The Construct

Liam Out Loud
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Conversations about how civilizations get built, and how they come apart.

Episodes

  1. 9h ago

    The Totalitarian Playbook: How Free Societies Lose Themselves | The Construct EP4

    What is totalitarianism and how does it operate? There is a commonality between the worst of the 20th century regimes that is not often discussed. From crisis, propaganda, manufactured enemies and two-tier justice to surveillance, institutional capture, atomization and the destruction of competing loyalties, I outline the playbook. Finally, I look at what happens when truth can no longer travel upward, the warning signs to watch for, and what individuals can do to resist the lie. Get my work delivered directly to your inbox: liamoutloud.substack.com 00:00 Intro 01:41 Dictatorship vs. Totalitarianism 06:25 When Doctrine Becomes Total 08:51 Ressentiment and the True Believer 11:19 Crisis Creates the Opening 16:07 The Permanent Enemy 18:29 The Hollow Individual 23:15 Loneliness and the Totalitarian Man 25:41 Propaganda and Political Language 30:20 Doublethink and Paramoralisms 32:43 The Censor Inside Your Head 35:10 No Freedom of Silence 37:30 Rewriting the Past 42:13 Manufacturing Enemies 44:32 Mao’s Anti-Rightist Campaign 51:27 Two-Tier Justice 58:28 Pathocracy and Negative Selection 01:05:32 Forced Complicity 01:10:14 Dependency and the Command Economy 01:12:37 Surveillance and the Stasi 01:17:31 Why the Family Matters 01:22:10 When the Regime Goes Blind 01:26:58 Six Diagnostic Questions 01:31:38 The Antidote to Totalitarianism 01:34:01 Seven Types Under a Totalitarian System 01:36:23 Resistance Starts With the Individual 01:41:13 The Totalitarian Playbook Recapped 01:43:34 Technology Raises the Stakes Follow Liam:Instagram: @liam.out.loud X: @liam_out_loud Facebook: www.facebook.com/im.liam.out.loud

  2. Sep 19

    The West is Losing WWIII and Doesn't Know It | The Construct EP3 with Doomberg

    Doomberg joins The Construct to explain why the West is losing World War III, as well as why its leaders may be too blinded by their own propaganda to see it. We discuss the war in Ukraine, the collapse of the postwar order, Europe’s energy crisis, depopulation theories, and the growing power of Russia and China. From energy and industrial capacity to lateral thinking and global conflict, this conversation examines whether the West’s decline is the result of incompetence or design. Get my work delivered directly to your inbox: liamoutloud.substack.com 00:00 Energy, war and the fate of nations 01:29 The West isn’t playing chess 04:25 Is the chaos incompetence—or design? 08:30 Depopulation, degrowth and the Club of Rome 10:54 The real history of Malthusianism 17:08 Energy is life 21:52 Why Europe is dangerously exposed 26:29 Doomberg: Ukraine has already lost 30:21 Why nobody reads what Putin says 34:41 When leaders believe their own propaganda 37:04 Power, psychopathy and political delusion 41:06 World War III and the collapse of the old order 49:19 How Russia and China remember World War II 53:12 Competing narratives of global power 55:41 Who is ultimately responsible? 59:54 The illusion of linear causation 1:02:17 How lateral thinking works 1:07:01 Can America still police the world? 1:11:15 China and the destruction of Western industry 1:13:21 The dollar, Wall Street and the Pentagon 1:15:47 Where to find Doomberg Follow Liam: Instagram: @liam.out.loud X: @liam_out_loud Facebook: www.facebook.com/im.liam.out.loud Subscribe to Doomberg: newsletter.doomberg.com

  3. Sep 12

    The West Is Being Taught to Hate Its Own History | The Construct EP2 with Tom FitzGerald

    What is Western civilization and is it in decline? Tom FitzGerald joins The Construct to discuss the forgotten achievements of the Middle Ages, the traits shared by history's greatest leaders, the morality of conquest and the ideological rewriting of the West's past. Lastly, we examine what historical films get wrong and why young men need heroes worth aspiring toward. 00:00 — What Defines Western Civilization?05:40 — Is the West Truly in Decline?11:54 — The Myth of the Dark Ages20:14 — Alexander the Great and the Leaders Who Made History28:15 — What History’s Greatest Men Had in Common37:13 — The Oppressor–Oppressed View of History46:04 — Conquest, Human Sacrifice and Just War55:48 — Colonization and the Myth of Inherited Guilt1:02:10 — How Hollywood Rewrites History1:10:51 — What Happens When a Culture Destroys Its Heroes1:19:48 — Historical Films, Higher Ideals and Lessons for Young Men Get my work delivered directly to your inbox: liamoutloud.substack.comFollow Liam: Instagram: @liam.out.loud X: @liam_out_loud Facebook: www.facebook.com/im.liam.out.loudFollow Tom: IG: www.instagram.com/tomfitzgerald._ YT: www.youtube.com/@TomFitzgerald_History Newsletter: auctoritas.ie/newsletter

  4. Sep 2

    Why Canada Refused to Help America Investigate Mexican Cartels with Sam Cooper | The Construct EP1

    Investigative journalist Sam Cooper reveals how foreign states, drug cartels and organized crime networks have infiltrated Canada’s institutions and economy. We examine the criminal takeover of trucking routes, China’s theft of Western research and the political forces enabling it all. Is Canada merely weak, or has the country become willfully blind to its own capture? 00:00 - Introduction 01:04 - Cartel-linked trucking networks in Canada 04:53 - How organized crime infiltrates the trucking industry 07:21 - The Wolfpack Alliance and Canada’s gang landscape 10:49 - Crime networks as transnational businesses 14:10 - Law enforcement, political pressure, and institutional inaction 18:48 - Elite networks, foreign influence, and national decline 25:06 - Where organized-crime money goes 29:31 - Is organized crime an unavoidable part of geopolitics? 34:06 - Trade disputes, alliances, and global security 40:14 - Manufacturing, tariffs, and strategic self-sufficiency 42:31 - COVID, biolabs, and the Winnipeg Lab questions 51:09 - China’s Thousand Talents Program and IP theft 55:15 - Culture wars, foreign influence, and social movements Get my work delivered directly to your inbox: liamoutloud.substack.com Follow me: Instagram: @liam.out.loud X: @liam_out_loud Facebook: www.facebook.com/im.liam.out.loud Follow Sam: www.thebureau.news x.com/scoopercooper

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Conversations about how civilizations get built, and how they come apart.

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  • Creator
    Liam Out Loud
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Liam Out Loud
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    The Construct