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From French Revolution to China’s Rise: What Every American Needs to Know Now | The Tom Bilyeu Show LIVE

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Impact Theory

Education, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Technology, Society & Culture, Business, Self-improvement

4.75.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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From the unpredictable state of the global economy and the looming threats to the middle class, to hard-hitting takes on inflation, asset management, and the very real dangers of deficit spending—nothing is off the table. Tom unpacks why the erosion of the middle class is destabilizing society, shares timeless investment advice that goes beyond market hype (yes, even when it comes to bitcoin), and lays out the framework for how individuals and governments can respond to growing inequality. You’ll also hear candid debates on the AI bubble, Warren Buffett’s cash moves, housing deregulation, and the messy realities behind economic “solutions” like wealth redistribution and debt forgiveness. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to ⁠https://www.vitalproteins.com⁠ and entering promo code IMPACT at check out Allio Capital: Macro investing for people who want to understand the big picture. Download their app in the App Store or at Google Play, or text my name “TOM” to 511511. SleepMe: Visit ⁠https://sleep.me/impact⁠ to get your Chilipad and save 20% with code IMPACT. Try it risk-free with their 30-night sleep trial and free shipping. Tailor Brands: 35% off ⁠https://tailorbrands.com/podcast35⁠Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠Hims: Start your free online visit today at ⁠https://hims.com/IMPACT⁠. Even Realities: Smart glasses, real style ⁠https://evenrealities.bio/6e396d⁠ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ ⁠⁠join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ ⁠⁠see if you qualify here.⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ ⁠⁠sign up here.⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** Join me live on my⁠ Twitch stream⁠. I'm live daily from 6:30 to 8:30 am PT at⁠ ⁠⁠www.twitch.tv/tombilyeu⁠ ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS:⁠ ⁠⁠apple.co/impacttheory⁠ ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Madness, I say. Welcome, everybody, to the Tom Bill You Show live. We are in it today. This is a big day. We got a lot of stuff to cover today. It's been a pretty crazy break since we were last here. We've got Drew in the house. What's up, Drew? We've got Mason over on community. And we've got the incredible people behind the scenes that actually make

0:22.2

sure that the show runs. I hope they know I love them. What's up, gentlemen? I want to kind of take

0:26.4

a step back and just look at the economy as a whole. Where would you kind of gauge where we are

0:30.2

in the economy now and what people need to brace themselves for like going forward?

0:34.5

The economy is not in a reset. The economy is ailing and there are going to be

0:41.9

signs sometimes up, sometimes down, even in a healthy economy. So now you put that into an

0:48.3

ailing economy and you're really going to see some weird stuff. Now, why do I say it's an

0:52.4

ailing economy? If you decimate the

0:55.7

middle class, which you have been doing systematically for, I mean, since 2008, with a level of

1:02.5

aggression that is terrifying, you need to think of it as a sick economy because the amount of

1:08.8

money that you have to print the problem. If your deficit spending as a government, you have a sick economy. And the of money that you have to print problem. If your deficit spending

1:12.0

as a government, you have a sick economy. And the reason again that I say that isn't because

1:16.0

goods aren't moving well through the system. It isn't that there isn't high velocity of money

1:20.4

there is. It's that you are creating the resentment that we're living through right now by shoving

1:26.3

half of the middle class down into poverty and pulling the other half up into wealth. You get the extreme inequality,

1:33.0

which destabilizes society. And so it's one of those. We just recorded the video on this.

1:39.6

It comes out on Monday. So my upcoming deep dive is this is exactly what happens every time before

1:45.9

there's a collapse. A phenomenal YouTube headline I expected to absolutely smash. And the bad

1:51.5

news is it is exactly. This is exactly what happens every time right before a crash. So the reality

1:58.6

is once you stop thinking in terms of stock market and you start thinking in terms of the total economy, the total economy should be yielding a stable middle class, a stable society, high social mobility, high economic freedom.

2:11.1

People win and lose by their choices.

2:13.6

If they know how to play the game well, they will do well.

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