It’s state oil giant - Saudi Aramco - is the world’s third largest company as measured by market capitalization, at $2 trillion, but looking ahead, with increased calls for a move away from fossil fuels and the rise of China, the kingdom looks to invest in the future while retaining its past, and hopes to maintain its central role, for good or for worse, in Middle Eastern culture and politics. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest General Lance Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw DVX Publishing - https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion with Adam Smith New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence (1926) - Why Arabs Lose Wars, Atkine (1999) - https://www.meforum.org/441/why-arabs-lose-wars - Desert Kingdom - How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia, Jones (2010) - Syria: Descent Into the Abyss, Fisk (2015) - Petrodollar - American Political Economics, Myth of the 20th Century (2017) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/petrodollar-american-political-economics/ - How FDR Charmed a Saudi King and Won U.S. Access to Oil, Kennedy (2018) - https://www.history.com/news/fdr-saudi-arabia-king-oil - Mohammed bin Salman: The dark side of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Aljazeera (2020) - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/9/mohammed-bin-salman-the-dark-side-of-saudi-arabias-crown-prince - Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, Shellenberger (2020) - Cadillac Desert - The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/cadillac-desert-the-american-west-and-its-disappearing-water/ - Petrodollar Dusk, Petroyuan Dawn: What Investors Need To Know, Holmes (2023) - https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2023/03/27/petrodollar-dusk-petroyuan-dawn-what-investors-need-to-know/?sh=35388fa355aa - Aramco’s Oil Production Costs Least in the World at $2.8 Per Barrel - https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/1993111/aramco%E2%80%99s-oil-production-costs-least-world-28-barrel comparison: https://knoema.com/rqaebad/cost-of-producing-a-barrel-of-crude-oil-by-country - IMF: Saudi Arabia Needs Oil Prices At $80.90 To Balance Budget - https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/IMF-Saudi-Arabia-Needs-Oil-Prices-At-8090-To-Balance-Budget.html - Fossil Fuels, Our World in Data - https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels - Decouple Media - Learn About Energy and Climate - https://www.decouplemedia.org/

Carl von Clausewitz described war as politics by other means. In many ways the reverse could be said, with the modern state in the West seemingly arrayed against its own citizens in a constant battle of misdirection and interference in their lives. Tom Kawczynski, author of ‘Surviving the Fall of America’ and former town manager of Jackman, Maine, has actually run for political office in an attempt to address some of these problems. Tonight, he gives us an insider glimpse into how the system actually works, what we can expect going forward, and some potential solutions to what he sees an an almost inevitable decline of a once great society. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Tom Kawczynski Substack: The Disconnect - Tom Kawczynski - https://tomkawczynski.substack.com/ BOOKS on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0078GF02W Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomKawczynski Telegram: https://t.me/tomkawczynski with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, Gilens, Page (2014) - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B The Coming Civil War, Kawczynski (2018) Strategic Relocation, North American Guide to Safe Places, Fourth Edition, Skousen (2020) In God We Must, Kawczynski (2020) Behold the Beast System, Kawczynski (2022) The Network State: How To Start a New Country, Srinivasan (2022) Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI, Reuters (2023) - https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-ai-firm-xai-launches-website-2023-07-12/

As a show that has primarily focused on geopolitical history, we at the Myth of the 20th Century have not touched on the subject of women as much as others. But given the importance of women to all societies, and especially those facing declining birth rates, existential ennui, and many other social ills seemingly common throughout the developed world, we thought it appropriate to discuss the topic of women in the workplace. Joined by fellow podcaster from MGTOW Chats and American Sun author Lamprey Milt, we delve into the recent ‘Girl Boss’ phenomenon, as well as unfolding developments in the broader office space world as work from home and interest rate hikes potentially plunge the commercial real estate market into another financial crisis. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest Lamprey Milt Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MGTOWCHATS/videos Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mgtow-chats/ Articles: https://theamericansun.com/author/lampreymilt/ with Adam Smith New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - Girl Boss, Amoruso (2014) - U.S. military beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including Navy SEALs, AP (2016) - https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-us-military-women-combat-20160303-story.html - Standard Operating Procedure - Torture and the Abu Ghraib Scandal, Myth of the 20th Century (2019) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/standard-operating-procedure-torture-and-the-abu-ghraib-scandal/ - THE DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS OF CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES, Smolenski, Held (2022) - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/the-dangerous-implications-of-cbdcs - Exit Strategy Ft. Adam Smith(Myth of the 20th Century), MGTOW Chats (2023) - https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mgtow-chats/ - 39 years ago, a KGB defector chillingly predicted modern America, Ratner (2023) - https://bigthink.com/the-present/yuri-bezmenov/ - Superpower Rivalry in the 21st Century, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - Are higher mortgage rates finally impacting demand?, Simonsen (2023) - https://www.realtrends.com/articles/are-higher-mortgage-rates-finally-impacting-demand/ - Amazon shuts down customer’s smart home devices after delivery driver’s false racism claim, Crane (2023) - https://nypost.com/2023/06/15/amazon-shuts-down-customers-smart-home-devices-over-false-racist-claim/ - Getting America Back to Work - https://www.kastle.com/safety-wellness/getting-america-back-to-work/ - Rosa Koire - Behind The Green Mask - http://www.rosakoire-bgm.com/

Soon after the end of the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as ‘superpowers’, leaders of the two primary ideological power blocks across the world’s major continents. After nearly 50 years of competition, the United States emerged victorious, and led an unprecedented era of ‘globalization’ for the next 20 years promoting free trade and relatively open labor and capital markets along with democratically elected governments. With the rise of emerging economies such as India, and the success of China’s state-led capitalism and a resurgent Russia opposing NATO expansion, other countries around the world have taken note, however, as to the potential for new global leadership and development models that differ from America’s. Tonight we are joined by Lance, a veteran and host of Lance’s Legion, a military history and philosophy podcast, to discuss the ramifications for major geopolitical power realignment into the 21st century. -- Brought to you by -- Very special guest General Lance Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw DVX Publishing - https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion with Adam Smith and Hans Lander New: Hard Copies of Exit Strategy now Available! http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-smith/exit-strategy/paperback/product-24191334.html - http://myth20c.com ~~-- Donations --~~ Ethereum: 0x4d3617C1C5b466E2BE1aD1F7D85C03DBBa6F6bb7 BTC: 16UQ6ukmTjz4Z7Ce4n23bN6tKGnU7XkPeQ - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/books/ - http://theamericansun.com - http://twitter.com/myth20c - myth20c@tutanota.com - http://gab.ai/myth20c -- References -- - About Face, Hackworth (1990) - Unrestricted Warfare, Liang and Xiangsui (1999) - Bowling Alone, Putnam (2000) - Empire of Dust, Van Paesschen (2011) - William Lind’s Way of War, Bloom (2016) - https://www.theamericanconservative.com/william-linds-way-of-war/ - Stealth War, Spalding (2019) - Stalin’s War, McMeekin (2021) - T-DAY: The Battle for Taiwan, Lee, Shirouzu, Lague (2021) - https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/taiwan-china-chips/ - U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Navy, Cancian (2021) - https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-military-forces-fy-2022-navy - WAR ROOM - THE MODERN PELOPONNESIAN WARS feat. Myth of the 20th Cent., Lances Legion (2023) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JmKInRXiak - WAR ROOM - STEEL HEARTS feat. Uberboyo, Lances Legion (2023) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poj8PO9kZLw - Prisoner's dilemma - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma