Arthur and Jalen dive deep into Rory Stewart's appearance on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (4/24/2025).
🔥 Topics we cover:
- Britain's 2015 plan to become a "Marine Corps attached to the U.S."—and why nobody planned for America going rogue
- Afghanistan as a trillion-dollar "pig fuck" and the delusion of American idealism
- Trump's tariff flip-flop: How Walmart ended the trade war in 48 hours
- Europe's flirtation with China as the American alternative
- Why politicians are "depressed and powerless" but won't quit the machine
- Musk's war on empathy and the billionaire philosopher-king complex
- Direct cash vs. bureaucratic middlemen: What actually works vs. what's politically possible
- The Gramsci moment: "The old world is dying, the new world struggles to be born"
- Inside-outside strategy: Can establishment reform and street revolution work together?
- American empire in decline—creative destruction or just destruction?