<p>Thomas Pacchia joins me to discuss why the world feels fake, why trust in institutions is collapsing and why AI may make the crisis far worse before it helps solve it.</p><br><p>Thomas explains why politics, media, censorship, government waste, algorithmic manipulation and broken public services are pushing people into a world where almost nothing feels reliable. We discuss America’s political divide, Britain’s failing state, welfare traps, the blob, free speech, the collapse of trust and why so many people feel trapped inside systems they no longer believe in.</p><br><p>We also get into Peter’s AI project Show Us Receipts, how AI could be used to fact-check politicians and government contracts, why centralised platforms can still control what people see, and why Thomas believes decentralisation, self-sovereignty, privacy, Bitcoin, churches and pubs may be the only realistic way back to something human.</p><br><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><br><p>TIMESTAMPS:</p><p>00:00:00 - AI Psychosis</p><p>00:01:02 - The Fake World</p><p>00:02:28 - A Global Reset</p><p>00:04:11 - Is America Recovering?</p><p>00:08:36 - The Blob</p><p>00:11:40 - Collapse and War</p><p>00:13:30 - Brother Against Brother</p><p>00:15:11 - Broken Incentives</p><p>00:16:20 - Killing Productivity</p><p>00:19:27 - Money in Politics</p><p>00:25:00 - Politics as Team Sport</p><p>00:28:53 - Where Does This Lead?</p><p>00:30:51 - Were Libertarians Right?</p><p>00:33:16 - Building Parallel Systems</p><p>00:36:23 - Most People Are Trapped</p><p>00:45:27 - What Has Got Better?</p><p>00:47:19 - Britain’s Broken State</p><p>00:57:17 - Show Us Receipts</p><p>01:01:40 - Censored Platforms</p><p>01:07:52 - Churches and Pubs</p><br><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><br><p>CONTACT PETE</p><p> › Website – <a href="http://petermccormack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://petermccormack.com</a></p><p> › Feedback – <a href="https://www.petermccormack.com/contact" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.petermccormack.com/contact</a></p><p> › Email – <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p> › Instagram – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/</a></p><p> › X/Twitter – <a href="https://x.com/petermccormack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/petermccormack/</a></p><br><p>CONNECT WITH THOMAS PACCHIA</p><p> › PubKey – <a href="https://www.pubkey.bar/home?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pubkey.bar/home</a></p><p> › X/Twitter – <a href="https://x.com/tpacchia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/tpacchia</a></p><br><p>SPONSORS</p><p> › IREN - <a href="https://www.iren.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.iren.com/</a></p><p> › Ledn - https://ledn.io/peter</p><br><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><br><p>LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE</p><p> › Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/40ruY9K" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/40ruY9K</a></p><p> › Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu</a></p><p> › Fountain: <a href="https://bit.ly/FountainPM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/FountainPM</a></p><p> › YouTube: <a href="https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM</a></p><p> › Rumble: <a href="https://bit.ly/RumblePM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/RumblePM</a></p><br><p>FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR</p><p> › <a href="https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/</a></p><p> › <a href="https://x.com/curttayloruk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/curttayloruk/</a></p><br><p>EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK</p><p> › <a href="https://x.com/ConorM04" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/ConorM04</a></p><br><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>