Homo Sovieticus vs. Homo Americanus

In this episode, Matt Pierce dives deep into the psychological wreckage of two failed empires—the Soviet Union and modern America—through the lens of their most obedient creations: Homo Sovieticus and Homo Americanus. Born in different systems, raised under different flags, these two men are not enemies... they’re distant cousins—bred for compliance, stripped of agency, and now sleepwalking through collapse.

This isn’t a history lesson. It’s a post-mortem.

From Cold War authoritarianism to modern surveillance capitalism, Matt explores how both empires engineered a soft, domesticated man. It is about men dulled by vodka and censorship, the other by dopamine loops and debt. You’ll hear about political decay, psychological warfare, generational apathy, and why the Translational Renaissance Man is the only evolutionary path forward.