It’s a kind of hangover episode with bite: part recovery diary, part political exorcism. Between complaints about aging, painkillers, and Marxist cosplay, Todd wonders out loud. again, whether the “Red-Green Alliance” is just Jonestown with Wi-Fi. It’s cranky, funny, and 100% X-Pod; the start of a new chapter, minus the religious radio filter!

Todd closes the curtain on The Thompson Show’s shortwave era with a defiant, reflective, and emotionally charged finale. After months on WWCR’s legendary 4840 kHz frequency, he signs off with a sweeping critique of modern politics, a warning about human nature, and a reminder of what made the show—and shortwave itself—worth keeping alive.

• Farewell to Shortwave Todd opens by confirming this will be the final WWCR broadcast “for the foreseeable future.” The show will continue as The Toddzilla X-Pod, but this marks the end of the long-form shortwave run. With trademark humor (“Am I not merciful?”), he thanks listeners, hints at future returns, and introduces one last hybrid episode bridging the airwaves and the digital age.

• The Ceasefire and the Activist Economy He begins the main broadcast dissecting the fragile Israel–Hamas ceasefire and the political fallout it unleashed. Todd spotlights the Democratic Socialists of America’s official statement—how they welcomed peace with one hand and denounced it with the other—calling it proof that “activists can’t afford a happy ending.”

“The revolution must never end—or the revolutionaries lose their gig.”

He frames the left’s perpetual outrage as both strategy and addiction: agitation as a business model.

• Government Shutdown Theater From there, he turns to Washington’s ongoing “shutdown performance,” accusing Democrats of staging moral theater to appease the socialist wing of their own party. Todd skewers Chuck Schumer’s attempt to balance radical activists with Wall Street donors, calling it “pandering disguised as principle” and “panic sold as patriotism.”

• No Kings 2.0 and the Retail Revolution He takes aim at the coordinated “No Kings 2.0” protests—supposedly grassroots but looking more like scripted press releases. The rallies, he notes, were dominated by “older white women in pink beanies” and choreographed photo-ops for establishment politicians.

“It’s not rebellion—it’s retail revolution. The Che Guevara T-shirt at the strip mall.”

Todd argues that modern protest movements have become brand extensions of the political class rather than genuine resistance.• A Challenge to Conservatives In one of the show’s most personal moments, Todd turns his frustration toward his own side:

“Where are you? Why aren’t you pushing back?”

He calls on conservatives to reclaim civic space—not through violence or Washington pageantry, but through peaceful, visible counter-demonstrations in small-town America. “Patriotism is not fascism,” he says. “You want to be heard? Stand up and show the world what you actually believe.”

• The Boomerang Across the Atlantic Todd zooms out to Europe, describing the populist backlash sweeping Britain and Ireland as migrants and crime fuel the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and grassroots movements like Raise the Colours. He warns American listeners: “The same fire is smoldering here. If the right doesn’t move, the mob will.”

• The Human Tyrant Within The broadcast’s final act takes an unexpected philosophical turn. Reflecting on a New York Times column by David Brooks, Todd revisits one of his oldest themes: the inborn authoritarian streak in human nature.

“We are not wired for democracy. We are wired for tribe.” From Washington’s warnings against factionalism to social-media mobs and algorithmic propaganda, he traces how technology has accelerated tribal instincts—“agitation at the speed of light.”

• The Final Monologue Todd closes with what feels like both prophecy and farewell:

“Whatever’s coming—tyranny, bloodshed, or both—it won’t matter which side the tyrant’s on. The ape is out of the cage.” He thanks WWCR for the platform, salutes the listeners who kept shortwave alive, and signs off with characteristic grit: “I’ll miss this. I like doing radio. But that’s the way it goes. We’ll see you somewhere out there.”

Broadcast Information: The Thompson Show aired Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz (Nashville, Tennessee, USA). The show continues weekly as The Toddzilla X-Pod on all major podcast platforms.

Back home in southwest Michigan after a week on the road, Todd returns to the airwaves sounding a little under the weather but fully in fighting form for a wide-ranging episode that blends nostalgia, tribute, and a passionate defense of exploration, courage, and country.

🔹 Segment Highlights

• Opening – On the Road and Under the Weather After a marathon drive back from the Smoky Mountains, and a brutal weekend for Michigan sports, Todd kicks off the show with his signature humor and grit. He powers through the cold, promising another full-throttle broadcast before the show’s planned Halloween finale.

• Remembering Ace Frehley (1951–2025) News breaks that legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has died at 74. Todd reflects on Frehley’s influence, the mythic 1975 KISS Cadillac High concert, and his own childhood memories of living in Cadillac, Michigan during the event. The story turns personal, his sisters were there, full makeup and all, as Todd recounts how a small-town football team’s pregame ritual turned into one of rock’s strangest and most heartwarming legends.

• Farewell to Jim Lovell (1928–2025) The episode transitions from rock stars to real heroes as Todd honors Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who was laid to rest this week at the U.S. Naval Academy. He recounts Lovell’s NASA career, his pivotal role in saving Apollo 13, and the quiet heroism that made Lovell one of the defining figures of human spaceflight. Todd links Lovell’s story to his own stop at the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, where he marveled at the original Gemini 8 capsule, the one that nearly spun Armstrong and his co-pilot to their deaths before they regained control.

• Exploration, Courage, and the Human Spirit From the Apollo missions to America’s pioneers, Todd expands the discussion into a passionate monologue about exploration as humanity’s defining trait. He compares the courage of astronauts and settlers — both venturing into the unknown without safety nets — and calls for a new era of discovery.

“We looked at the moon and said, ‘Let’s go there.’ That’s what people do. That’s what we’ve always done.”

He argues that space exploration represents not waste, but wonder; a way to restore faith in human potential and national pride in an age of cynicism.

• A Defense of the Founders and the Frontier The tone sharpens as Todd addresses modern critics of American history. He contrasts today’s “safe-space generation” with the settlers and colonists who crossed oceans, fought hostile wilderness, and built the foundations of Western civilization. His message is defiant: don’t apologize for courage, ambition, or conquest. They’re the roots of the freedom we now enjoy.

• America the Promised Land The episode closes with a powerful moment of gratitude, an emotional reflection on America as a sanctuary for millions. A moving clip from Gene Simmons recalls his story of arriving in the U.S. with his mother and his swearing allegiance at the consulate:

“Even if you’re the sons and daughters of Nazis, you can come here and nobody will try to kill you. This is the promised land.”

Todd ends the show reaffirming his love of country and teasing next week’s topic, the No Kings 2.0 protests spreading across the U.S., and how conservatives can counter the ideological street theater now gripping the left.

Broadcast Information: The Thompson Show airs Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), and is available after on all major podcast platforms under The Toddzilla X-Pod.

Broadcasting from a cabin in the Smoky Mountains, Todd takes The Thompson Show on the road for a fiery, wide-ranging episode that ties world events to the tightening noose of digital control.

• The Future of Shortwave Todd opens with reflections on the importance of shortwave as one of the last truly uncensored broadcast mediums. He urges a new generation of articulate, credible voices to reclaim the platform from the stereotypes of conspiracy radio, positioning it as a 21st-century refuge for free speech when corporate and government censors dominate the internet.

• The Hijacking of “Solidarity” Marking the second anniversary of Hamas’s October 7th attack, Todd dissects the global “solidarity” marches that glorified the massacre, vandalized public memorials, and whitewashed terrorism. He argues that the word solidarity has been redefined to mean selective outrage and moral inversion; compassion only for killers, not their victims.

• Greta Thunberg’s Flotilla Folly After her second Gaza “aid mission” ends in Israeli custody, Greta reappears on camera claiming abuse. Todd calls the stunt a preplanned PR spectacle, another chapter in what he calls the “celebrity messiah complex” of the activist class.

• Digital ID: The Gateway to Digital Tyranny The core of the episode. Todd breaks down the UK’s proposed “BritCard” system and explains how digital IDs, sold as tools for immigration control and efficiency, are fast becoming the infrastructure of surveillance states. He traces parallels to:

• France’s Avia Law and EU Digital Services Act, which weaponize “hate speech” regulation into speech policing.

• China’s Social Credit System, where compliance determines access to jobs, banking, and travel.

• India’s Aadhaar program, now expanded from welfare to every aspect of daily life.

He warns that such systems create “soft tyranny” through algorithmic compliance, a future where a wrong opinion, an unpaid fine, or an inconvenient post could silently lock you out of work, money, and communication.

• Palantir Backs Out Breaking news from the UK: tech giant Palantir refuses to participate in the BritCard rollout, citing risks of misuse and lack of democratic mandate. Todd calls it a major red flag: if even Palantir won’t touch it, what do they know that politicians don’t?

• Closing Thoughts from the Mountains From his temporary studio near Gatlinburg, Todd ends with humor, a few tales of black bear neighbors, and a sobering reminder: once a government gains digital control, it never gives it back. “A state that can kill your login,” he says, “can kill your freedom.”

Broadcast Information: The Thompson Show airs Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), and is available afterward on all major podcast platforms under The Toddzilla X-Pod.

Todd’s back at the mic for the October 3rd edition of The Thompson Show, broadcasting across America and Europe on WWCR 4840 kHz. This week’s episode mixes satire, political commentary, and a few sharp cultural dissections, all delivered in Todd’s trademark counter-revolutionary style.

• Government Shutdown Theater Washington’s annual act returns, with both parties playing their roles in the same tired production. Todd explains why the latest standoff is less about governing than survival theater, and why the Democrats’ “resistance strategy” has become a desperate act of self-preservation.

• The Mormon Shooting and Real Compassion After a gunman attacks a Mormon church in Michigan, Todd recounts the astonishing response: Mormons raising $250,000 not for victims, but for the shooter’s family. A meditation on grace, empathy, and walking the walk in an era obsessed with moral posturing.

• Greta Thunberg: Celebrity Messiah Complex Greta’s second “aid flotilla” to Gaza ends the same way as her first: in Israeli custody. Todd unloads on the global activist machine that turned a scowling teenager into a professional saint, arguing that Thunberg has become the Paris Hilton of protest culture.

• Media Circus: Kimmel, Stern, and Manufactured Outrage From Jimmy Kimmel’s “suspension” to Howard Stern’s contract-renewal drama, Todd exposes how cancellation has become a marketing tool; outrage as advertising, victimhood as PR.

• NPR’s Political-Violence Poll A new NPR/Marist poll quietly reveals that support for political violence has skyrocketed, especially among Democrats. Todd breaks down the numbers and the implications for a society sleepwalking toward civil fracture.

• Coming Next Week: Digital ID & Social Credit A preview of next week’s deep-dive into Europe’s expanding Digital ID systems, a warning about the creeping convergence of surveillance, censorship, and social-credit control under the guise of “safety” and “accountability.”

The Thompson Show airs Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz, Nashville Tennessee USA, and is available afterward on all major podcast platforms under The Toddzilla X-Pod.

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This week on The Thompson Show (WWCR), Todd rips into the hypocrisy of cancel culture, collapsing media institutions, and the dangerous slide from free speech to approved (licensed) speech. From Kimmel’s suspension to the killings of Charlie Kirk and the Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, this episode asks whether free speech has now become the insurgent-weapon-of-choice aimed at liberal democracy itself? If so, can a free society defend itself without dismantling the freedoms that define it?

Drawing on Walter Lippmann’s century-old warning about propaganda, "special pleading" and the “hullabaloo of sophistry,” Todd dissects how algorithmic media, tribal militias, and weaponized outrage are pushing citizens to beg for censors or Caesars. At stake is more than free speech. Can open societies can survive the assault of illiberal forces without becoming illiberal themselves? (hint: it's still the people)

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Perfect for listeners who want direct confrontation with the roots of our cultural crisis—delivered clear, sharp, and challenging.

Recorded Sept 17, 2025

In this spontaneous and gloriously unmapped episode, Todd takes stock of a country whose fabric is visibly fraying and reaction has become the story. He opens with the online ghoulishness around Charlie Kirk’s killing and the equal-and-opposite counter-reaction: firings and public consequences for people who cheered it on. The line he draws is clear: speech is free; consequences aren’t, but the state must stay out of it. (He calls out attempts to criminalize awful speech, noting the backlash from the right against that idea.)

From there he unpacks why debate keeps collapsing. Using campus showdowns as examples and borrowing from Jonathan Haidt’s “elephant and rider” model, Todd argues that many disputes start with a snap emotive conclusion and then invent reasons to justify it. When the rationalizations run out, the insults start. That feeds a broader doctrine, “words are violence”, which quietly normalizes physical confrontation by redefining speech as a violent assault.

Finally, Todd examines why the cancel-culture boomerang snapped back this week, warns against turning subjective “hate speech” into a government weapon that will eventually change hands, and returns to a recurring theme: social media as the staging ground of a civil war. Finally, a familiar concept gets a new name: The Matrix Mind. Bodies live in the real world; minds live in the feed. When we reduce people to avatars, it becomes easier to treat speech as violence — and to answer it with the real thing.

Unfiltered, candid, and uncomfortable by design.

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Broadcast on WBCQ 7490 kHz (Sept 15, 2025, 10 p.m. ET), Todd Thompson takes on a week where storylines outran facts. He starts with the media spin surrounding the UK’s Unite the Kingdom marches and the online chaos after Charlie Kirk’s killing—noting how even basic details now fracture along partisan lines.

From there, the episode tackles the asinine “words are violence” doctrine and why it normalizes deadly confrontation. Todd examines public materials and reporting around Armed Queers of Salt Lake City—a self-described socialist, anti-capitalist collective that promotes “queer resistance.” Posters featuring rifles, militant rhetoric, and campus events have circulated widely; as of broadcast, there was no confirmed official link to the Utah shooter, and Todd makes the larger point: once identity politics moves from slogans to weapons, taboos disintegrate and copycats follow.

Closer to home, he touches on a ridiculous incident in Kalamazoo where an Office Depot "manager" refused to print a Charlie Kirk vigil poster and was promptly fired; an emblem of the cancel-culture boomerang finally, and predictably, striking in the opposite direction. The through-line is trust: collapsing institutions, informational anarchy with incompatible “truths,” and a culture that can't even agree on what happened five minutes ago.

Blunt and unfiltered, the broadcast argues that dialogue only works if both sides still want a country to share. When moral certitude replaces inquiry, and institutions reward loyalty over facts, tribes do what tribes have always done.

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Broadcast September 12, 2025, on WWCR 4840 kHz, this episode confronts one of the most volatile weeks in recent memory. Thompson examines the murder of Charlie Kirk, the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, and the selective coverage (and outrage) that followed. Together, these stories reveal how far the boundaries of political discourse have collapsed and how normalized violence has become in a fractured culture.

Todd explores the deeper pattern: how identity politics has replaced shared citizenship, how media narratives are weaponized to excuse or inflame, and how the political class falls back on stale platitudes about “lowering the rhetoric” while the fire continues to spread. The episode also briefly connects to foreign influence strategies, where outside actors and digital platforms amplify division rather than heal it.

Todd closes with reflections on the anniversary of September 11th. He contrasts the fleeting unity of 2001, when flags flew in every neighborhood and the idea of America still bound people together, with the rabid tribalism of today. The question is no longer how to recover unity, but whether unity is even possible in a culture where grievance trumps allegiance.

The conclusion is blunt and unsparing: America’s “Humpty Dumpty” has fallen, and no amount of political spin can put it back together again. What remains is the fight over how people will live inside the fracture and whether patriotism can still serve as a bond strong enough to resist collapse.

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Drawing on research by primatologist Frans de Waal, Todd shows how empathy, loyalty, and group boundaries appear in chimpanzees and humans alike. These instincts shape culture and survival, and when they’re ignored or denied, societies fracture. From Rwanda and Yugoslavia to American Indians to today’s unrest in Europe and the United States, history demonstrates the cost of refusing to acknowledge human nature.

The broadcast also explores Cold War lessons. Former KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov described a four-stage strategy of subversion: demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization. While he was speaking in the 1980s, the pattern is recognizable today. Modern influence campaigns no longer need spies in every institution — social media amplifies divisions at the speed of light. Every divisive slogan, every cultural flashpoint becomes a lever.

The final segment turns to today’s grassroots pushback. In Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Sweden, and even Australia, ordinary citizens are reclaiming their flags and cultural identity. These aren’t marches for empire, but local communities refusing to surrender their way of life. Todd argues that what’s dismissed as extremism is more often people defending memory, tradition, and cohesion.

The conclusion is clear: tribes that fail to rise above internal fracture are replaced by those that can. In practice, the broadest “tribe” available is the nation itself. Patriotism — allegiance to country above grievance — remains the only force strong enough to resist both ideological pressure and foreign manipulation. And as Todd reminds listeners, we are not heirs to apology but to resilience; descendants of people who endured unimaginable hardships fighting to build our nation out of nothing.

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This week’s broadcast takes on the breakdown of consensus and the rise of what’s being called the “censorship industrial complex.” From Europe’s expanding speech laws to the collapse of trust in legacy media, Todd explores how official narratives are manufactured, how they collapse, and what fills the vacuum when conventional wisdom dies.

• Europe’s new model of speech control and why it matters.

• How trust in journalism collapsed from NPR to the Washington Post.

• Informational anarchy and the death of consensus.

• Why shortwave increasingly matters in a pre-curated digital world.

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This week I slip back into the podcast chair after a month of shortwave chaos. I dig into two fronts:

• Shortwave revival — why Cold War–era radio bands may outlast the algorithm, how signals from Nashville carry into Europe, Africa, and beyond, and why listeners sick of curated feeds may look back to unfiltered airwaves.

• Unintended consequences of belief — from grievance culture to irreversible choices, how ideology locks people in, why mistakes can’t be walked back, and what happens when social momentum collides with irreparable regret.

Unfiltered signals, unavoidable consequences.

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This week’s broadcast cuts through nostalgia, mythology, and manipulation — from the reality of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath to the performance art of political protest, and Europe’s current struggles with borders and "shifting populations." Todd weaves firsthand accounts with sharp cultural critique to show how old wounds and new delusions collide.

• Revisiting the legacy of Hurricane Katrina: lived experience vs. media spectacle.

• “Moonbeam” politics — when activism becomes performance instead of substance.

• Europe’s modern turmoil: "shifting populations", cultural assimilation, and "renewed identity politics."

• The dangers of ideological cosplay and self-mythologizing movements.

• Why remembering the past without illusions matters for navigating the present

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The Thompson Show on WWCR – August 29, 2025 | Episode 4

In this explosive installment, Todd Thompson confronts the cultural and ideological fault lines rupturing across America and beyond. The show opens with a searing breakdown of the Minneapolis school shooting, committed by a transgender mass killer. Todd dissects its manifesto, the media's cowardly deflections, and how radical identity politics and grievance culture directly feed into increasing violence.

Key topics include:

• 📍 The “Trans Butcher of Minneapolis”: A manifesto of nihilism, vengeance, anti-Christian hate, and brainwashed delusion

• 🧠 Gender Dysphoria vs. Gender Identity Disorder: Euphemism as propaganda and the normalization of delusional mental illness

• 🏴‍☠️ The Zizian Cult: A real, ideologically militant trans cult linked to multiple killings, including the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont

• 🔁 The Boomerang Effect: How integration propaganda triggers backlash, and why mainstream deflection fuels insurgency

• 🪦 When Progressive Ideology Meets Suicide-by-Cult: The common thread from Nashville to Minneapolis to trans militants training with firearms and calling it “justice”

In the second act, Todd shifts to Cracker Barrel’s failed rebrand and the cultural significance of its rapid public retreat.

• 🎯 Why a logo redesign was perceived as cultural desecration

• 🛐 Cultural institutions as ideological temples — and what happens when they're scraped clean

• 📉 The ideological priests vs. rocking chairs and biscuits

• 🧭 Patriotism as resistance: Why Orwell was right—international socialism collapses when confronted with sincere love of country

Plus:

• A preview of next week’s segment on the UK’s “Raise the Colours” movement and the exploding backlash to migrant hotel policies

• Why Cracker Barrel, Bud Light, and even Major League Baseball all became battlegrounds in a war for national memory

📡 Broadcast weekly on WWCR 4840 kHz – Friday nights at 11PM Central | Midnight Eastern | 4AM UTC 🎧 Stream via podcast: “Toddzilla X-Pod” 📨 Email: toddzillax@gmail.com

Broadcast August 25, 2025 (WBCQ 7490 kHz), this episode takes a deep dive into the Red–Green Alliance — the unofficial but very real cooperation between far-left revolutionaries and Islamist movements.

Todd unpacks how this alliance has played out in Europe and America:

• In England: from Ken Livingstone welcoming Muslim Brotherhood clerics into City Hall, to the Respect Party’s fusion of Trotskyists and Islamist activists, to Jeremy Corbyn calling Hamas and Hezbollah his “friends.” These examples show how segments of the British Left traded legitimacy to Islamists in exchange for turnout and street power.

• On campuses and in media: post-colonial narratives reframed Islamist extremists as victims, while far-left academics embraced “decolonizing knowledge” and dismissed facts as tools of Western domination.

• In France: activists openly strategize about building “Muslim communist cadres,” treating mosques as political cells — a clear blueprint for how the Red–Green project embeds itself.

• In the U.S.: Minneapolis emerges as a revolutionary laboratory — from BLM protests to Ilhan Omar’s megaphone, from refugee demographics to DSA insurgents like Omar Fateh. Todd dissects how every loss becomes “proof of rigging,” every setback becomes martyrdom fuel, and how DSA uses Democratic Party infrastructure as a Trojan horse.

The episode also examines the limits of fusion: how clerics always outlast Marxist activists, why experiments in “Christian socialism” risk repeating the Jim Jones disaster, and how the Democratic Socialists of America fuse Palestinian solidarity with domestic insurgency.

Todd’s warning is clear: this is not ordinary politics. It is an insurgency hidden inside institutions, weaponizing identity grievance and class agitation against Western civilization itself.

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Broadcast August 22, 2025 on WWCR 4840 kHz from Nashville, this week’s edition of The Thompson Show dives headfirst into the theme of ideological religion — the secular Left’s new faith, complete with saints, martyrs, blasphemy laws, and holy wars.

Todd examines how today’s ideological zealots:

• Canonize their saints and martyrs — from Marx and Lenin to George Floyd and Greta Thunberg.

• Enforce blasphemy laws in the form of speechcrime and cancellation.

• Sacrifice truth, tradition, and common sense on the altars of DEI, climate zealotry, gender ideology, and ritualized propaganda.

• Wage holy wars through riots, uprisings, and cultural purges in the name of “justice.”

From Joan Didion’s warning about “moral imperatives” to Jacques Ellul’s insight on propaganda and orthopraxy, Todd connects the dots between ideological conditioning and religious zeal. He highlights the Boomerang Effect — how integration propaganda meant to normalize (like corporate DEI rituals or Target’s pride campaigns) backfires into outrage.

The broadcast reaches its climax with the Jonestown Warning: Jim Jones as the original “woke Marxist preacher,” blending Bible verses with socialist slogans, building a utopian commune that ended in mass graves. Todd argues that the same psychology underlies today’s woke religion — utopia promised, hysteria enforced, corpses delivered.

Closing the show, Todd expands the critique to Europe’s blasphemy laws, the UK and Scotland punishing veterans and teachers for “Islamophobia” while excusing Islamist extremism. He ties this selective enforcement to the Red–Green Alliance, showing how the far-Left and Islamists have made common cause against Western civilization.

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From Zohran Mamdani’s ideological engineering to AOC’s social-media storefront, from Bernie Sanders’ Trojan horse campaigns to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s Islamist grievance politics, Todd shows this is no conspiracy. It's a strategy playing out in real time.

In the closing stretch, Thompson draws on Orwell to warn that the real target is America’s cohesive narrative: patriotism itself. National pride, he argues, is the last barrier against ideological colonization, and once it’s stripped away, nothing stops the replacement of the individualist American story with a hollow collectivist counterfeit.

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Todd Thompson kicks off his new weekly broadcast with a personal and philosophical deep-dive into the moral void left by a culture replacing "God" with ideological religion.

What begins as a true story from 2008—being stranded in rural North Carolina and picked up by a Christian biker—becomes the anchor for a larger revelation: that modern “atheists” didn’t abandon religion. They just swapped it for something more dangerous—a punishing, re-branded Marxist orthodoxy obnoxiously masquerading as progress.

Inside:

• A raw account of a chance meeting with “The Lord’s Bikers” and a sermon by Pastor Snake that shattered preconceptions.

• Reflections on Dennis, Andre, and other real travel encounters that shaped Todd’s rejection of utopianism and return to spiritual humility.

• A dismantling of Rousseau’s Noble Savage fantasy and the rise of moral performance on the virtual street corner over honest introspection ad accountability.

• A hard pivot in the final segment: the enemy isn’t religion—it’s re-named Marxist ideology weaponized as moral law.

This episode marks the beginning of what Todd now calls The Todd-God Alliance. A spiritual and strategic realignment, not rooted in doctrine, but in shared Western values and a common enemy: ideological colonizers cloaked in performative compassion.

“The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.” - Solzhenitsyn

• DEI as a religious cult

• The Red-Green Alliance

• The Altar of Ideology: what the godless still worship

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No sermons. No safe spaces. Just fire.

On this week’s WBCQ broadcast, Todd dives deep into one of the most paradoxical coalitions — the Red-Green Alliance between far-left radicals and Islamist extremists. From its historical roots in the Soviet era to its modern presence in universities, activist networks, and even elected offices, Todd begins unpacking how two ideologies with irreconcilable differences unite against their shared enemy: Western civilization, particularly the United States. Along the way, he draws rhyming parallels to Mao’s Cultural Revolution, exposes the rhetorical and tactical playbook, and warns what history says will happen if either side wins. Hint: nothing good for Marxists.

Who says Todd's always negative? 

Find more on Substack at toddzillax.substack.com, and don’t miss the debut of Todd’s brand-new show on WWCR — premiering this Friday night at 11 PM Central / Midnight Eastern / 0400 UTC Saturday on 4840 kHz.

The Sacred Lie: Enlightened Masses, Media Manipulation & Digital Pentecostalism

In this sharp-edged, high-density solo episode of the Toddzilla X-Pod: Escaping the Cave, Todd Thompson takes a sledgehammer to the sacred myth of democratic wisdom. Are “the people” really wise and self-governing—or are they dopamine-driven echo chambers manipulated by narrative engineers?

Using thinkers like Walter Lippmann, H.L. Mencken, Edward Bernays, Jacques Ellul, Jonathan Haidt, and Neil Postman, Todd dissects the machinery of consent and the myth of the Enlightened Voter. He explores how social media rewires brains, how propaganda evolves into an ecosystem, and why moral outrage trumps rational thought in the Age of the Algorithm.

Highlights include:

• The myth of the rational electorate and the machinery that exploits it

• Bernays’ vision of democracy as a theater of persuasion

• Jonathan Haidt’s “elephant and rider” model as the operating system of tribal politics

• Tristan Harris, humane tech idealism, and why you can’t out-design human nature

• Digital Pentecostalism, identity marketplaces, and the religion of The Crowd

• A scathing rejection of both populist saviors and technocratic elites

• The call for epistemic rebellion and radical individual thought in a conformist age

Fast-paced and intellectually packed, this episode hits propaganda, technology, digital addiction, tribal identity, and ideological theocracy in under 30 minutes. Not for the faint of thought.

Stream now and don’t miss Todd’s weekly shortwave show on WBCQ The Planet—Mondays at 10PM Eastern on 7490 kHz.

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This opening salvo dives straight into the heart of the modern insurgency—unmasking the Democratic Socialists of America as a parasitic force infecting the Democratic Party through euphemism, moral camouflage, and Marxist entryism. Drawing from firsthand experience inside the Occupy movement, Todd lays bare how identity has replaced class in the new dialectic, and how victimhood has become the currency of power in a society addicted to narrative performance.

Topics include:

• The DSA as the “Red Tea Party”

• An introduction the the Red-Green Alliance

• Ideological religion and the rise of digital priesthoods

• Weaponized empathy, speechcrime, and the new moral caste system

• Why corporate America bows to DEI cultism

• The soft revolution: psychological warfare disguised as virtue

• And why the path to reclaiming reality begins with ideological disobedience

Broadcast from Southwest Michigan and blasted worldwide via shortwave, this is not just a show.

It’s the opening shot in an information war.

This is The Counter-Insurgency.

No soft landings. No apologies. Just fire.

Broadcast Monday night 10-11pm (2-3am Tuesday UTC) on 7.490mHz

Streaming: WBCQ The Planet

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From Bernays to Ellul, Le Bon to Lippmann, this episode connects propaganda history to today’s dopamine-driven mobthink and the collapse of objective truth. Todd explores how media isn’t simply broken—it’s perfectly optimized to feed a tribal, narrative-addicted public. And if you're still blaming "the media" without examining your own complicity? You're part of the problem.

Also discussed: sociological propaganda, algorithmic conformity, the myth of ideological autonomy, integration vs. agitation propaganda, the digital crowd, and the psychological toll of drowning in data without the tools to convert it into wisdom.

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Todd weaves in cognitive science (via Nicholas Carr and neuroplasticity), propaganda theory (via Jacques Ellul and Edward Bernays), and personal experience to reveal how the digital age has eroded attention spans, critical thought, and individual conscience. Social media becomes the new pulpit. Echo chambers replace dialogue. Heresy now means thinking for yourself.

At the core is a warning: intellectual autonomy now requires personal and moral courage. The courage to be disliked. To reject tribalism. To say, “That’s bullshit”—especially when it comes from your own side. From Mencken's skewering of revivalist mobs to the modern cancellation of NPR apostate Uli Berliner, Todd paints a bleak but brutally honest picture of conformity culture, urging listeners to reclaim their minds—even if it means exile.

This is not a feel-good sermon. It's a call to arms for the heretical unicorn.

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Todd dissects how modern ideological tribes—particularly on the Left—have replaced traditional religion with secular dogma, complete with martyrs, heresies, rituals, and catechisms. Using Hulk Hogan's post-mortem cancellation as a case study, he exposes how one taboo word now carries more social weight than actual violence, rape, or corruption. The result? A society where redemption is off the table, and performance is king.

From Ozzy’s “The Ultimate Sin” to McLuhan’s media warnings, this episode drips with unfiltered cynicism and cultural excommunication. If you’ve ever wondered how virtue-signaling replaced virtue—or why dissent now threatens belonging more than reason—don’t miss this blistering analysis.

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No receiver? No problem. You can listen online at www.wbcq.com or do nothing and wait until I upload the episodes right here. Who loves you like I do? 

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Major Segments with Time Cues

- 00:00:00] Introduction and podcast rebrand announcement - [00:01:00] Jeffrey Epstein news and political implications - [00:06:40] Challenges facing democracy and ideological threats - [00:12:00] George Washington on factions and foreign interference - [00:21:00] Jonathan Gottschall's storytelling theory and democracy - [00:24:00] Nicholas Carr on digital media's divisive effects - [00:39:00] Potential solutions: media literacy, gatekeeping, safeguards? - [00:55:00] Podcast platform changes and rebranding plans

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Bernie Sanders is back on the agitrail stoking civil unrest. "Are you ready for the revolution?"

From the riots to Iran, everyone's interpretation is determined by political affiliation. Shall we have another failed impeachment party?

After Wisconsin, we heard the same tired and temporary refrain: "no place for violence!" Since when?

What happens when the people themselves are the agitprop agents with global reach?

Why moderates don't matter.

Will MAGA and the Marxists ever hug it out and go bowling? Show me your work! 

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Bernie and AOC's Revolutionary Agitation Tour continues. So do the arson attacks. Weird, huh?

Bill Maher's blasphemous dinner at Berchtesgaden. 

Liberals are as responsible for Trump as MAGA.

Any open society is by nature defenseless against effective totalitarian movements. Centrism is the only bulwark against fanaticism. 

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New surveys indicates the left is increasingly embracing assassination and political violence as a whole. Duh. We needed a poll to tell us that? The media is asking why. The answer is surprisingly simple and resides in my archives: propaganda's goal is to create proselytes and militants; fanatics who are primed to take political action at a moment's notice. Bernie blew that oligarch whistle last month while Black Barry (bam ba lam) upped the agitation ante last week. Will run-of-the-mill conservative ever bother to respond or are they content posting memes?  

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We're two months into Trump's term and the 2028 campaign has already begun. Are you ready for the AOC Era? Do you think the Democrats are hopelessly lost and destined to go the way of the Whigs? None other than Trump and the Republicans themselves offer a sobering warning. Mock AOC at your own risk; beware the bartender demagogue. 

The pandemic struck 5-years ago already! Did they deceive the public "for our own good," was the loss of institutional trust worth it? What happens next time there's a *real* emergency? Will anyone listen?

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Also: Foreign Agitators and the case for The Alien Enemies Act, Dems need civil unrest; without identity politics they're lost without a message. ("Trump bad" doesn't count.) Hate him all you like, Trump is the most transformative president of our lifetimes and easily the most resilient ever. We now have Soros Radio! Finally, a serious warning for anyone who loathes Marxists. 

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The episode dissects the behavior of both political parties during this notable address, invoking Nietzsche and likening the opposition's refusal to cheer a young cancer survivor to a famous "Breaking Bad" plot line where basic decency and morality is smothered by self-interest. Todd scrutinizes the Democrats' response, eviscerating their lack of empathy and depth of political spite.

Listeners can expect a thought-provoking analysis that challenges the fabric of political discourse today, drawing parallels between real-life political actors and fictional anti-heroes like Walter White. With emotional storytelling, Todd brings forward the complexities of political life, moral certitude, and public perception against the backdrop of a politically charged presidential address. (AI generated notes)

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After obnoxiously congratulating himself on reading Trump's Ukraine strategy, your humble host again focuses on the seismic media-consumer shift that's killing the legacy liberal media cartels. From Joy Reid's firing to Maddow's and Olbermann's response to MSNBC's replacement, Ginger Goebbles, to Jake Tapper hilariously writing a book about Biden's dementia coverup...the funeral march is playing. And they know it. Can an institution exist if no one trusts it? 

The monologue moves to paid Soros activists protesting against DOGE and how the strategy isn't new. Toddzilla shares how he witnessed MoveOn's organizational shenanigans firsthand, with Occupy in 2011. There is no difference between activism and agitation; call them by name. They're agitators. It's what Marxists do. There's a proven way to fight them.

Finally, are you ready for a pandemic sequel? Has USAID been laundering gain-of-function money to Africa? 

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Todd also delves once again into the increasingly obsolete legacy media's portrayal of past events, like the Wuhan Lab leak and Biden's decline. Is old media even slightly qualified to act as self-appointed truth ministers? Who CAN you trust? Who will you trust in 5-years? The Great Social Contraction is at hand. Eventually you'll have to choose sides or drop out. Lone chimps aren't designed to last very long. Neither are solitary people.

This one also touches on topics like the misuse of government power and the unintended consequences. Boomerangs fly in both directions!

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2019's show notes: 

Confused as to why your righteous demands aren't being met? Behold! 

• Narratives, mythology, religion, and how they bind us together
• The Grand Design & Ideological Religions
• Making Enemies of Allies
• Haidt's Elephant
• Intellectual refinement and allowing yourself (and others) to make mistakes and change your mind
• External Truth and Reason
• Authoritarian creep
• No Hitler references!
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Todd also explores the conflict between instinctual tribalism & the social eugenics of delusional collectivism. He includes a raw personal perspective (and a warning!) about how being introduced to "the ignoble savage" altered the podcast's course, for better or worse! Pack a go-bag!

This one could be uncomfortable. You've been warned!

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As the show unfolds, Todd celebrates the abandonment of DEI programs both in federal government and corporate America, recounting potential origins of the anti-woke movement. He also talks about the importance of free speech, his change in perspective on informational gatekeeping, and the recent policy changes made by Trump.

Todd wraps up with a critique the mainstream media's deranged handling of Trump's return and how they're failing to adapt to the changes in public perception since his first term. Engaging in a candid dialogue about the media's credibility and dismal future, as well as the country's shift in sociopolitical dynamics, he contrasts Trump's current approval with his first term.

Todd also shares personal transformations regarding support for Trump, acknowledging a significant shift since 2017. He invites listeners to contemplate this evolution within the broader context of the American identity and political climate, while also finding time to mentor the youth against reckless teenage antics, conjuring up memories of youthful exploits.

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Begin with a quick look at the aftermath of the Detroit Lions' loss to the Washington Redskins. The host gives a candid recount of personal experiences over the holidays, from festive spirits to battling illness, all while navigating the torrent of recent current events.

Then dive into the juxtaposition of political silence and social upheaval, spotlighting the glaring lack of condemnation from the Squad following the ISIS attack in New Orleans. Examine the implications of Mark Zuckerberg's sudden pivot towards "championing free speech" on Facebook against the backdrop of societal backlash against suffocating censorship.

Explore the psychological chaos induced by the TikTok ban, drawing intriguing connections between global tech policies and their cultural ramifications. The episode closes with a provocative narrative on the rise of what could be state-sponsored social media "movements" and their propagandistic undertones. "They're getting out from somewhere." 

Next: Unburdened!

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Michigan: Australian for toxic! 

Look for the rest of what was supposed to be this episode soon! 

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Also, Daniel Penny's exoneration brought our disgraced BLM friends back out of their agitprop closet, just in time for Trump's inauguration. Coincidence? Or are we in for another Summer of Black Marxist Violence? 

Factor in Brian Thomson's public assassination, and how Little Luigi's being explained away and lionized, it's clear where we're headed. Where are the counterrevolutionaries? Will they ever set social media aside and meet the fight outside? Toddzilla's known to be skeptical! 

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The episode also highlights the Detroit Lions' stellar season and the fearless coaching of Dan Campbell. Known for his bold decisions, Campbell's authenticity and leadership shine as the Lions conquer the NFC and set their sights on their first Super Bowl.

Todd also delves into the unique rivalry dynamics and fan interactions, comparing the hate-fueled Michigan/Ohio State clashes to the organic respect between Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills supporters. Michigan: where football is more than a game; it's becoming a way of life.

Part 2 to follow! 

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The episode also covers the controversy within the "scientific" community, spotlighting Neil DeGrasse Tyson's recent comments to Bill Maher and the ridiculousness of Scientific American. The discussion explores the ideological capture of science and how that influences public perception and obliterates trust in scientific institutions.

Using that as a backdrop, Toddzilla delves into the hopeless climate change discourse, challenging the current narrative and proposing adaptation as an essential strategy. He critiques the naive reliance on objective truth and discusses the importance of storytelling in shaping public opinion and policy. With a mix of political analysis and cultural commentary, this episode offers a thought-provoking look at pressing global issues. Just don't expect a rhetorical hug!

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Mr. Sunshine doesn't say he told you so. Much. 

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Next, why are facts irrelevant to loyal followers and how does that tie in to professional wrestling? (It's the story!)

Finally, who is Kamala Harris..really? Her word salads say nothing. Thankfully, her old campaign words say plenty. Have the extremes finally seized control of both factions?  

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The episode kicks off with musings on Halloween and the host's own experience with the holiday in a small town setting. As the conversation shifts, Toddzilla dives into the world of sports, providing a passionate overview of the Detroit Lions' impressive season and the new controversies surrounding Jameson Williams. From his performance-enhancing substance suspension to possible new legal troubles, the episode dissects the team's direction with him as well as how fan reactions mirror those of political partisans.

Our rancid political hellscape then takes center stage as Todd explores the ridiculous 2024 presidential race. He critiques the media's portrayal of candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, addressing issues of narrative, ubiquitous advocacy journalism (propaganda!), and the absence of objective truth in modern discourse. The episode also delves into Trump's recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, contrasting it with Harris's not-so-clever, but understandable, cop out, as well as Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. Also, who the hell is still "undecided?" 

In a broader societal commentary, Todd reflects on election exhaustion stemming from both traditional and social media and the incessant spin of stories to fit partisan agendas. With a critical eye on empty terms like "fascism" and euphemisms like "narrative," Todd challenges listeners to consider the implications of language and media influence in shaping public perception.

Join Toddzilla for a candid and thought-provoking episode that navigates the intersections of sports, politics, and societal discourse, urging listeners to question the stories they are told and the realities they perceive.

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In this episode, Todd reflects on his podcasting journey, revealing the challenges of balancing different content themes. He candidly discusses the internal conflict of addressing varied topics, from propaganda and anti-woke content to his passion for baseball, and the impact of audience expectations on content creation while examining the near-futility of attempting objectivity amidst the proliferation of propaganda and the growing divide between ideological extremes.

The conversation shifts to the global political scene, with Todd offering insights into the escalating tensions in Lebanon and the broader Middle Eastern region. Toddzilla shares his evolving stance on political and social issues, highlighting his anti-woke and anti-Marxist perspectives while again contemplating the role of propaganda in shaping public opinion. He examines the psychological underpinnings of human nature, self-interest, and the quest for status, drawing connections to historical and contemporary events.

Listeners can expect a thought-provoking exploration of the interplay between personal beliefs, media influence, and the struggle to discern truth in an age of information overload. Toddzilla's introspective journey promises to challenge conventional narratives and provoke critical thinking.

Join Todd as he navigates the intricate web of politics, culture, and personal introspection in this engaging episode of Escaping the Cave. Whether you're a long-time follower or a new listener, prepare for a candid and insightful discussion that transcends traditional boundaries.

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Recorded on September 30th, Todd recounts his voice-killing experience at Comerica Park for the Tigers' Thursday game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Listen as he describes the electric atmosphere, the nail-biting moments, and the unforgettable comeback win highlighted by Matt Vierling's now-iconic scream. Todd shares his personal anecdotes, including one new superstition that seemed to influence the game’s outcome!

The episode also covers the Tigers' series against the Chicago White Sox, the strategic decisions made by both teams, and the implications of those games on the Tigers' playoff pitching staff. Todd provides insights into the performances of key players like Tarik Skubal, Riley Greene, and Jackson Jobe, and discusses the potential playoff roster and pitching strategies.

As the Tigers prepare to face the Houston Astros in the wild card round, Todd previews the matchup, highlighting the significance of A.J. Hinch's return to Houston and the potential impact of Justin Verlander in the playoffs and beyond 2024. He also reflects on the broader context of the Tigers' achievement, comparing it to historic playoff runs and emphasizing the changes in MLB's playoff structure.

Click in for an in-depth analysis, personal stories, and a passionate discussion about the Detroit Tigers' memorable 2024 season and their upcoming playoff battle. Don't miss this episode filled with excitement, nostalgia, and expert baseball commentary.

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Todd analyzes the Tigers' recent series against the Colorado Rockies, highlighting performances from players like Keider Montero, Spencer Torkelson and Casey Mize. He also discusses the potential 2024 impact of Jackson Jobe's promotion to AAA and speculates on the team's future moves, including the possibility of signing big names like Pete Alonso and Juan Soto.

The episode also covers trade insights, particularly the Jack Flaherty trade, and its positive impact on the Tigers' roster. Todd reflects on the team's financial flexibility and how it might shape their offseason strategy.

As the Tigers gear up for a crucial series against the Baltimore Orioles, Todd emphasizes the importance of maintaining momentum and staying competitive. Don't miss this in-depth analysis and passionate commentary on all things Detroit Tigers!

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Todd reflects on past episodes from 2019 and 2020, specifically the relationship between informational anarchy and the demand for gatekeepers. He discusses the upcoming debate between Harris and Trump, focusing on media bias and the questions posed to each candidate. Todd also explores the broader implications of advocacy journalism (literally propaganda!) and the erosion of objective reporting, questioning the role of major news outlets like the Associated Press.

The episode also touches on Kamala Harris's past radical positions, her lack of press conferences, and the media's failure to hold her accountable. Todd highlights the dangers of a truth ministry and the potential consequences of policing speech, referencing historical and contemporary examples of propaganda and ideological control.

Join Todd as he navigates the complex web of media influence, political bias, and the critical importance of genuine journalism in today's polarized environment. This episode promises to be a thought-provoking examination of the current political climate and the forces shaping public opinion. 

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In an improvised nostalgic twist, Todd recounts his personal experiences working at Coors Field & Tiger Stadium, offering vivid anecdotes about George Frazier as well as legendary figures like Vin Scully, Ernie Harwell, Todd Helton, and Bob Uecker. 

Whether you’re a die-hard baseball fan or simply love a good sports story, this episode mixes of current insights, historical context, and personal reflections about America's pastime. 

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What do Trump's would-be assassin and Nashville's murderous trans woman have in common? And where has the coverage gone?

Some positions, like the Secret Service and President, demand merit-based hiring not "diversity" quotas. We're finally paying the price. 

Can constant exposure to propaganda lead to a twisted form of tolerance, changing the way individuals perceive, react to, and accept factual information? If so, what happens when that trust completely, and inevitably breaks down?

Book those children's parties now! 

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In this sobering episode, Todd digs into these historic nine days, beginning with the rapidly decaying social landscape following the assassination attempt on Trump, the media's telling reaction, the lack of real information about the shooter and his motives, and trial by rhetorical combat disguised as public "discourse."

Recorded just 12-hours after Joe Biden's long overdue withdrawal from the presidential race, and the rapid endorsement of his DEI poster girl, he then revisits the folly of continuing Unity Via Division as a political tactic in a dangerously divided nation.

Also: the enduring power of patriotism versus Utopian socialist fantasy and how both technology and ignoring human nature is deepening the divide. It's still, and always has been, the people. 

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Todd dissects Biden's decline by comparing his sharpness in the 2012 VP debate against Paul Ryan to his recent ineptitude then raises critical questions about Biden's fitness for office, especially given the stark decline in his mental acuity just over the last couple of years. The discussion extends to the Democratic Party's responsibility and their handling of Biden's candidacy, emphasizing the critical need for a viable alternative rather than .

Todd also explores the media's reaction in the wake of Biden's exposure, particularly CNN's panel, which starkly contrasted previous defenses of Biden. The episode also touches upon potential replacement candidates like Kamala "Of Color" Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, and Gavin Newsom, specifically criticizing Kamala Harris, reflecting on her past primary embarrassment and her suitability as Biden's successor as a DEI Pledge appointee.

The episode concludes with a reflection on the state of American politics and the supposed "existential threat" posed by Donald Trump, as perceived by the Democratic Party and its media. How can anyone take their democratic doomsday claims seriously if Biden remains their opposition candidate?  

Check out the Escape in the Cave podcast on your favorite platform and visit the YouTube channel for more content. Happy July 4th!

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Transitioning from weather to ideology, Todd again takes on one of his favorite topics, the socialist facade, and critiques the fervor of activism in general, arguing that rabid self-righteous zealotry may boomerang into being counterproductive. He explores the notion of moral certitude leading to crusading moral imperatives and how these things inevitably lead to tyrannical divisiveness rather than unity. Todd also touches on historical narratives, discussing the portrayal of Native Americans and blacks as "helpless" and in need of a savior, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging agency and the complexities of history.

Throughout the episode, Todd weaves in thoughts on political propaganda, the religious undertones of ideological beliefs, and the societal impacts of self-righteousness. With his usual blend of wit and candor, Todd challenges listeners to reconsider their perspectives on activism, history, and the ways in which we engage with opposing viewpoints. ("Wit", huh? Yes, AI wrote most of that. It gets paid to love Him.)

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Todd also shares his admiration for Bill Maher's ability to call out his own political tribe, highlighting Maher's recent interview with John Fetterman. The discussion touches on Fetterman's moral clarity regarding Israel and Gaza and his stance against the woke faction within his party.

The episode further investigates the societal impact of manufactured and monetized rumination, the habit of obsessing over negative aspects of life, and how this can lead to widespread depression. Todd connects this to social media's role in perpetuating constant negativity and the broader implications for our mental health crisis.

Join Toddzilla as he navigates through the complexities of modern mental health, political courage, and the dangerous consequences of an overly therapeutic culture. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of psychology, social media, and contemporary politics.

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After a brief update on recent personal events, Todd transitions into a deep discussion about the impact of rapid information dissemination on society, drawing parallels with the current conflict in Gaza and domestic issues. He reflects on the tribalism inherent in human nature, referencing the famous "Eagles & Rattlers" experiment and illustrating how instantaneous global connectivity has ironically led to greater division and misinformation.

Todd explores the psychological unpreparedness for the digital age and the rise of misinformation and propaganda, emphasizing the profound implications of artificial intelligence and deepfakes on public perception. He revisits classic theories by Walter Lippmann and Harold Lasswell, examining the debate between free speech, "benevolent" censors, and the need for effective debate to uncover truth amidst the noise of modern media.

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Notes from 2019: Ellul's ideas on pre-propaganda, propaganda's conditioned reflexes, myths, and "orthopraxy". Including the triggering of active and passive action (activists, influencers, collaborators), widespread participation by "committed" zealots, the separation between thought and action, exploiting the abyss between what we say and what we do, mobilizing men for action counter to their own values, and being unable to reverse ourselves once "action" has begun.

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• When defective self-esteem pseudoscience collides with social eugenics
• The Indoctrinated come of age
• When a President kneels before the Dearborn Caliphate.
• Look for a follow up episode soon. 

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Segment 2 ( 1:02:30 ) features a discussion about the conflict between "Jefferson's Coat"; the right every generation has to live free from the tyranny of their ancestors, and democracy's inability to defend itself against ideological insurgents who use a country's liberal freedoms to destroy it from within. Was McCarthy completely out of bounds? 

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Also, a change is coming to the podcast! Believe it or not, all this is related. 

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"In this exhilarating episode of "Escaping the Cave," host Todd navigates through the world of social media anarchy and its repercussions on society. Explore the delicate balance between the government and tech behemoths, focusing on the spread of disinformation and propaganda and pondering the skewed attention on right-wing content. This episode is a deep dive into our evolving digital landscape and its profound effects on individual and communal psyche.

Amid discussions about World War I, Tristan Harris, Jonathan Haidt, and their work, Todd embarks on an examination of information manipulation. He questions the viability of shaping enlightened communities where leadership decisions are anchored on rationality. This engaging episode offers piercing revelations about our collective self-perception as rational beings, presenting the unsettling reality of humans as storytellers instead.

Todd invites you to dive into the "informational sewage" and stimulate your curiosity with riveting discourses on human tendency towards manipulation, propaganda in our everyday interactions, and their roles in shaping world perception. The exploration doesn’t end here. It probes further into the polarity of skepticism and gullibility embedded in our biases, shaping our receptivity to information.

This episode challenges us to confront our personal misconceptions, triggering introspections on personal identity and ideology. It sheds light on consequential socio-political topics like extremism and social religions, revealing how our ideologies shape the world around us. The host emphasizes our primordial nature as storytellers and discusses the narratives that influence our perceptions and social dynamics.

Unmask the human condition at its core and delve into an enlightening journey exploring our collective subconscious. This honest and straightforward episode introduces listeners to propaganda's intricate workings, intricate human perception, and self-deception. A riveting discussion awaits listeners who are eager to challenge their biases and confront the narratives they absorb.

Prepare for a soul-stirring narrative wrapped in discussions around self-conscious fears and societal norms. The episode probes into topics like evolutionary biology, psychology, propaganda, tribalism, and the pursuit of truth. It brings to light struggles with self-awareness, our inherent tribal instincts, and our collective movement towards a more scientific mindset. Tune in for an in-depth exploration of our reality, the compelling narratives we weave, and the need to understand our existence. Stay curious and explore the unknown with Todd!"

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• Tribal politics and collectivist globalism are mutually exclusive
• Identity politics and the American Indians' demise
• How failing to unite against the clear and present threat both doomed Native Americans and led to Hitler
• Wokentology's narcissistic time bomb: a rare message genuine of anti-woke hope!
• Communing with the ghosts of my colonizing ancestors at Ft. Michilimackinac
• Fragile souls sent spiraling into a mental health crisis by "misgendering" pronouns and uncomfortable ideas demand that we be ashamed of, and apologize for, our very badass ancestors? Ha! No. 

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• Sebastian Junger and his book Tribe
• Tribalism and social evolution
• The doe eyed folly of "anti-tribalism" splinter factions
• Unity Via Division, huh? Go home, you're drunk
• The Fantastical Cult of Utopian Diversity: do diverse super societies have a shelf life?
• Vichy Whites: Wokentology's moneyed bourgeois assuming they'll be judged as "one of the good ones" 
• Careful of those reprisals

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• Tribalism offers the protection of the herd: physical, ideological, even rhetorical
• The accidental consequences of actually being a lone independent thinking chimp
• Tribal politics, agitation and integration propaganda, and "revolution"
• Collectivism vs Individualism: The invasive species attacking the foundational and cohesive myth
• Revolutionary destabilization is the goal
• Extremist Roulette: the scapegoated majority choosing their own tribe's self-interest

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• What if there is no floor and rock bottom instead hits like Chicxulub? 
• In the failing era of Unity Via Division, selling unity knockoffs is a good dollar
• Can we just dispense with the infanitile "Let's Come Together" stuff? 
• No? Show your work!
• The "need to believe" is the death of reason

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Introducing The Desert of the Why!

We know what legislative riders are. What about "truth" riders? 

The one thing in news, information, and tech that must remain unspoken.

Why climate change hysterics are misguided and a waste of time.

How the stupid cliques we form as kids flare up like herpes for the rest of our lives.

Todd's new Gatekeeper disconnect.

Chasing Che. 

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America's puritanical tradition began on the Mayflower. Why totalitarian cultural eugenics might do more harm than "good." Agitprop and authoritarianism are conjoined twins. Can a true Democracy even defend itself? The generational tyranny of tradition; each new generation has the right to rule itself free from the yoke of their dead ancestors. Is authoritarianism, like deceit and self-deception, an inherent trait rather than a character flaw? Is it democracy's self-destruct button? A brief introduction to Harold Lasswell. And finally, if you suddenly find you lack the freedom to NOT believe, you're living in a theocracy. Stand up. Push back. 

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(8:40) How does a person enthusiastically produce a podcast when the subject matter and outcome is completely devoid of basic hope? 

(9:41) "Fix" the for-profit media complex? Good luck. "It's the people." Tiptoeing into how pre-programmed deceit and self-deception are major parts of the how and why.

(30:45) Deceit and Self-Deception. The opening salvo. 

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(18:00) Isn't it funny how the balloon and the ensuing UFO "mystery" distracted everyone from Biden's classified documents scandal? How about some MORE healthy rabid skepticism?

(30:00) Your host got the inside poop on Ohio's train derailment. While the cause seems obvious, who's to blame? Is it corporate greed, the ongoing labor shortage, or worse, DOT incompetence?  

(45:00) East Palestine, Ohio: in the culture wars, poor whites have become what Chomsky called unworthy victims. How would the response have been different in Ann Arbor, Portland, or Gary? 

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Segment 2 starts (27:30) with an overdue return to Joan Didion's essay (and handy extremist test!) On Morality, transitions toward the Woke Book of Shouldism, Haidt's elephant, and steers into Toddzilla's plea for Sausage Party Hope in segment 3 (1:02:40).

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From #112 - Storytellers, Truth, and The Great War of the 21st Century

From #112 - Storytellers, Truth, and The Great War of the 21st Century (11/8/22)

Segment 2 (16:02): The changing social media landscape and TikTok posing an obvious data-driven election threat from China.

Segment 3 (22:12): Mankind at its best: Artemis finally lifted off sending Orion to the moon! 

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Segment 2 (23:00): the Democrats' abortion debacle, The Sham-Wow Guy vs. Fettergump, and how the '22 midterms are a sure sign Idiocracy is here. 

Segment 3 (39:00): There were no blacks on the World Series rosters. So?

Segment 4 (58:20): Elon's Twitter drama, his inevitable choice between free speech absolutism and truth ministers, euphemism warnings, then returns to The 21st Century Informational War and how human self-deception is converging with technology to trigger a battle over reality itself.

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• The iceberg bobbing off our bow
• Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube: Walter White cutting his meth supply? 
• Pinker's Utopian vs. Tragic Vision
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• The bi-weekly apocalypse and their "chosen ones"
• Progress's Myth and becoming organic
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From #97, this episode featured uplifting topics such as: why it's not necessary to conquer a democracy when a just little doubt'll do ya. Also, how can a nation avoid inevitable conflict when each half of the country functions according to different rules of factual physics? Is there a relationship between likability, deplorability, & disinformation?

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- Governmental malpractice

- Trillions in revenues sacrificed to a "hoax?" Really?

- Coronavirus & 9/11

- You can't be in a play and watch it at the same time

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-Informational becoming literal anarchy.

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• Democracy implodes without the public's consensual trust, 
• The means, ends, and Salem Witches, 
• Romney, Amash, Manchin, and the Principled Pit of Hell, 
• Howard Dean says Democrats will challenge November's election,   

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-Tending to personal and commercial attachments

-How political and marketing swine manipulate attachments via identity

-Meditation and Buddhist philosophy as tools to disconnect

-Blank Slatists: Beware

-Emerson's Self-Reliance: read it. 

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ALSO:

• A quick impeachment fart
• You want an authoritarian
• Political Vampires
• Algorithms, Lippmann, Bernays, and You
• Silver Spoons: A Hate Crime
• The filthy Centrus Americanus
• Friendship: Loyalty & Support vs. Honesty
• Nothing can be done about climate change
• Data Overload revisited 

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• The Democrat's fracture has gangrene
• Daenerys and the Utopian Teet
• Don't call a backdraft a boomerang
• F**K Twitter

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• A naked man kills a fer-de-lance
• Men, middle age, and the power plant
• Healthy anxiety vs. fear
• This election won't matter
• The tyrant is in the eye of the beholder
• The Titan Tragedy
• Podcasters: they're spammy and slimy.
• ^They call that foreshadowing

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ALSO:

• Hillary: probably right about Tulsi Gabbard
• Hillary: definitely right about Jill Stein
• Hillary: absolutely a Trump asset
• Americans subsidize European entitlements
• Trump's "foreign policy" could lead to universal education 
• Media and Information Education: stat!
• Be sure you're subscribed to "Escaping The Cave"

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Also: 

• Quitting smoking: it sucks
• Nicholas Carr and the "influencer"
• Goebbels ❤️'s Bernays
• My poor defenseless podcast is attacked by a zombie
• Happy Halloween?
• Fu*k Twitter

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ALSO: 

• Fcuk Twitter
• Twice
• Hard

ALSO: 

• Unrealistic expectations inside the steaming pile of Twitter
• Was it your childhood dream to be Saul Goodman?
• More on pseudo-environments and internal narratives
• Fcuk Twitter. (Not a big part of the episode. Just felt like saying it.)

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 Also: 

• Alternate Informational Universes 
• Half-assed media sophistication: not enough
• Why can't we watch the opposition's media without going nuts?
• Our dueling scandals aren't automatically mutually exclusive
• More on the the Current Events Man 
• Media isn't free. You are the product being sold. 

ALSO:

• Te Nosce, bitches 
• Competing Scandals; Competing Networks; Competing Narratives 
• Smoking, Facebook, and associative dopamine addiction.    
• The Matrix and the Internet
• The responsibility and danger of exposing "their" delusion
• All Cats Meow
• Why we believe the ridiculous
• Finding hope in human imperfection
• More on likability and art
• The Hobgoblin  
• Where the hell is Jill Stein? #NeverForget

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ALSO: 

• Controlling speech is controlling thought; Speechcrime is Thoughtcrime
• Unless Nickelback is your standard, nothing great has ever come from timid conformity.
• "Unanimity requires compliance" and defiant creative independence

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ALSO: 

• Toxic Compromise
• The Election Won't Matter
• At all.
• Wokeflakes Becoming Trump
• We The Authoritarian People

*The Propaganda and Social Media Disease theme resumes soon. It's a good time to catch up on what you may have missed.*

ALSO:      

• The Battle of the 21st Century
• The iceberg bobbing off our bow
• Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube: Walter White cutting his meth supply? 
• Pinker's Utopian vs. Tragic Vision
• Evolution and self-awareness
• The apocalypse and its "chosen ones"
• Progress's Myth and becoming organic

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ALSO: 

• Agitation propaganda during the American Revolution 
• Triggering revolution by provoking hate? It's easy!
• Exploiting hatred and the path to genocide
• Hatred: small investment, high return
• Agitation and Integration can be used simultaneously
• Utopia is totalitarian
• Intellectuals: More susceptible to integration propaganda than dolts
• Intellectuals and self-bigotry
• "Can I hate you?"
• Justification, rationalization and stampeding enraged elephants
• Agitation to Integration: extremely difficult
• Successful Agitation + Failed Integration = Mob Rule
• Winter Is Here
• Yep. It's a doozy. 

Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747

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• Andrew Sullivan on the boomerang
• Post-Truth hatred and division: a bigger threat than climate change
• Don't blame the bartender for getting you drunk
• Twitter, Facebook, and Typhoid Mary
• Atomic Ping Pong
• Our personal broadcast stations
• The Russia investigation saved the Democrats
• Setting up your triage tent
• Forget the mob; save yourself
• Information or Propaganda? Can you tell? Does it even matter?
• The Matrix & Propaganda

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ALSO: 

• This is a triage situation; not a search for the "cure"
• Disinformation bit me again!
• Why we won't quit the informational drug
• A possible path to empathy
• The culture war is a War of Narratives
• Chosen perspective becomes "personal truth"
• Provoking shame as a "debate" tool: a boomerang
• Social media "influencers": personal brands hocking a product while posing as "journalists"
• The IDW: agitation propaganda

Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747

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ALSO:

• Democratic Socialists: as ridiculous during Occupy as at their "convention"
• Aligned, Premeditated, and Secret Consciences: Individuality and Haidt's Elephant
• Disconnecting thought & action  
• Opposing propagandas: political abstention or fanaticism?
• The IDW: Agitation Propaganda
• Data Overload and the Defective Human Mind
• Your congenial host and the Ideological Riptide
• No one's immune. Not even you.

Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747

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ALSO:

• Chris & Rich educate Todd on "Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo"
• The PMRC and the new Left
• Corey Booker's "community"
• The Dragon, Kraken, and your own self-interest
• The absurdity of expecting a Matriarchal Utopia

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ALSO: 

• "Can I believe this" vs "Must I believe this"
• Snorting pacifists: lambs to the wolves
• Arya Stark: she was fiction. 
• "Educated Intellectuals" aren't immune to propaganda; maybe more vulnerable  

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ALSO:

• Artificial solutions to real needs
• Real solutions to artificial needs
• "Influencers", their product, and their Patreon
• The Tribal Dance of Rhetorical Fuckery
• We're a species of sleazy lawyers and pathological liars
• Self-stereotyping caricatures
• It's fine to generalize then exile sectarian fabricants

Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747

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ALSO:

- Marianne Williamson: The New Trump?

- Introducing the father of American propaganda: Edward Bernays

- They know you better than you know yourself   

- Propaganda's side-effects and how they mirror the '60's definition of "neurosis"

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ALSO: 

• Exiling naked sectarians
• Agitation and organization
• How the Internet rejuvenates and revives conditioned reflexes
• Technology indoctrinates us much faster than before
• Presuppositions, stereotypes, and political education disguised as universities
• Mind-hacking thru a broken firewall
• Seizing your intellectual autonomy
• Excommunication is painful. But Necessary.

Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747 *Like the pod? SPREAD IT!  

Also: 

• Propaganda's only heard by its choir creating alternate factual universes: The Echo Chamber
• Manchurian activists primed for provoked outrage & action: Marionettes
• The creation of an abstract verbal universe: Personal Realities spun from Collective Narratives & "fake news"
• Sacrificing self-dignity to "the cause" and the danger of surrendering to "something bigger than yourself"
• Stereophonic propaganda
• Reclaiming individuality by removing your dog from the fight: Privatized Detachment

Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747

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Also: 

• Leaving the mob
• Evolution lurks
• Mythology and the Devil within

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ALSO: 

• Silent Collaborators
• The Sunday School of political insemination
• Political missionaries always rapping at the smart phone's door
• Being right vs. "looking" right
• Ignoring history
• You're solely responsible for protecting and maintaining your own mind 

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• “Racism” isn’t a "white thing" nor exclusively an American trait
• The ridiculous notion that propaganda-farting fleshbots are “changing minds”
• The slow crawl of social progress 
• Paying Granddaddy’s social debts
• Immigration and "becoming American"
• “Socialism rules!" Then why was there a Berlin Wall?
• Your special personal experience doesn’t matter
• Child Worship? But, children are literally ignorant

ALSO: 

-Data overload, informational suffocation, and how the compulsive "current events man" is actually less informed.

-Are we "really" evolving?

-Patriotic appreciation vs. copycat anti-Americanism

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Also: 

-Communing with the organic dead

-There's no such thing as collective critical thought

-Intelligence as a handicap

-Foreshadowing a Walter Lippmann re-think

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Also, 

-What happened to our Nuremberg rally?

-More on these ridiculous Democratic debates

-Justice isn't real  

-Is the extremist worm turning?   

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Also: 

-Social media is the new talk radio

-Visceral emotive manipulation and monetized propaganda

-Algorithms as propaganda delivery systems 

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Also,

-The universal nature of both our inner and shared stories

-Propaganda is a story.

-What happens when conflicting propagandas collide?

-Social Vengeance Warriors moving beyond "justice" and discrimination into thought control.  

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Also: 

-Abandoning basic American principles; Patriotism's vicious backlash 

-Social upheaval or an authoritarian police state resulting from the governed revoking their consent

-The Great Utopia is not only impossible, its illusion is held together only by chains

-The ridiculous argument that people are voting "against their own interest"

-Morally self-righteous bigotry and Wokeflakes poking the Crackerbear

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-Bulls**t Jousting

-The truth probably won't set you free

-Sausage Party Hope and the fueling Audacity of Belief

-How & why disinformation works: a first person play-by-play.

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The first 35-minutes: 

- Justin Amash and the criticism from the left.

- Mueller's fumble and the Democrat's ensuing demand that he star in their 2020 reality show/campaign ad.

- To Impeach or not Impeach: just do it or STFU!

- Democrats are politically impotent to stop anything Trump does. How does that "protest vote" look now?  

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Also: 

-The DIKW pyramid and drowning in data.

-The Id on Parade, the natural state of man, and Leviathan.  

-What happens when reasonable voices abandon the public square to mindless mobs of roving avatars?

-When avatars attack

-A classic full-frontal Toddzilla rant salvaged from The Lost Episode about Twitter, and more.  

Elias Aboujaode's Virtually You: 

https://www.amazon.com/Virtually-You-Dangerous-Powers-Personality/dp/0393340546

Nicholas Carr's The Shallows: 

https://www.amazon.com/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death: 

https://www.amazon.com/Amusing-Ourselves-Death-Discourse-Business/dp/014303653X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1558613196&sr=1-1

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Also:

• Social Media Influencers and how the Media 101 Model applies to them
• Emerson on independent thought, conformity, and consistency
• The abandonment of external truth and the path to authoritarianism 

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• The thin veneer of civilization
• Self-dehumanization
• Extremists v. Moderate
• The Social Media Disease

Government institutions are melting down and the faith of the governed along with it.

Hey! What could possibly go wrong?!?

Need more Toddzilla?

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• Narratives, mythology, religion, and how they bind us together
• The Grand Design & Ideological Religions
• Making Enemies of Allies
• Haidt's Elephant
• Intellectual refinement and allowing yourself (and others) to make mistakes and change your mind
• External Truth and Reason
• Authoritarian creep
• No Hitler references!

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The re-resurrection begins by re-laying the foundation. More on the way.

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