Topic: Manifest Destiny

3 chapters across the catalog

99: Devil in the Details
• 1:16:41 - 1:21:01

99: Devil in the Details

Refined White Supremacy, Howard Hughes and Rockefeller

Neely Fuller's concept of "refined" vs. "unrefined" white supremacy is applied to the Yankee-Cowboy conflict. Yankees provide the "refined" administrative and technological structure, while Cowboys provide the "unrefined" muscle for expansion. While individual Cowboys like Howard Hughes or H.L. Hunt amassed massive personal fortunes, they lacked the institutional "scope" of the Rockefeller empire.

95: IDK
• 1:00:51 - 1:04:57

95: IDK

Strategy 4: Create a Sense of Urgency

Strategy 4 involves placing oneself on "death ground" to force action. The hosts discuss how the peace movement of the 1960s was neutralized with psychedelics because peace is bad for business. They frame the modern climate change movement as a "slow battleship" used to create a sense of urgency and guilt in the individual.

85: Overman
• 2:17:59 - 2:21:26

85: Overman

Defining "Shiftlessness" and the Savage Mindstate

The hosts analyze the word "shiftless," defined as a lack of resourcefulness or ambition. They note that this term was historically a core component of racial slurs and was used during the era of Manifest Destiny to justify the displacement of "savage" peoples. They argue that labeling a group as "inefficient" or "psychopathic" is a modern, scientific way of reviving the "savage" narrative.