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In this powerful episode of the True Life Podcast, host George Monty delivers a hard-hitting “daily transmission” exposing how corporations and systems deliberately manufacture scarcity to drive profits, control populations, and prevent true abundance from reaching everyday people. Drawing on real-world examples from food, housing, medicine, and more, George reveals the patterns of consolidation, surplus destruction, and artificial shortages that keep society desperate and divided. He calls for recognition, documentation, and rebellion against this “scarcity weapon,” urging listeners to investigate local resources and demand the withheld plenty. This episode is a wake-up call to see beyond the narratives of inflation and supply chain issues to the engineered theft of abundance.

Host: George Monty

Podcast: True Life Podcast

Duration: Approximately 10-15 minutes (based on transcript length)

Release Date: Estimated based on content references (late 2025)

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Key Timestamps & Highlights

George’s monologue flows as a continuous narrative, but we’ve broken it down into thematic sections with approximate timestamps for easy navigation:

•  00:00 - 01:00: The Illusion of Struggle
George opens by challenging the narrative that you’re failing—it’s engineered starvation in abundance. He prompts listeners to check their finances and see how earnings vanish despite higher pay, labeling it “2025’s manufactured scarcity” designed for control and extraction.

•  01:00 - 02:30: From Ancient Famines to Modern Engineering
Contrasting natural famines with today’s deliberate hunger, George highlights U.S. food production capacity (enough for 10 billion people) versus 34 million facing food insecurity amid record corporate profits.   He exposes the “machine that weaponizes emptiness.” 

•  02:30 - 04:00: Food Shortages Exposed

•  2024 egg shortage: Not avian flu, but corporate consolidation by Cal-Maine Foods (20% market control), leading to tripled prices and $535 million in profits. 

•  2022-2024 baby formula crisis: Abbott’s monopoly (43% market) caused shutdowns, boosting stock 34% while parents turned to black markets. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/doj-egg-prices-rise-cal-maine-profits

•  04:00 - 05:00: Housing and Tech Hoarding

•  Housing crisis: 16 million vacant homes in the U.S. versus over 600,000 homeless, as empty properties prove more profitable. 

•  2025 semiconductor shortage: TSMC’s alleged deliberate restrictions via leaked emails to maintain pricing, with chips stockpiled while car prices soar.  (Note: Related to trade secret leaks; broader shortage context available.)https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/

•  05:00 - 06:30: Surplus Destruction and Corporate Mandates
George uncovers patterns of destroying goods under USDA/EPA/FDA protocols lobbied by corporations.  He cites the 2024 NASS report (Appendix G, p. 847) on 2.3 billion pounds of produce destroyed to avoid “market destabilization.”  Kroger’s 2019 leaked memo advocates “optimal scarcity ratios” for urgency buying. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2023/09/20/usda-expands-efforts-prevent-and-reduce-food-loss-and-waste

https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Crop_Progress_&_Condition/2024/index.php

https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/09/03/corporate-greed-exposed-kroger-admits-to-price-gouging-on-milk-and-eggs-amid-antitrust-trial/

•  06:30 - 08:00: The Scarcity Playbook
Step-by-step breakdown: Consolidate supply, engineer shortages (restrict, destroy surplus), profit from desperation. Blame shifts to weather or labor, not architects.

•  08:00 - 10:00: Historical and Ongoing Examples

•  2008 housing crisis: Banks held 3.5 million foreclosures as “shadow inventory” to keep prices high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis

•  2020 toilet paper: Procter & Gamble and Georgia-Pacific (55% control) restricted distribution for 300% price surges at 64% capacity.
https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/are-we-really-running-out-of-toilet-paper-in-the-covid-crisis

•  2021 lumber: Weyerhaeuser and West Fraser (40% control) quadrupled prices with underused mills.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/lumber-prices-hit-record-highs-soaring-past-year-2021-4-1030299977

•  2023 prescription drugs: Wholesalers like McKesson, Cardinal, and AmerisourceBergen (95% control) restrict insulin ($2 production cost) amid shortages.
https://www.mmm-online.com/home/channel/drug-shortages-in-america/

•  2025 water: Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Pepsi (75% bottled water) amid contaminated public supplies. https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/bottled-water-market

•  10:00 - 11:30: Broader Patterns of Waste
Amazon destroys 2 million unsold products yearly for scarcity pricing.  Pharma discards effective expired meds.  Energy firms flare gas for 10 million homes.  McKinsey’s 2023 report recommends 15-20% below-demand inventory for margins.  Supply chain “disruptions” post-2020? Traffic normalized by Q3 2021, but prices stayed high via throttling.
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-campaigns-boycotts/amazons-burning-approach-unsold-returned-products

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10834166/