Michael Shellenberger: Conspiratorial Propaganda
April 18, 2025
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Michael Shellenberger: Conspiratorial Propaganda
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<p>In this episode, Matt and Chris pour themselves a stiff drink and slip into the fever‑dream crossover of Jordan Peterson and Michael Shellenberger, a conversation that opens with the claim that Western Europe is now the single greatest threat to free speech; yes, croissants and GDPR apparently out‑authoritarian China and Russia. According to Shellenberger, we can now rest safe as free speech has been restored and “America Is Back!” thanks to God-Emperor Trump and the living avatar of honest utterance, Elon 'Horus' Musk.</p><p>Our hosts marvel as Shellenberger insists USAID is a rogue soft‑power leviathan that somehow staged January 6th, sabotaged the 2020 election, and deserves to be nuked from orbit... although he can’t quite prove any of that YET. Alongside the conspiratorial drivel there is also a heavy serving of Peterson's obscurantist<span> mythicism and dinner‑party anthropology as he explains how Hungary is a model democracy, the US nation beset by parasites, and that this is all inevitably connected to how people are not paying enough attention to Jesus.</span></p><p>But that is not all! You will also learn about Manly Men vs. Gentlemen, Musk’s “move fast and break government” ethos, and the revelation that free speech is not a nice‑to‑have but a must‑have—unless you are a lawyer, journalist, or student on the wrong side of the Trump administration. </p><p>So buckle up for an hour of dystopian déjà vu, as two self‑styled rebel intellectuals morph into state propagandists, cheerleading every single action of Trump and Musk while lecturing the rest of us on free thought.</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4YYergYonc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Trump, Musk, Kennedy: The Dawn of Transparency,” The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Ep. 526.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.public.news/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shellenberger's Substack</a>, including gems like <a href="https://"WhyTrump’sVictoryIs,ForMillionsOfUs,Cathartic"" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Why Trump’s Victory Is, For Millions Of Us, Cathartic"</a> and <a href="https://"BothUSAIDAndTheCIAWereBehindTheImpeachmentOfTrumpin2019"" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Both USAID And The CIA Were Behind The Impeachment Of Trump in 2019"</a></li><li><a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/censorship-industrial-complex" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taibbi & Shellenberger testify to the House Judiciary Committee to help uncover "the Biden-Harris Administration's unconstitutional censorship campaign"</a></li><li><em>Singal-Minded</em> articles detailing <a href="https://Shellenberger'ssloppyjournalism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shellenberger's sloppy journalism</a> and <a href="https://conspiracytheories" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conspiracy theories</a></li></ul><br />