Michael Driver: Yes, Things are Bad, But Ultimately, Don’t Fear the Criminal Class!
Geopolitics & Empire
Geopolitics & Empire
4.2 • 568 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Entrepreneur Michael Driver discusses the coordinated effort by a “criminal class” of elites to achieve total global control through technological and psychological subjugation. Driver argues that the modern digital landscape, specifically AI and screen-based culture, is designed to sever individuals from their human intuition and natural senses. He interprets current global crises, including wars and health scares, as deliberate smoke screens for massive wealth transfers and the destruction of the middle class. Despite the rapid progress of this technocratic agenda, he maintains that such a top-down, complicated system is inherently unstable and destined to fail. To resist this enclosure, he advocates for reclaiming personal attention by disconnecting from the internet and supporting local, small-scale economies. Ultimately, Driver suggests that retaining one’s humanity and independent thought is the only effective way to survive the ongoing controlled demolition of Western society.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Geopolitics and Empire. As always, this podcast broadcast transmission is supported |
| 0:06.2 | primarily by my paid subscribers on Substack. Thanks to all of y'all, as well as on Apple subscriptions |
| 0:13.3 | and Supercast, where you can listen, add free to the transmission. Also, do check out my new |
| 0:19.6 | old sponsor, expatmoney.com slash geopolitics. If you go there, |
| 0:24.8 | the link is in the description as well. You get a free 25 page special report, basically a plan |
| 0:31.1 | B 101. And that's Mikhail Thorup of expat money. I've been working with him for years. He's completely |
| 0:38.1 | above board. I join his annual online summit every year, and he's a big help to the podcast. |
| 0:45.1 | Joining us for the very first time is serial entrepreneur, Michael Driver, dissident thinker, |
| 0:51.7 | which is what I'll christen him. He's written for conservative women. |
| 0:55.5 | com.com. |
| 0:57.0 | As well as Paul Kudanek's Winter Oak. |
| 1:00.1 | Welcome, Michael. |
| 1:01.1 | Nice to be here. |
| 1:02.0 | Thanks for having me, boy. |
| 1:03.5 | Thanks for coming on. |
| 1:04.7 | And, you know, I first learned of you when you appeared on a podcast and interview a |
| 1:09.7 | while back with Nick Hudson, who I've become |
| 1:12.1 | friendly with, and he's been a guest on the podcast. But then I also realized you sent me some |
| 1:17.5 | articles where you'd written for conservative woman out there in the UK, and I've interviewed some |
| 1:22.3 | of their contributors. And as well, your stuff was posted to Paul Kudanik's website. He's been on the podcast multiple times. |
| 1:28.9 | But I noticed that I'd read your Maverick Strain article before I even knew of you through |
| 1:34.7 | Nick Hudson's chat. |
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