I sat down with evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein to unpack how behind-the-scenes power and perverse incentives have hollowed out America’s institutions. Bret argues that issues like the Epstein saga, COVID propaganda, and transgender ideology have exposed a deeper problem: elites wield leverage out of sight while government, media, and universities rely on theatrical, so-called “expertise” to bolster public authority. Our institutions so consistently engage in the exact inverse of good governance and common sense that many Americans are left wondering what remains of our democratic republic—and whether the West can be pulled back from the brink.

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Outline:

[0:00] What’s going on with the Epstein files?

[17:30] The internet and dysfunctional governance

[22:00] Why modern institutions agree on bad ideas

[33:30] Corrupt the incentives, corrupt the elite

[42:42] Can the Constitution survive globalization?

[50:25] Are we evolving towards virtual community?

[1:00:10] When governments turn on their own people

[1:07:38] The battle between “us” and “them”

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