PBD Podcast Review

This is my 36th podcast. The PBD Podcast is currently ranked number 30. This podcast is titled "'China's Cognitive Warfare'- Palantir Co-Founder On Iran Threats, AI PSYOPs & CIA Funding." It was released on March 2nd. This podcast was hosted by Patrick Bet-David and he interviewed Joe Lonsdale, one of the founders of Palantir. Joe had some lofty rhetoric about why he founded Palantir. He said it was founded to help save the west, to fight Islamist terrorism, and protect civil liberties. The name Palantir comes from the Lord of the Rings and they had a motto of "Save the Shire" meaning to save innocents. He said the government wasn't doing technology right so he wanted to start a company to achieve these goals. He also responded to criticisms of Palantir's involvement with ICE by saying Palantir isn't responsible for policy. That in a republic there is a mechanism for change and the government should be directing policy, not Silicon Valley. I thought this was contradictory with his stated mission. He said Palantir was set up to protect civil liberties but in reality he has no problem with Palantir assisting the government in violating civil liberties. He puts all of the responsibility on the government and none on Palintir. He said that what he really fears is if the republic elects a very bad person who uses technology and power in ways they shouldn't. That's what is scary to him and why we all have to be a part of the political process. To me, this is an insane hypothetical in that he is speaking the current reality as what he most fears but he is pretending it is not happening. He talked about bot farms trying to push the extremists. All his focus is on the extremist left. He completely ignores the reality that there are a massive amount of pro-Trump bots poisoning social media. Joe says his economic thinking comes from Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman's arguments for free markets I have found very persuasive and he has heavily influenced my economic thinking. So you would think that I could be united with Joe. But of course, Joe is just being hypocritical again. When asked about tariffs he could not condemn them. He danced around the issue like a politician. Here is what Milton Friedman thought about tariffs:

This used to be mainstream Republican thinking. But Republicans have done a complete 180 on many of their core beliefs without even acknowledging it. Joe seems to be of this camp of Republicans who might still believe this possibly but refuses to say it out loud. Joe also referenced the Department of Defense incorrectly many times according to the Trump cult given nickname of "Department of War." He says in Iran he would go Roman in Iran. Kill the leaders and see how the ones are that replace them and keep killing them until you get the ones you want. Of course the person who would be deciding who we want is the utterly amoral Donald Trump. Joe voiced support for "taking" Greenland because if you are not growing you are getting weaker. As if the United States has been getting weaker in the post World War II world where expanionism by military force has been against international law. I was bothered throughout this podcast by the hypocrisy of Joe. His rhetoric is inconsistent. The host of the podcast left all these inconsistencies unchallenged. I give this podcast 0/5 for the unchallenged intellectual dishonesty and the promotion of immoral ideas.