I like all of them, but I wish Shapiro would stop advertising ExpressVPN on his show. It's going to come back to haunt him. They're a Chinese VPN company (Chengbao is their real name) and they were previously caught using very weak encryption so the Chinese government were able to view all their user's traffic.
It's only a matter of time before they're exposed for being a Chinese spying company, and Shapiro is going to get fucked for it. I've already sent him an e-mail about it, yet he continues to advertise them. I'm not going to defend him when the time comes.
I got mine on Amazon. The only markings on it are “Hand Crafted Genuine Leather” so I don’t know the brand. Cost me $50 or $60 on Black Friday a few years ago. It’s functional, the lining inside is getting a bit threadbare, but I load it down quite a bit at times. It’s very similar to this one:
KPL 18 Inch Vintage Men's Brown Handmade Leather Briefcase Best Laptop Messenger Bag Satchel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O79IC5A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jFv-CbFDRK8B5
I second this. Most of the advertised VPNs out there are no better than not using one at all. The exception, and what I'd recommend to everyone here, is NordVPN. Nord keeps no logs and cannot be forced to provide any information to anyone, per Panamanian law (they're based out of Panama). It's also very affordable at $99 USD for a 3 year subscription if you dig around for the offer. I'm not affiliated with them, just a privacy conscious guy.
That was me. The official place for that stuff will be Compound Media. Most of the audio can be found here: https://player.fm/series/2461952. A lot of the audio can be found on Google Podcasts but Player FM seems to have more.
I agree that I would much rather have Italy over Iran.
I do t believe Canada is weak. Countries that spend much more on their military (Saudi Arabia) are not going to outlast a western country with a military alone.
I think the US needs to stop policing the world, and we need to bring people out of poverty to lower these birth rates ie subsaharan Africa, parts of Asia.
I would rather we avoid mass extinction of humans to reset though. I think if we give people democracy, they will demand more freedom. And since we use democracy in the west to further our economies, we will be stronger than any nation. Besides, even places like China are beginning to democratize (albeit very slowly). The good news for democracy is that you can’t really stop it if you want to your economy to sustain and expansive action.
But I don’t think we need more forcing of people to do what we do, only being safe, and even then we can’t fight or police the world. That’s how won the Cold War. We basically gave them the Beatles and Levi jeans. Now it’s iPhones and cars/Uber.
Here is a good book you may enjoy.
https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010