OBDM1271 - Technocrats vs. Oligarchs: Who's Really in Charge?

00:00:00 - 00:10:00

• Opening discussion on social media habits, nostalgia for early internet days, and how digital consumption affects perception of reality.
• Glitch in reality anecdote—host shares a weird moment where reality seemed to "reset."
• Alex Jones Clips of the Week—a collection of bizarre, over-the-top rants from Jones.
• Promotion for Doom Scrolling Podcast—mention of its growing audience.

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00:10:00 - 00:20:00

• Humor around Alex Jones' exaggerated job lists, where he claims to have worked in dozens of professions.
• Media manipulation and public perception, how figures like Trump and Musk are presented differently based on political bias.
• Winter weather panic in the South—why a small amount of snow causes mass shutdowns.
• Tech frustrations, including glitches in software and the hosts’ personal experiences with recent issues.

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00:20:00 - 00:30:00

• Scientific fraud & government funding—discussion on how grant money incentivizes fake science.
• Leaked email from a physicist confirms that high-energy physics is driven by funding rather than discovery.
• Government grant dependency parallels, linking scientific fraud to intelligence agency operations and wasted tax dollars.
• Trust in government collapsing—whether revealing cover-ups (like missing JFK files) would break public confidence completely.

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00:30:00 - 00:40:00

• The “Iron Law of Oligarchy” explained—is democracy an illusion?
• Technocracy vs. political elites—debate over figures like Elon Musk vs. organizations like the WEF.
• Biometric tracking and AI concerns, how new technology is increasing surveillance.
• Criticism of conspiracy theorists like Whitney Webb, arguing they offer only doom without solutions.

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00:40:00 - 00:50:00