Cactus gives a network effect update to two data-backed political ideas: the sun and moon/dominant party theory of politics, as well as Jonathan Haidt's moral foundations, a set of values that drive ideological belief. In it he explains the irrational contradictions of the modern left and right, the desperation for power in every sector and the danger posed to the apolitical.

Cactus outlines what some evidence shows is the most likely way out of this mess.

An attack on the U.S. capitol building might have shook some sense into the general public, but not the media. Conspiracies become even more mainstream in response. A guide to how to take things seriously and fix our collective woes.

Violence and insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. Longtime listeners already know why. We are playing with the full stack. Democracy will survive this time, but not forever. Now is the time to take action. Now is the time to tell your friends, family and loved ones the stakes. Now is the time to end the cult factory.

Media and advertising actively reduce our ability to distinguish fact from fiction. Political campaigns capitalize on this to drive polarization and party identification. But is there a way out? Cactus thinks so. This is an excellent episode to apply to your everyday life.

Cactus covers the Coronavirus vaccines, Brexit, India farming protests and American media corruption. In this episode, he offers elaboration on public trust and demographic targeting in public health, blind spots of democracy, best interest calculations, psychological risk assessment, and media self-sabotage.

Ahead of the first Metapolitics Interview, Cactus gives a brief overview of his interview procedure.

The Meta Politics interview series beings with Bradley Marshall from Defending the West Podcast, an insightful commentator on the esoteric features of various American cultures.

Libertarians and centrists fear "The Great Reset" - a grand exercise of national fiscal control. Conspiracy theorists have jumped on the train. As always, the media-political sphere is distracting us all from the more threatening problem: The Great Overload, in which the slow distancing of reality and expectation leads to economic and social chaos.

Cactus solidifies the information presented in earlier episodes to connect the polarization of American culture to the dysfunctional media environment. He extends this analysis to social media and highlights a self-reinforcing cycle in social media. Also covered is the graph-theoretic characteristics of cults, conspiracy theories and social media.