Steven Monticelli

It's not shaped by political and economic alliances between elites or irreversible transformations in technology that render old job skills irrelevant. There's no material analysis. All of this...

all this fear, all this terrifying disruption of what is comfortably routine, they view stems from a sinister plot, a plan that is hidden tightly by a small circle of elites, sort of cartoon villains with near superpowers that control the world.

all this fear, all this terrifying disruption of what is comfortably routine, they view stems from a sinister plot, a plan that is hidden tightly by a small circle of elites, sort of cartoon villains with near superpowers that control the world.

all this fear, all this terrifying disruption of what is comfortably routine, they view stems from a sinister plot, a plan that is hidden tightly by a small circle of elites, sort of cartoon villains with near superpowers that control the world.

And if only the right people, the sort of heroes of the story, of the movie that they think that they're watching, if only those people would step forward and and pull off the mask of the villains, then everything would be set right.

And if only the right people, the sort of heroes of the story, of the movie that they think that they're watching, if only those people would step forward and and pull off the mask of the villains, then everything would be set right.

And if only the right people, the sort of heroes of the story, of the movie that they think that they're watching, if only those people would step forward and and pull off the mask of the villains, then everything would be set right.

And while figures like H.L. Hunt and their operations like Lifeline may be in the past, we have our own contemporary versions of this. with roots in Texas.

And while figures like H.L. Hunt and their operations like Lifeline may be in the past, we have our own contemporary versions of this. with roots in Texas.

And while figures like H.L. Hunt and their operations like Lifeline may be in the past, we have our own contemporary versions of this. with roots in Texas.

We now have Elon Musk, who controls X, formerly known as Twitter, in which he has used his platform with millions of followers to promote dangerous conspiracy theories like the Great Replacement Theory, which we recorded a previous episode of this podcast about. Ultimately, we are living in a culture that swims with conspiracy theories.

We now have Elon Musk, who controls X, formerly known as Twitter, in which he has used his platform with millions of followers to promote dangerous conspiracy theories like the Great Replacement Theory, which we recorded a previous episode of this podcast about. Ultimately, we are living in a culture that swims with conspiracy theories.

We now have Elon Musk, who controls X, formerly known as Twitter, in which he has used his platform with millions of followers to promote dangerous conspiracy theories like the Great Replacement Theory, which we recorded a previous episode of this podcast about. Ultimately, we are living in a culture that swims with conspiracy theories.

And for us to make our way out of the rabbit hole, we're going to need some sort of framework for understanding the world, something that can help us better understand how we got here and where we're going. And no matter what that is, it certainly won't be something as simple as believing that we just have to pull off the mask of some villain and then everything will be set straight from there.

And for us to make our way out of the rabbit hole, we're going to need some sort of framework for understanding the world, something that can help us better understand how we got here and where we're going. And no matter what that is, it certainly won't be something as simple as believing that we just have to pull off the mask of some villain and then everything will be set straight from there.

And for us to make our way out of the rabbit hole, we're going to need some sort of framework for understanding the world, something that can help us better understand how we got here and where we're going. And no matter what that is, it certainly won't be something as simple as believing that we just have to pull off the mask of some villain and then everything will be set straight from there.

This is Michael Phillips. And this is Steven Monticelli. Thanks for listening.

This is Michael Phillips. And this is Steven Monticelli. Thanks for listening.

This is Michael Phillips. And this is Steven Monticelli. Thanks for listening.