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The episode discusses the impact of consumerism and influencer culture on perceptions of competency and gear in tactical training.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Phil Rabalais, Andrew Bobo, Nic Emricson

Topics covered

• consumerism
• influencer culture
• tactical gear
• training
• competency

Keywords

• competency
• consumerism
• tactical gear
• influencer culture
• training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Matter of Facts Podcast, Cypress Survivalist, MantisX, Patreon, Amazon

Products: American Insurgent

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