Warning On America's Collapse, Don Lemon vs Elon Musk, Racism, Hitler & Rising War | Bret Weinstein PT 1

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🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Welcome to another power-packed episode of Impact Theory, I’m Tom Bilyeu! In today’s episode, Dr. Bret Weinstein and I go deep into the cultural and political implications of the Chinese diaspora in America, the evolution of cooperative behaviors, and the significance of lineage over race. We’re covering a myriad of controversial and complex subjects that will challenge your understanding of the world and push the boundaries of conventional discourse. Dr. Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist with a piercing view on the challenges and potential futures of Western civilization. Dr. Weinstein is an outspoken public intellectual, engaging with society's most pressing issues, driven by the conviction that although Western civilization is at a critical juncture, burdened by the strains of rapid novelty, it is not yet beyond redemption. We also discuss genocide, evolution, historical atrocities, and examine the structures of power that seem to be perpetuating division and distrust in society. In our challenging times, censorship and attempts at information control pose a critical question — how can we protect our institutions and the quest for truth? This is just Part 1 of our conversation, so make sure you don’t miss Part 2 of this convo for even more wisdom from Dr. Bret Weinstein. Follow Dr. Bret Weinstein: Website: https://www.bretweinstein.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BretWeinstein DarkHorse Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/BretWeinsteinDarkHorse Get your copy of his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Gatherers-Guide-21st-Century-Challenges/dp/0593086880 Follow Me, Tom Bilyeu: Website: https://impacttheoryuniversity.com/ X: https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions. Go to my Dexa page: https://dexa.ai/tombilyeu Themes: Mindset, Finance, World Affairs, Health & Productivity, Future & Tech, Simulation Theory & Physics, Dating & Relationships SPONSORS: Visit https://schwankgrills.com and use promo code IMPACT to get $150 OFF a Schwank Grill. Visit https://betterHelp.com/lmpacttheory today to get 10% off your first month. By popular demand, NetSuite has extended its one-of-a-kind flexible financing program for a few more weeks! Head to https://netsuite.com/THEORY Right now get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at https:/babbel.com/IMPACTTHEORY Today, get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://JoinDeleteMe.com/IMPACT and use promo code IMPACT at checkout. Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://drinkag1.com/impact. Secure your digital life with proactive protection for your assets, identity, family, and tech – Go to https://aura.com/IMPACT to start your free two-week trial. Take control of your gut health by going to https://tryviome.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 20% off your first 3 months and free shipping. ***Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact?*** If you’re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you. *New episodes delivered ad-free, EXCLUSIVE access to hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, Tom AMAs, and so much more!* This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. *****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz***** Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are being naive, not at least publicly entertaining the possibility that our antagonists abroad would take advantage of our famous lack of security.
0:10.0	And you're going to see why we have to talk about genocide.
0:13.0	Somebody has to open these topics if we are to get past them and not have them haunt our future.
0:20.0	Why has it become a meme to say that America ask them and not have them haunt our future.
0:27.4	Why has it become a meme to say that America is collapsing like the Roman Empire?
0:29.0	Growth is petered out.
0:30.0	We borrowed from the future.
0:31.0	We can't do that anymore.
0:33.4	And now we're getting tribal.
0:41.0	Yes, but I don't believe that it is hopeless. If I'm honest, I believe we will probably screw it up and it will become inevitable.
0:45.9	Lovely. Yeah. But there's a reason that I'm taking the risks that I am to talk about
0:52.4	these things in public, which is, I believe we still have
0:56.3	the potential to rescue Western civilization, and probably, if I'm honest about it, to present a
1:04.8	2.0 version that is capable of dealing with the novelty that the 1.0 version is straining under.
1:14.1	The key thing is human beings detect the failure of growth because the failure of growth
1:24.3	is not an economic fact.
1:26.5	It's a fact of resource scarcity, and it has applied to all of our ancestors for three and a half billion years.
1:36.5	So it's not that growth didn't get invented in a modern economic context.
1:46.7	Economics formalized an understanding of something
1:50.4	that is as primal as anything else.
1:55.4	What must be true in order for us not to descend into this other phase, the phase where musical chairs, the music stops, and there are way too few chairs in which blood is thicker than water, and that's the rule that governs today.
2:12.0	The way to avoid that fate is to A, recognize that it predicts a great deal about the noises people will make as it's happening.
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