Venezuela didn't fall apart by accident. It's the result of years of socialism, corruption and a regime that couldn't be removed by elections or international pressure.

In this PMQs episode, Peter and Conor talk through what happened with Maduro, why Venezuelans themselves welcomed his removal, and why the usual arguments about regime change and international law don't hold up in the real world.

They also look at the role of oil, US power, proxy conflicts, and why strong states operate by different rules. The episode ends on the hardest question of all: after removing a dictator, what actually comes next?

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
03:57 – Why Public Opinion Split Instantly
05:00 – Non-interventionism vs Reality
06:52 – Firsthand Experience Inside Venezuela
14:28 – Criticism From the West
17:29 – Oil Wealth, Poverty & State Failure
18:39 – Why Narratives Don't Match Reality
22:37 – Self-determination
24:20 – Does International Law Even Exist?
30:50 – Two Worlds?
33:39 – Tier-one Countries & Real Power
38:33 – the Risk of Unchecked Power
40:54 – "What's Next?"
46:24 – Post-maduro Choices
53:32 – Why Memes Dominate Political Reality
57:16 – Final Thoughts

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Steve Baker is a former Conservative MP who spent years inside the machinery of British politics.

In this interview, he explains why Britain feels broken. We talk about falling living standards, a political system that keeps failing without consequence and why so many voters feel completely powerless to change anything. We also explore how a system can continue to function while delivering worse outcomes year after year.

We also discuss the problem of power without limits, money without restraint and what happens to democracy when nothing fundamental can be challenged and no one is ever held to account.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
01:35 – Why Britain "Isn't Working"
03:17 – How the System Drifted Off the Rails
09:23 – The Real Incentive in Politics
11:10 – "You Get the Government You Deserve"
14:16 – Why Staying Home Changes Nothing
17:37 – Why MPs Fear Accountability
21:21 – The Collapse in Living Standards
23:06 – The Money Problem
26:44 – Bitcoin, Gold & Escaping the System
31:04 – Why Extremism Is Rising
34:51 – Liberty vs Control
40:22 – Britain Is Over-Governed
43:47 – There Is No Painless Way Out
47:51 – Why Politicians Kick the Can
50:08 – How Division Is Manufactured
57:00 – Why Politics Attracts the Wrong People
59:38 – Why Opting Out Fails
1:10:10 – Can the System Be Reset?
1:19:09 – Hope vs Reality
1:22:39 – Final Warnings

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Inflation is the thing breaking everything.

Not just prices - but trust, politics, institutions and people's belief that the system even works for them anymore.

There's no sudden collapse coming and no dramatic moment where it all falls apart. It is slower than that and we're living through it right now.

In this episode of PMQs, I talk through how inflation hollowed out living standards, why people are withdrawing from politics altogether, and why what looks like incompetence is often something closer to design.

This isn't left vs right.
It's extraction vs creation.

And once you see it clearly, you can't unsee it.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – There Will Be No Dramatic Collapse
01:17 – "This is How the World Ends"
03:45 – Why Decay Feels Normal
07:22 – Inflation as Quiet Theft
12:27 – Who Inflation Really Benefits
18:41 – Withdrawal of Consent
26:10 – Why Politics No Longer Works
34:55 – the Illusion of Reform
42:30 – Creation vs Extraction
51:01 – Why I'm Done Voting

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In this conversation, Larry Sanger explains how Wikipedia's governance structure allowed anonymous editors, activist groups, PR firms, and institutional power to capture what became the world's default source of truth.

This isn't a culture-war rant.
It's a structural explanation of how neutrality failed and why reform may no longer be possible.

We discuss:
– How Wikipedia was originally designed
– Why expert review was rejected
– Anonymous power and editor oligarchies
– Activism, PR firms & source blacklists
– Israel, Trump & political bias
– Why "consensus" became enforcement
– Whether AI will replace Wikipedia
– Why Sanger believes Wikipedia may be finished

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
01:52 – How Wikipedia was originally built
09:13 – Wikipedia as a de facto truth engine
12:42 – Anonymous power inside Wikipedia
14:56 – Editors, bans and arbitrary authority
20:24 – Israel, Trump & political bias
27:29 – Activism, PR firms and capture
32:11 – Can neutrality even exist?
37:02 – Can AI be more neutral than humans?
41:03 – Testing Wikipedia with AI
49:03 – Is Wikipedia cooked?
58:56 – Why "consensus" became enforcement
01:05:30 – Source blacklists explained
01:15:12 – What Wikipedia has become
01:33:37 – Will AI replace Wikipedia?
01:40:24 – Would Sanger turn it off?
01:44:01 – Final warning

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This country doesn't work anymore.

In this episode, I explain why I no longer believe voting can fix what's broken and why the real problem isn't left vs right, race vs race, or party vs party but unconstrained government power.

This is a continuation of ideas sparked by recent debates around Nick Fuentes, Carl Benjamin, identity politics and the collapse of legitimacy in modern democracies.

I'm not calling for violence.
I'm not calling for chaos.

I'm calling for something far more dangerous to the state:
Withdrawal of consent.

This is a conversation about:
– Why living standards never improve
– Why every government consolidates power
– Why identity politics is a trap
– Why money printing breaks societies
– And why peaceful, lawful non-compliance may be inevitable

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
01:55 – "This Country Doesn't Work Anymore"
05:36 – Government as an Extractive Machine
06:33 – Nick Fuentes & Piers Morgan
09:41 – Why Identity Politics Makes the State Stronger
12:22 – Voting Isn't an Option
15:00 – What Withdrawing Consent Means
22:25 – Peaceful vs Violent Revolution
29:47 – Mass Lawful Non-compliance Explained
36:27 – Creating a Movement
40:54 – Uncontrolled Money Creation
48:26 – Separation of Money & State
51:00 – Final Position: Why I'm Convinced This is Right

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Carl Benjamin is a political commentator and cultural critic. This discussion focuses on diagnosis — not slogans — and on understanding consequences before they arrive.

Young men aren't radicalising because of ideology, they're reacting to a world that no longer works for them. In this conversation with Carl Benjamin, we break down why the post-war consensus has collapsed, why politics feels illegitimate and why a generation feels pushed to the edge.

In this episode we discuss:
– Why young men feel shut out of the system
– The collapse of the post-WWII consensus
– Piers Morgan, Nick Fuentes, and generational revolt
– Identity politics vs material reality
– Legitimacy, consent, and non-compliance
– Why politics no longer fixes anything
– What happens when power has no limits
– Why discomfort is unavoidable

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:04:18 – Why Young Men Feel Politically Homeless
00:11:42 – Moral Outrage vs Material Reality
00:19:27 – Why Figures Like Nick Fuentes Resonate
00:27:53 – Identity Politics and Manufactured Resentment
00:36:41 – Media Incentives and the Outrage Economy
00:48:12 – Piers Morgan, Debate Culture, and Spectacle
01:01:08 – Loss of Legitimacy in Institutions
01:15:18 – What Happens if Nothing Changes
01:32:44 – Generational Breaking Point
01:35:21 – Final Warnings and Consequences

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I've reached an inflection point.

I no longer believe Britain's political system can fix itself. This isn't about left vs right, Labour vs Conservative, or the next election. It's about unconstrained power, broken incentives and a system that rewards failure while hollowing out the next generation.

In this PMQs episode, I explain why I'm withdrawing my consent from the British state and why so many young people have already done the same.
This isn't apathy.

It's a vote of no confidence.

In this episode:
– Why politicians care about only one thing: staying in power
– How unconstrained government creates inevitable failure
– The collapse of trust in institutions
– Why young people feel betrayed by the system
– Nick Fuentes, Piers Morgan & generational revolt
– Why Reform and the Greens are the same phenomenon
– The moral failure of intergenerational debt
– Why Britain needs limits on power, not new parties

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – I've Reached an Inflection Point
02:06 – Why All Governments Are Set to Fail
05:43 – The One Thing All Politicians Care About
08:23 – Nick Fuentes, Piers Morgan & Moral Outrage
12:43 – Why Young People Don't Care Anymore
19:18 – Collapse of Institutional Trust
24:24 – We Sold the Future to Avoid Recessions
27:10 – The Rise of Reform & the Greens Explained
30:44 – Withdrawing Consent from the State
45:13 – Why Britain Needs Limits on Power

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Mike Green is a macro strategist known for his work on market structure, benchmark distortions, passive flows and systemic fragility.

A single benchmark shaped American markets and policy for decades and economist Mike Green believes it distorted risk, inflated asset prices, weakened the middle class and misled policymakers about the true state of the economy. In this conversation, he breaks down how a flawed model became accepted as truth, how it quietly rewired incentives, and why he thinks the consequences are now impossible to ignore.

In this episode we discuss:
– What the "broken benchmark" actually is
– How flawed assumptions shaped U.S. economic policy
– Why markets mispriced risk for decades
– The rise of passive flows and distorted price signals
– How asset inflation hurt the middle class
– Why housing affordability collapsed
– Why policymakers didn't correct the model
– The structural consequences for future generations
– Whether America can fix the system without a crisis
– How the UK is importing the same benchmark problems

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – How a Benchmark Became a National Problem
00:16:24 – The Rise of Passive Flows & Market Distortion
00:32:18 – Why America Misprices Risk
00:48:05 – Asset Inflation & the Middle-Class Squeeze
01:04:22 – Housing, Debt & Structural Fragility
01:19:57 – Why Policymakers Didn't Fix the Benchmark
01:36:44 – Elites, Incentives & the Illusion of Prosperity
01:53:30 – The UK's Imported Benchmark Problem
02:10:42 – What a Saner Benchmark Would Look Like
02:27:15 – Future Scenarios & Final Thoughts

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