Interview · moment 8 of 10
Suppressed Histories, Saudi Arabia, and Western Civilization's Hidden Costs
from We're Toast with Russ Baker · #118
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6 minGuest
They touch on the demonization of anyone questioning Kennedy assassination or Watergate narratives, the US-Saudi relationship and Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and a discussion of Jordan Peterson and how Western living standards are propped up by global brutality and cheap labor.
- 34:05Very few people talk about the Kennedy assassination or have a different view of Watergate without being labeled a cook or demonized.
- 34:36Saudi Arabia has admitted to killing and torturing a journalist, and the US president's response is essentially indifference.
- 35:23Neither liberal nor conservative establishments will meaningfully reevaluate American alliances, especially with Saudi Arabia, because oil and business interests come first.
- 36:02Universities across the country have opened campuses in oppressive regimes simply as cash cows, making everyone complicit in supporting authoritarian states.
- 36:21Iran is demonized in Western discourse while Saudi Arabia receives favorable treatment, despite potentially being the worse actor of the two.
- 36:54Jordan Peterson and similar figures advocate for Western values and civilization while ignoring the massive amounts of violence committed to perpetuate that system for profit.
- 37:20People defending Western civilization rarely visit war zones or understand what America has done in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria.
- 37:45Western standard of living is artificially maintained and propped up by brutality elsewhere—people don't want to hear about the connection.
- 38:15American food and consumer goods are artificially cheap because people live abysmal lives in other countries so Americans can live better.
- 39:06Authoritarian and nationalist figures are rising across Western democracies because of mass migration, economic inequality, lack of social mobility, and disrupted social cohesion.