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The Smoke Pit

Idiocracy Is Now: Trump's Cult of Self, Billionaires, and the Fight for What's Left

May 30, 2026 59m Pillar II: Democracy, Peace, and Constitutional Duty

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Katie Chorbak, Carl Able, and Bryan Winter take on the $250 Trump bill, artists walking out of the White House, a UFC event on the Pentagon lawn, and Peter Thiel's move to Argentina. Under the spectacle sits one question: what do billionaires want from a democracy, and what do worker co-ops offer instead?

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