Geopolitics and Empire is joined by James Polis, who is co-founder of the American Mind at the Claremont Institute.

His upcoming book is Human Forever, The Digital Politics of Spiritual War.

We'll be getting his take on the digital apocalypse.

Thanks for joining the podcast, James. How is life on the edge of LA, or dare I say, the edge of the world and all of Western civilization.

Yeah, that just about sums it up. It's great to be with you. A nice fall day here by the

by the foothills, crisp, clear air. None of those fires or riots or, you know, lockdowns that we had this time last year.

So, progress.

Yeah, and it's a nice fall day here in Mexico as well, although it seems like summer all year.

I basically live in summer, which is nice.

So there's a lot going on.

I've got a list here and you can take us where you want.

You know, cultural decay that we're seeing made manifest and everything from wokeism and

cancel culture to the perversion of our youth. We have economic collapse. It feels as if the

hyperinflation engine is revving. Some say we're living in a post-democracy world as politicians

and countries everywhere are passing mandates that violate their own constitutions in an attempt to

create one-party states. Of course, this is technocracy trying to replace democracy, the digital

apocalypse, as you call it, which includes the wonderful social credit system with its

deplatforming and unpersoning of individuals and now even businesses in both the digital

and physical space. Essentially, SkyNet becoming self-aware. And last but not least, the rumblings

of war, as always, with China, Iran, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, you name it. These are

truly exciting times.

But what's most pressing on your mind?

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