Everyone will live under the rule of their sovereign corporation via contract, smart contract,

and that whole system will have unchallengable centralised authority exerted over it.

You're listening to the Corbett Report.

Welcome friends. Welcome back to the corporate report. James Corbett here at CorbettReport.com

in a conversation that is being recorded mid-December of 2025 on a topic that is of great

concern, I know to everyone in the audience, the technocratic dark state, which just happens to be the name

of an entire book that has been written on that topic by today's guest. Today's guest,

of course, you will be familiar with if you have seen our previous conversations, or if you

have seen his reporting at Unlimited Hangout, Off Guardian, other outlets besides. He is, of course, Ian Davis,

and I'm sure you're familiar with his work, but if not, this is a good time to get familiar

with him. You can do so by going to the technocratic darkstate.com and purchasing a copy of

his new book. Let's bring him on the program. Ian Davis, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us today.

Oh, it's my pleasure, James.

Thanks very much for inviting me.

Yes, I wish we could talk about happy and exciting news on the good news front.

But unfortunately, we are here talking about the technocratic dark state.

But we are talking about it because it is an impending and encroaching reality that I think we're all starting to understand

in various ways. So let's start diving into this book and the topics of this book. I guess,

again, there are new people tuning in all the time. So some people will be familiar

with your work and your background. Some won't. So briefly, who are you and why and how did you

become interested in this topic in particular? I'm Ian Davis. I'm a journalist and author. I live

and work in the UK. I first became interested in this probably when I first started reading

...