Ep 457: Dan Hollaway - Patriotism & Paid Protesters

This one’s not for the weak-willed or the Twitter-triggered. We sat down with Dan Hollaway—co-host of Drinkin’ Bros, host of Citizen podcast, and certified “I’ll die on this hill (and you might too)” patriot—for a gut-punching, no-sugar-coating talk about the death of nuance, America’s dumbest political trends, and why your Tesla-hating barista might actually be on Beijing’s payroll.

We go full send on:

Tax policy idiocy
Useful idiots from both sides
America’s unique actually earned greatness
NASA, innovation, and how memory foam > Marx
China’s paper tiger meltdown
And how our younger generation might just be the salvation we didn’t deserve
It's raw. It’s aggressive. It’s about time someone said this out loud.

Also: If you're not willing to kill on your hill, why are you even talking?

🔥 Key Takeaways:

“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training” applies to life, politics, and why college sophomores shouldn’t lecture Warren Buffett.
America didn’t become great by being “nice.” It became great by creating, innovating, and steamrolling fascism—and it still is.
If you think tribalism makes you principled, spoiler alert: you're just lazy.
NASA is one of the only good government programs (shoutout to memory foam, CT scans, and space lasers).
Paid protesters are real. They clock out at 4pm.
Don’t confuse having “opinions” with having “principles.”
You’re not oppressed if you can complain about the government on a podcast with zero consequence.
China’s collapsing, and TikTok ain’t saving them.
Patriotism doesn’t mean nostalgia—it means responsibility.
Want to fix the country? Start by holding the people you vote for accountable, regardless of party.
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