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Slow Thinking Democracy: Michael Shellenberger on the Psychology of Censorship

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Russell Brand

Politics, Society & Culture, News:politics, News, Comedy

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Russell chats to Michael Shellenberger, founder of ‘Public’ on Substack, Twitter files journalist and the author of ‘Apocalypse Never’. Together they talk about the implications of Ireland's new online/hate speech bill, the psychology of censorship, and why democracy thrives on slow thinking. Plus, spirituality and the profound need for human connection in today's world, and 'Are we on the brink of an apocalyptic showdown?'  Follow Michael's work on Public: https://public.substack.com/ Support this channel directly here: https://rb.rumble.com/ Follow on social media:X: @rustyrocketsINSTAGRAM: @russellbrandFACEBOOK: @russellbrand

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0:00.0

Hello there, you Awakening Wonders. Thanks for joining me wherever you are.

0:03.1

For the first 15 minutes, we'll be widely available, then we'll be exclusively available on Rumble.

0:09.2

Click the link in the description to join us there.

0:12.0

Whilst the world may appear to be in disarray, while there appears to be ubiquitous crisis,

0:18.4

holy war, global war, deception, lies about turns.

0:24.3

We have to continue to awaken together.

0:27.2

We have to find within ourselves the resources that are going to be required to face what

0:31.8

potentially looks like an apocalypse.

0:33.6

Thank you for supporting us.

0:34.7

It's plain that you have to support independent media now because the institutions are broken and require either radical reevaluation or total dismantling. As our institutions fall apart, as our legacy media becomes more corrupt, as your trust in the government erodes to the point where it's barely even measurable. We need to communicate with reliable journalists.

0:55.8

And as you know, there are still a few left in independent spaces.

1:00.1

We've seized one of them from the morass.

1:03.5

It's so-called journalist Michael Schellenberg,

1:05.7

a founder of Public on Substack, the Twitterfile enugur,

1:10.7

author of Apocalypse Never.

1:13.0

Thank you for joining us, Michael.

1:14.9

Great to see you, Russell.

1:16.5

Those viewers watching this will be aware that Michael is doing this in front of what you

1:21.6

might call a strobing image, which I'm sure is part of your mind games mentality presenting to us in the middle of a visual cyclone.

1:32.1

If you're watching this anywhere other than Rumble, we'll only be available for a brief while.

1:35.9

Press the red button to support independent journalism.

1:40.1

And Michael, can you tell us a little bit of what you've been doing recently in Ireland

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