I sat down with Aleks Svetski, author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto” and “The Bushido of Bitcoin,” to discuss why socialism fails, the fallout of the sexual revolution, and Bitcoin’s potential for our future. The Millennial generation was the test case for absolute gender equality—even to the point of ignoring biology—and now Gen Z is searching for different solutions, from full-blown communism to hard-core traditionalism. We dig into why socialists misunderstand the world, the need for values beyond economics, and I ask Aleks some questions I have about Bitcoin.

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Follow Aleks on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/AleksSvetski

Aleks on Substack: https://substack.com/@svetskiwrites

”The UnCommunist Manifesto”: https://a.co/d/icDKFRI

“The Bushido of Bitcoin”: https://a.co/d/fjBEd8G

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Outline:

[0:00] “The UnCommunist Manifesto”

[4:39] Will the Mamdani trend last?

[14:24] How to talk someone out of socialism

[25:52] Deploying capital effectively and efficiently

[32:51] Learning the messy reality of business

[46:44] Leftists care more about animals than family

[54:32] Why do we romanticize the noble savage?

[1:01:11] Economics doesn’t describe all of life

[1:10:53] Masculinity, femininity, and reality

[1:32:31] How conservatives lost the sexual revolution

[1:42:39] Love, respect, and authority

[1:53:19] Is AI revolutionary or overhyped?

[2:00:11] Can we trust that Bitcoin will survive?

[2:28:58] The morality of monetary systems

[2:41:16] Equality, fairness, and justice

[2:48:56] Dependence is dehumanizing

[2:54:58] Parenting is about modeling

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I sat down with philosopher and author Peter Boghossian to wrestle with America’s deepening fracture. Why are so many people cheering political violence, and what—if anything—can pull us back? Ideological capture throughout the education system has broken our engines of knowledge production, turning them into “indoctrination mills” and teaching young Americans to see opponents as existential threats. Is reform even possible at this point? Peter makes the case for burning it all down—or, more accurately, for making these institutions pay the cost of their vices and watching them collapse under their own weight.

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Follow Peter on X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/peterboghossian

Peter on Substack: https://boghossian.substack.com/

Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drpeterboghossian/featured

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Outline:

[0:00] Charlie Kirk’s murder revealed a deep divide

[5:11] Can we reform away political bias on campus?

[15:01] Am I a hypocrite with my own son?

[22:13] TikTok, disinformation, and echo chambers

[32:09] Should government restrict vices?

[39:41] What are do “left” and “right” mean in 2025?

[49:24] Destroy the institutions but forgive the individuals

[59:11] The left needs to come back to the table

[1:06:22] Does the left offer anything to our society?

[1:16:38] Can we agree on some neutral principles?

[1:32:08] What if we just banned the crazies?

[1:37:20] Money printing is the ultimate luxury belief

[1:42:01] We will eventually pay the price for our vices

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I sat down with evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein to explore how evolution can help make sense of tribalism, religion, and the ongoing war in Gaza. He shares his experience commenting on the Israel-Palestine conflict and the simultaneous resurgence and weaponization of antisemitism, speaking both as a scientist and as an American Jew who doesn’t see his views reflected by either major camp. Bret warns against embracing our genetic programming for "lineage-against-lineage" displacement, rather than the collaborative spirit that built Western civilization.

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Follow Bret on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/BretWeinstein

Watch the Darkhorse Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DarkHorsePod/featured

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Outline:

[0:00] Evolution of culture and religion

[12:32] Antisemitism and conspiracy thinking

[20:38] How Israeli policy impacts Jews globally

[26:42] Nazi Twitter went mainstream

[33:17] John’s take on Israel-Palestine

[42:30] Bret’s evolutionary take on the Gaza War

[52:26] How genes get into the future

[1:01:08] Is Christianity evolutionarily adaptive?

[1:10:26] We aren’t fit for the world we’ve built

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