E8 - 60 per cent stupid

The full interview from The World's End with Sam Ikin featuring NSW Libertarian MLC John Ruddick. 

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Julian Assange is "Arguably, the greatest living human being" according to 
NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick, “I wish he could have been free over the last few years.”

Has our government done enough to ensure the rights of one of its citizens? Lol of course not. They're too busy virtue-signalling and bickering over whether politicians should be allowed to drink on the job.

Nobody has done more to expose the military-industrial complex than Assange.

He faces what could be his final court hearing in the next 24 hours. 

Watch our Free Assange Analysis. Links to other platforms below

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Putin on the Ritz - the interview that upset the establishment

You may have noticed the establishment lost its collective mind because a journalist dared to do journalism. In this episode, we analyse why Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin caused the vestigial media's heads to explode.

Putin, often labelled a ruthless dictator, remains a significant figure in global politics. It's only natural for any journalist to seek an interview with him. However, the conversation was expected to reveal uncomfortable truths that the establishment would rather suppress.

The corporate media continues to try to downplay the truth of its diminishing significance. It's like a 7-year-old finding out that the tooth fairy was actually a dentist with a gambling problem.

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The world is changing, and people are turning on the global elite. It's time to shake off the chains that are slowly tightening around us and find ways to maintain our way of life.

We are looking for solutions in the new season of The World's End. We need to find ways to break free from the control of big corporations and global organisations.

In this episode, we talk about understanding the importance of switching from corporate news media to long-form independent media, the rise of libertarianism, and the global scare campaigns designed to keep us in fear and compliance.

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Find the full AI translation of Argentinian President Javier Milei here https://x.com/aphysicist/status/1747868626948907325?s=20

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As an Australia Day present, most Australians have been given a tax break of between 12 and 45 dollars a week. 

They didn't do anything about the cost of housing or the skyrocketing price of groceries. They didn't reduce the tax or excise on petrol. The haven't done a thing to reduce our massive power bills, but they have given us between 12 and 45 dollars a week.

While the journalists who are supposed to be holding these clowns to account, they're bickering about which insignificant tax package is best. 

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THE WORLD'S END new full episode
0:00 - Opener and intro
0:32 - New Zealand reelects uniparty after six years of uniparty rule
4:17 - Australia is 60 per cent stupid, according to experts after rejecting The Voice
10:33 - The new misinformation bill to save us from our own stupidity. Also, why misinformation is BS

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Call off the search parties. We found him. Rumours of Nick Holt's abduction by the FBI have been greatly exaggerated... or have they? The editor of The Modern Enquirer, Nick Holt joins us to explain why he seems to have completely vanished from Twitter (X). Hint: He's heavily shadowbanned. We mostly talk about the insanity of the past few years and try to understand why the world is tearing itself apart over utter nonsense. We also briefly mention the Voice and some other stuff you'll be really interested in.

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Have you ever been caught off guard by a sudden lack of access to your bank account?

The world of de-banking and its implications for our financial freedom is unsettling.

Heaps of us have experienced that heart-stopping moment when our card gets declined at the petrol pump. From high-profile figures to everyday individuals, de-banking is a real concern that affects us all.

The power to de-bank is being used to control voices and actions. From political stances to controversial comments, no one is truly immune. We also explore how governments leverage this control to outsource social credit systems.

Our guest Crispin Rovere has experienced it first-hand. He shares his experience of being temporarily de-banked and the emotional and practical challenges of this modern-day authoritarianism. All episodes are posted first on X. Follow @sam_ikin so you never miss a beat.

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I'm shedding the sarcasm to open up and share my personal experiences in the traditional news media industry. Join me as I delve into the unsettling state of the media landscape and its manipulation by powerful entities for their own agendas.

Having spent two decades in the industry, including seven years as a reporter for SBS TV, I gained firsthand insight into the inner workings. However, my decision to step away was driven by the harsh reality of struggling to support my growing family in Sydney's high-cost environment. Juggling multiple jobs and sacrificing personal time left me questioning the industry's priorities. Yet, my departure wasn't solely about financial constraints.

I had started asking uncomfortable questions about the troubling bias and selective reporting pervasive across networks. It was time to go, so I relocated to Hobart to contribute to the ABC's digital shift. But my efforts clashed with a toxic newsroom environment, culminating in a confrontation with a sociopathic news editor that led to me getting the boot from the network.

The aftermath of my departure in 2016 left me devastated, grappling with personal challenges and profound revelations. The experience unveiled the truth behind the façade and allowed me to critically analyze an industry I had once been a part of.

I distanced myself from news consumption because it would stir feelings of failure and inadequacy. Over time, this withdrawal offered a clearer perspective on the media's moral decay. The insatiable hunger for clicks and the susceptibility to external manipulation became evident. The media has been compromised, leaving it vulnerable to the influence of PR machinery and corporate interests.

The ideologues in charge, who probably think of themselves as the progressives of the 70s, 80s and the 90s, who used to boycott large corporations, argue against censorship and promote freedom of speech and protested against wars, would now happily label someone who does that as a right-wing nut-job.

Those who challenge corporate agendas, question continuous warfare, and advocate for open dialogue are deemed pariahs in a system that seems beholden to a different set of principles.

So, why am I sharing this? I believe the truth needs to be spoken, even when it challenges the narrative. Join me on this journey of introspection and awakening as we unravel the intricate threads of a media industry in turmoil.

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Twitter is being rebranded as X under a massive overhaul of the platform, which sounds like it will be a bit like China’s mega app WeChat. Does that mean it could be a platform for a social credit system?

Elon Musk is losing the bird icon, which has been associated with Twitter since it started in 2006, and he’s rebranding it as X. Just X. So we’re not sure yet whether you’ll still tweet from X or whether it’ll be called something else like Xing or - nah I got nothing. 

But the superficial imaging of the platform is just the very tip. There’s a lot more to this rebranding. 

Elon Musk is following through with his tweet from November 2022 to create an everything app. 

Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app

So he’s doing what he said. 

But what is an everything app? The worldwide standard for that is China’s WeChat.

Almost everyone in China who owns a smartphone has a WeChat account, which is part of China’s social credit system.

Most countries have a credit score. That’s not new or controversial. It’s entirely based on your financial history, and it’s used to predict whether or not you’re likely to pay your credit bills.

The Chinese model, however, goes to a whole nother level. 

Under this plan, all citizens are enrolled in a massive database with data about their financial history, online behaviours, everyday purchases, traffic violations, who they associate with, and much more. 

A low credit score could land someone on a blacklist deemed untrustworthy. That could mean they’re banned from catching planes or trains, their internet speed could be throttled, banned from attending good schools, staying in good hotels and just the general public shaming of being labelled bad citizens. 

Under a prototype of the credit score system, private companies were tasked with collecting information from their users, including the parent company of WeChat. 

WeChat has its own credit rating system, which could presumably be used to limit where someone can spend their money or if they can use their account at all. 

If you go to a big city like Shanghai, you need WeChat pay to use a vending machine or to catch a taxi.

Obviously, there are some pretty big red flags here. 

Remember when evil Twitter was permanently banning people for incorrect political speech? What if that app was the only one you could use to pay for things? I could go on for ages here. The point is, Elon says he wants Twitter to be like WeChat. 

In a question and answer session last June he said. "There’s no WeChat equivalent outside of China,” Musk said. "You basically live on WeChat in China. If we can recreate that with Twitter, we’ll be a great success.

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