Geopolitics & Empire

Etienne de la Boétie² discusses how the newly revealed Dialog society, which has been around since 2006, likely is the next version of Bilderberg and Trilateral Commission. He argues that these groups together with government represent an illegitimate system of organized crime designed to steal wealth through weaponized inflation and the banking system’s ability ...

Join Hrvoje, Mike, and Monica once again as they think through the events of the day, the forces behind them and what it means for us all. This week, the Cognitive Dissidents discuss the multipolar technate emerging from the recent NATO summit; the proposed Middle East Union to be led by Iran; the telling backstory of Andy Burnham, new prime minister of the UK; and Lindsay Graham’s untimely demise—was it murder or did h...

Mikkel Thorup of Expat Money discusses the “sea change” in Latin America, where countries like Colombia and Paraguay are moving toward right-leaning pro-business policies and improved security to counter socialist failures. In contrast, the conversation expresses deep concern over the decline of and flight from Western nations like Canada and the EU, citing...

Retired Canadian military veteran and freedom activist Jeff Evely recounts his personal resistance against tyrannical government measures, including legal challenges against COVID-19 mandates and a significant fine for violating wildfire-related forest bans. The discussion highlights his child’s medical transition as a consequence of institutional indoctrination ...

Shannon Joy discusses the current state of the world and individual liberty. The world is in late-stage imperial decline characterized by widespread institutional corruption and a push for transnational technocratic control. The conversation examines COVID-19 as a pivotal psychological and military operation used to normalize biometric surveillance, digital IDs, a...

Karl Maier discusses the unstable global landscape and its impact on power reliability and economic growth. He explains how technological shifts, such as the rise of AI, are creating a massive surge in electricity demand that existing power grids struggle to meet. Meyer introduces RIVSAL, a modular technology utilizing piezoelectric effects to generate clean, on-site e...

Energy analyst Josef Schachter discusses the evolving landscape of the global oil and gas sector. He identifies a new bull market cycle that began in 2020, driven largely by the industrial needs of the developing world and the essential role of fossil fuels in mining green energy minerals. Schachter details how geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the conflict ...

Derrick Broze and Hakeem Anwar discuss the rapid expansion of AI data centers and the rising surveillance state. They introduce ReclaimFuture.com, a platform designed to help citizens map local data centers that threaten utility prices, water supplies, and digital privacy. The conversation highlights a growing movement of mass non-compliance against technologies like l...

Dr. Rima Laibow discusses the urgent threat of global totalitarianism and the “regulatory capture” of nations by technocratic elites. The dialogue explores how international organizations like the UN exert control through biometric IDs, surveillance, and environmental mandates to erode personal sovereignty. Dr. Laibow argues that modern political movements ...

Tim Hinchliffe discusses the advancement of the global technocratic control grid highlighting the rollout of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which integrates digital IDs, programmable currencies, and data centers into a centralized system of governance and includes digital embassies for nations who don’t possess their own compute. These interconnected techno...

Retired DEA special agent Leo Silva discusses his book Narco Tales and his career fighting drug trafficking and organized crime. Silva provides a historical perspective on how Mexican cartels transitioned from business-oriented organizations with strict codes to the modern, ultra-violent groups that rely on extortion and kidnapping. The conversation covers the evolutio...

Oil market expert Rory Johnston provides a comprehensive analysis of the current global energy landscape and recent supply disruptions. He examines the Strait of Hormuz crisis, the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries, and the surprising resilience of the market due to China’s massive reduction in crude imports. The discussion explores potentia...

Martin Armstrong describes WW3 as a conflict akin to a series of brushfires and suggests that the West is facing a collapse of the current republican form of government due to unsustainable borrowing and a loss of public trust. He further warns that the push for digitalization and AI surveillance is a desperate attempt by authorities to maintain power as the finan...

Veteran journalist and author of “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards ” Miranda Spivack highlights the widespread issue of local government secrecy and the detrimental impact of non-disclosure agreements between public officials and private corporations. She details the stories of “accidental activists” who uncovered corruption involving toxic water...

Join the Cognitive Dissidents as they once again tackle the latest news stories in an effort to understand what the powers that be are really up to and how to prepare…forewarned is forearmed after all! On this week’s episode we cover: Trumpster’s Billions, Semiquincentennial Nothingburger, Hack Attack & Big Philanthropy as World Government, SCOTUS Geofencing Privacy FakeOut, Calling the Oil Crash (h/t PM), Ro...

Jacob Thompson of WinePress News discusses the emergence of centralized world government. He critiques multipolarity, arguing that both Western powers and the BRICS nations are ultimately working toward the same technocratic agenda overseen by the UN. He analyzes how digital IDs, CBDCs, and tokenization are being implemented globally to create a surveillance state that...

Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker of Watchman Privacy highlight the rapid expansion of technocratic control and the erosion of digital privacy, examining global trends such as mandatory operating system verification, age-gating legislation, and the increasing requirement for biometric data to access basic online services. They argue that these developments are part of a centralized effort to eliminate user sovereignty and force co...

Dr. Marta Havryshko, a Ukrainian historian and activist, discusses the complex internal and geopolitical realities of the Russia-Ukraine war. Havryshko highlights the controversial glorification of Nazi collaborators in modern Ukraine and the subsequent suppression of academic research that challenges these nationalist narratives. She critiques the Western media for ig...

Energy consultant Art Berman argues that the global economy is fundamentally fueled by work derived primarily from oil. He contends that because energy production growth is flattening, the era of endless economic expansion is coming to an end. Berman highlights how modern geopolitical conflicts, specifically involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, are actually despera...