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Getting Money Out of Politics and the 'Siege' of Propaganda
from Thomas Massie, Kevin O'Leary, & The American Psyop | The Tim Dillon Show #497 · #497
4 min
Tim argues Citizens United and dual-citizen billionaires like Adelson need to be curbed, then describes modern political ads as a relentless psychological 'siege' aimed at the lizard brain with slogans like 'war hero.'
- Tim argues money in politics can't be fixed without public campaign funding and ending Citizens United.
- Miriam Adelson spending $32 million to influence a congressional race in a state where she doesn't live exemplifies the problem.
- Solutions include ending dual citizenship or private money in politics, otherwise the cycle repeats and gets stupider.
- Politicians are cast from central archetypes—war hero, mom who's had enough—with vague messaging aimed at the gut level.
- Super PACs will dump tens of millions into advertising for these manufactured candidates and there's nothing voters can do about it.
- Tim contends everything in America is now a siege, not a genuine political process but relentless manufactured messaging.
- The siege itself isn't even good—it's effective only because it targets the lowest common denominator.
- They shove it down your throat until there's nowhere to escape; the only way out is death.
- The messaging becomes repetitive and hypnotic—war hero, Navy SEAL, handshake—until voters become like zombies in the booth.
- Voters end up supporting candidates who are literally trying to kill their children.
Miriam AdelsonThomas Massiecampaign financepolitical advertisingCitizens United