Liam DeBoer describes his Substack blending philosophy, psychology, culture, politics, and history, and argues in “Your Ruling Class Is Not Secular” that modern materialist elites still express religious impulses by mapping “soul,” apocalypse, and salvation narratives onto gender ideology, climate change, and revolutionary politics. He discusses Orwell’s 1984 as a psychological study of totalitarianism reshaping perception, and links current activism to young women, noting polling showing young women moving left and widening dating/marriage mismatches. He predicts widening Western factional conflict, references the “fourth turning,” and explains Nietzsche’s ressentiment and victimhood. He outlines “daycare governance” in a feminized institutional culture and summarizes “political ponerology” archetypes behind authoritarianism. He details Canada’s “Vancouver model” money laundering tied to triads, casinos, and politics, and discusses censorship, platform throttling, and Zuckerberg’s motives.

00:00 Meet Liam DeBoer

00:33 Ruling Class Religion

03:34 Climate as Cult

04:40 Orwell and Totalitarianism

07:53 Politics and Dating Divide

11:21 Fracture and Future Conflict

14:46 Fourth Turning Cycles

17:00 Nietzsche Ressentiment

23:32 Victimhood and Agency

26:24 South Korea 4B Fallout

28:01 Daycare Governance Model

35:06 Equality Clips Greatness

37:55 Political Ponerology Types

42:46 Canada Money Laundering

52:06 Censorship and Free Speech

55:30 Zuckerberg Rebrand

57:22 Closing and Links

https://liamoutloud.substack.com/

https://x.com/liam_out_loud

https://www.youtube.com/@liam-out-loud

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Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries

My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Ken Jensen describes his background in environmental toxicology and medical devices, then argues morality can be grounded without religion. He traces a “true, good, beautiful” triad from Plato through Vitruvius and maps it to objective reality, reciprocity/voluntary exchange, and beauty/grace, contrasting it with a destructive “DOI” (destruction, opposition, inversion) force. He critiques management tactics like permanent crisis, “red dot” diversions, and misuse of Romans 13, citing Katrina clergy response teams. He promotes a “dartboard” model over left-right politics, says ethics and morality are inseparable (Nuremberg vs Nazi view), warns about EU-style centralization, CBDCs, and praises ridicule as a defense. He discusses sound money and presents his books The Enemies of Reason and The Memo.

00:00 Meet Ken Jensen

01:02 Morality Without God

02:23 Early Doubts and Clues

05:13 Climate Debate and First Principles

06:15 Entropy Uppers and Downers

09:02 Religion as Binding Core

10:46 Words Shape Thought

13:38 Plato Truth Good Beauty

17:47 Rome Constantine and Control

20:26 Katrina Clergy Response Teams

23:12 Triad Mapped to Trinity

29:02 Dorothy Model and Inversion

30:43 Universities and Private Property

34:57 Aesthetics vs Brutalism

35:35 Destruction Opposition Inversion

36:04 Parasitic Tactics Explained

36:59 Inverting the Trinity

37:27 Defining What We Defend

38:12 Two Books Overview

38:57 Dartboard Not Left Right

41:04 Morality vs Legal Positivism

43:13 Takeaways Recalibration

46:37 Studying Evil and Pride

49:34 Red Dot Diversions

51:17 Wizard of Oz Q and A

51:48 CBDCs and EU Centralization

56:57 Permanent Crisis and Elites

58:33 Ressentiment and Ridicule

01:01:20 Sound Money Fixes Society

01:04:17 Wrap Up and Contacts

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpjensen/

https://www.contactauthorkpj.com/

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My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

In a Paris heatwave (33–40°C), Hügo Krüger says France suffers more indoors because only about 25% of homes have AC, unlike near-universal AC in the US/Japan. He describes ideological and regulatory resistance to AC from ecologists and left-wing politicians, despite AC being a reversible heat pump and France’s electricity being largely nuclear. Apartment rules, aesthetic objections, and energy ratings discourage installation; subsidies favor air-to-water heat pumps that can’t cool. Demand for fans and AC is surging, and politicians propose easing restrictions. He expects fewer deaths than 2003 due to heat alerts, but argues AC would reduce vulnerability.

00:00 Paris Heatwave Check In

01:00 Why France Lacks AC

01:33 Myths About Air Conditioning

03:00 Hospitals Trains And Culture

03:42 Politics And Nuclear Power Angle

07:20 Heat Deaths And Public Response

14:47 Regulations Blocking Reversible AC

16:44 How Rare Is This Heat

17:54 2003 Heatwave Lessons

20:31 Hardliners And Building Lobby

22:14 Insulation Fans And Daily Life

24:11 Bigger Pattern And Nuclear Future

29:04 Wrap Up And GoFundMe Plug

https://x.com/hkrugertjie

“fundraiser to buy an AC for the French Heat Wave!”: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-not-melt-in-paris-2026-heatwave?lang=en_US&ts=1782483248

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Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries

https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1