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In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “ Platonism & Collapse ”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

After some complaints about blocking the left lane on the highway (which the boys suggest is a barometer to measure the decay of society), the lads settle in to discuss Eric Weinstein’s recent appearance on Steven Bartlett’s  Diary of a CEO  podcast. That discussion allows them to make some fascinating connections within the SYSTEM FAILURE suite of disparate ideas. Get full access to System Failur...

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “ New World Order ”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

Nate reads a local newspaper article about the housing crisis in the boys’ hometown. Next, the lads dive into the recent dismissal of the Epstein case by the Trump administration and examine the conspiracy from all angles, including the strange case of Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, Robert Maxwell. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “ Downfall of the Popes ”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

The boys weigh in on Zoran Mamdani, who has once again made socialism a hot topic of discussion in America. Nate reads a WSJ hit piece on his proposed housing policies with some comments from the boys’ hometown. Then, the lads play back an unhinged response to Mamdani’s candidacy from one of their favorite podcasters, Tom Bilyeu. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “ Crumbling Empires ”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

The boys begin this episode by commenting on the performative exchange of hostilities with Iran. They then speculate on the modern, post-Westphalian political paradigm of the past 400 years, and whether a world organized into nation-states will be the future. How much kayfabe, or fakery, would our leaders engage in to prop that system up? Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/...

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “ Rebels of the Reformation ”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

The boys start this episode by hoping to avoid war with Iran and lamenting the dubious casus belli on offer. Then, they turn to the talk of the internet this week: the humiliation of Senator Ted Cruz. The lads use his shameful interview to connect the recent saber-rattling to nefarious foreign political influence. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Christmas Coronation”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

The boys begin this episode discussing promotion, Reddit, and the issue of attention spans. Then they turn their focus to rising tensions in international geopolitics and the curious case of Samantha Smith. Finally, the lads break down the remarkably thick layer of mythology surrounding monetary policy. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “ Killing Golden Geese ”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

Nate begins this episode by reading a WSJ article about the Big Beautiful Bill working its way through DC. Then, the boys comment on clips from the NYT’s Jeff Stein on Breaking Points and Sen. Ron Johnson on Tucker Carlson about the bond markets flashing warnings about government debt. Then, the lads turn their attention to a sensational clip by Tom Bilyeu about the looming debt apocalypse, before...

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Demeter & The Medici”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

After acknowledging that Brian is under the weather, Nate begins with David Graeber’s 2013 essay B******t Jobs . Then, the boys dive into a recent Breaking Points clip rife with prophecies of economic doom triggered by private equity. Finally, the lads share a recent Ian Carroll segment about a terrifying “Megacorp” that owns most of the global economy. Get full access to System Failure at www.sys...

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Double Apocalypse”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

After the recent credit downgrade of US sovereign debt, Nate compares the sales of Treasury Bonds to the infamous Sale of Indulgences during the late Middle Ages. Then, the boys discuss Bernie Sanders’ recent resurgence and how that fits in with the broader trajectory of the Democratic Party. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Dante’s Inferno”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

The boys begin by acknowledging Kanye West’s banned music and its moment in history. They then pivot into a wild WSJ exposé on Klaus Schwab's downfall and follow this up with a brief discussion of Dante’s  Inferno . After the break, Nate does a deep dive into the potentially connected histories of the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Golden Age of Piracy. Get full access to System Failure...

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “The Alchemical Journey”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

Nate begins this episode with a quote from Will Durant about the Kaaba, the black cube venerated in Islam. That brings up the black hexagram on Saturn and the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey . All of this serves as a foundation for a discussion of Plato’s Cave, and some clips from a recent American Alchemy about a possible connection between UFOs and Platonism. Get full access to System Failure...

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “The Magical Underground”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

The boys begin this episode with a quote from Will Durant about the financial role of a magical priestly class in Sasanian Persia. That leads to a verbal dissection of a recent interview with Catherine Fitts, who gives us a penetrating insight into shadowy power structures that exist over and above nominal state governments. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “The Crucifixion”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe