About this episode

The episode discusses various geopolitical issues and the implications of war and misinformation.

Participants: John Steppling, Cory Morningstar, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Contradictory retroactive justifications for war, migrant workers stranded in the Gulf States, Erika Kirk qualified for high-level public office? Western Asian states jostle for position in the coming post-empire order, Trump administration clown show, war motivated by eschatological motives, fog of war and a flood of fake A.I. generated videos of missile strikes, the war emergency being used as a new excuse for citizen lockdowns, etc... Music track: “Desafinado” by Stan Getz (public domain).

Topics covered

• Contradictory retroactive justifications for war
• migrant workers stranded in the Gulf States
• Erika Kirk qualified for high-level public office
• Western Asian states jostle for position in the coming post-empire order
• Trump administration clown show
• war motivated by eschatological motives
• fog of war and a flood of fake A.I. generated videos of missile strikes
• war emergency being used as a new excuse for citizen lockdowns

Keywords

• war
• migrant workers
• public office
• post-empire order
• Trump administration
• A.I. generated videos
• citizen lockdowns

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