Topic: War On Drugs

The globalization of the 1980s and 90s replaced American labor with cheap overseas production, leading to the War on Drugs to manage "excess" labor. This created the prison industrial complex, which is now evolving into a digital version. In China, individuals on parole are already being tracked via blockchain, signaling a shift toward smart-environment compliance.

Greg Carlwood reflects on whether the "predator class" views themselves as evil, suggesting they suffer from a superiority complex and a fear of chaos. He criticizes the public for giving standing ovations to figures like Bill Gates and Bloomberg, which reinforces their management mindset. Carlwood notes that public realization of harm, such as with the Iraq War, usually comes too late.

The hosts debate whether the "culture shapers" are proactive master planners or reactive opportunists. Tsakiris argues that the CIA and shadow government often throw ideas at the wall to see what sticks, citing the War on Drugs as a reactive measure to the spiritual awakening of the 1960s. They discuss Joe Atwill's theories on culture shaping and the eventual shutdown of movements like Occupy Wall Street as examples of the elite putting the "genie back in the bottle."

The discussion explores how the American population has been systematically "dumbed down" over the last 50 years through public school funding cuts and the war on drugs. Daniel Pinchbeck suggests that mass media and psychopharmaceutical drugs keep the public in artificial states of consciousness. This long-term indoctrination is presented as the cultural foundation that allowed for the current political climate.

Judge Jim Gray details Governor Gary Johnson's history of opposing the War on Drugs since 1999, including his implementation of needle exchange programs in New Mexico. Gray argues that while many in Washington D.C. realize drug prohibition is unwinnable, they continue it because it is "eminently fundable." The ticket supports treating marijuana like alcohol and hemp like cotton to redirect resources toward violent crime.