This country doesn't work anymore.

In this episode, I explain why I no longer believe voting can fix what's broken and why the real problem isn't left vs right, race vs race, or party vs party but unconstrained government power.

This is a continuation of ideas sparked by recent debates around Nick Fuentes, Carl Benjamin, identity politics and the collapse of legitimacy in modern democracies.

I'm not calling for violence.
I'm not calling for chaos.

I'm calling for something far more dangerous to the state:
Withdrawal of consent.

This is a conversation about:
– Why living standards never improve
– Why every government consolidates power
– Why identity politics is a trap
– Why money printing breaks societies
– And why peaceful, lawful non-compliance may be inevitable

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› https://substack.com/@petermccormack
› https://www.inolongerconsent.com/
› https://x.com/ConsentEnds

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
01:55 – "This Country Doesn't Work Anymore"
05:36 – Government as an Extractive Machine
06:33 – Nick Fuentes & Piers Morgan
09:41 – Why Identity Politics Makes the State Stronger
12:22 – Voting Isn't an Option
15:00 – What Withdrawing Consent Means
22:25 – Peaceful vs Violent Revolution
29:47 – Mass Lawful Non-compliance Explained
36:27 – Creating a Movement
40:54 – Uncontrolled Money Creation
48:26 – Separation of Money & State
51:00 – Final Position: Why I'm Convinced This is Right

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Carl Benjamin is a political commentator and cultural critic. This discussion focuses on diagnosis — not slogans — and on understanding consequences before they arrive.

Young men aren't radicalising because of ideology, they're reacting to a world that no longer works for them. In this conversation with Carl Benjamin, we break down why the post-war consensus has collapsed, why politics feels illegitimate and why a generation feels pushed to the edge.

In this episode we discuss:
– Why young men feel shut out of the system
– The collapse of the post-WWII consensus
– Piers Morgan, Nick Fuentes, and generational revolt
– Identity politics vs material reality
– Legitimacy, consent, and non-compliance
– Why politics no longer fixes anything
– What happens when power has no limits
– Why discomfort is unavoidable

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:04:18 – Why Young Men Feel Politically Homeless
00:11:42 – Moral Outrage vs Material Reality
00:19:27 – Why Figures Like Nick Fuentes Resonate
00:27:53 – Identity Politics and Manufactured Resentment
00:36:41 – Media Incentives and the Outrage Economy
00:48:12 – Piers Morgan, Debate Culture, and Spectacle
01:01:08 – Loss of Legitimacy in Institutions
01:15:18 – What Happens if Nothing Changes
01:32:44 – Generational Breaking Point
01:35:21 – Final Warnings and Consequences

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I've reached an inflection point.

I no longer believe Britain's political system can fix itself. This isn't about left vs right, Labour vs Conservative, or the next election. It's about unconstrained power, broken incentives and a system that rewards failure while hollowing out the next generation.

In this PMQs episode, I explain why I'm withdrawing my consent from the British state and why so many young people have already done the same.
This isn't apathy.

It's a vote of no confidence.

In this episode:
– Why politicians care about only one thing: staying in power
– How unconstrained government creates inevitable failure
– The collapse of trust in institutions
– Why young people feel betrayed by the system
– Nick Fuentes, Piers Morgan & generational revolt
– Why Reform and the Greens are the same phenomenon
– The moral failure of intergenerational debt
– Why Britain needs limits on power, not new parties

SHOW NOTES
› https://substack.com/@petermccormack
› https://x.com/PiersUncensored/status/1998127009981947930
› http://youtube.com/watch?v=UiAhS7AuB8k
› https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkK312fMPsQ&t=3814s
› https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TEnJ5pyFDg
› https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation-despair

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – I've Reached an Inflection Point
02:06 – Why All Governments Are Set to Fail
05:43 – The One Thing All Politicians Care About
08:23 – Nick Fuentes, Piers Morgan & Moral Outrage
12:43 – Why Young People Don't Care Anymore
19:18 – Collapse of Institutional Trust
24:24 – We Sold the Future to Avoid Recessions
27:10 – The Rise of Reform & the Greens Explained
30:44 – Withdrawing Consent from the State
45:13 – Why Britain Needs Limits on Power

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Mike Green is a macro strategist known for his work on market structure, benchmark distortions, passive flows and systemic fragility.

A single benchmark shaped American markets and policy for decades and economist Mike Green believes it distorted risk, inflated asset prices, weakened the middle class and misled policymakers about the true state of the economy. In this conversation, he breaks down how a flawed model became accepted as truth, how it quietly rewired incentives, and why he thinks the consequences are now impossible to ignore.

In this episode we discuss:
– What the "broken benchmark" actually is
– How flawed assumptions shaped U.S. economic policy
– Why markets mispriced risk for decades
– The rise of passive flows and distorted price signals
– How asset inflation hurt the middle class
– Why housing affordability collapsed
– Why policymakers didn't correct the model
– The structural consequences for future generations
– Whether America can fix the system without a crisis
– How the UK is importing the same benchmark problems

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – How a Benchmark Became a National Problem
00:16:24 – The Rise of Passive Flows & Market Distortion
00:32:18 – Why America Misprices Risk
00:48:05 – Asset Inflation & the Middle-Class Squeeze
01:04:22 – Housing, Debt & Structural Fragility
01:19:57 – Why Policymakers Didn't Fix the Benchmark
01:36:44 – Elites, Incentives & the Illusion of Prosperity
01:53:30 – The UK's Imported Benchmark Problem
02:10:42 – What a Saner Benchmark Would Look Like
02:27:15 – Future Scenarios & Final Thoughts

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Modern economics is built on competing theories that often describe the world in very different ways. In this conversation, economist Steve Keen sets out his explanation for how money works, why he believes mainstream economic models fail, and why debt, banking and housing play a far greater role in economic crises than most policymakers acknowledge.

Keen's perspective challenges the assumptions of neoclassical, Keynesian and Austrian economists alike.

In this episode we discuss:
– How economics became political ideology
– Why neoclassical theory broke the West
– The Left vs Right illusion in economic policy
– What money really is (and how banks actually create it)
– Why inflation is misunderstood by almost everyone
– How private debt fuels instability and inequality
– Housing, mortgages & the destruction of the middle class
– Why equilibrium economics is fantasy
– What a sane, reality-based economic model looks like
– How young people can survive a debt-driven system

Economics didn't fail by accident — it failed because ideology replaced reality.

Steve Keen is one of the world's leading heterodox economists, known for his critiques of mainstream theory and his work on private debt, banking, financial instability and the 2008 crisis, which he warned about years in advance.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:12 – Why Economics Became Ideology
00:09:04 – Economists vs Reality
00:14:47 – How Money Actually Works
00:21:18 – Banks, Loans & Money Creation
00:33:44 – Inflation: What Really Drives It
00:38:59 – Wages, Markups & Bargaining Power
00:47:55 – The Housing Crisis Explained
00:54:03 – Deregulation & the Death of Affordability
00:59:22 – Middle Class Collapse
01:04:48 – Left and Right Get Economics Wrong
01:11:02 – Neoclassical Economics
01:17:26 – The Problem With Economic Models
01:22:31 – Why Economists Misunderstand Production
01:28:08 – AI, Automation & The Future of Work
01:44:28 – Structural Failures
01:55:46 – Can Government Use Good Economics?
02:01:23 – Global Debt, Fragility & Future Crises
02:06:40 – What Would Real Reform Look Like?
02:13:28 – Why Young Generations Feel Hopeless
02:19:47 – Can We Build a Post-Ideological Economics?
02:25:10 – Final Thoughts

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Inflation isn't an economic metric — it's a political tactic. When governments lie about inflation, they're not miscalculating; they're stealing from you. Economist Karl-Friedrich Israel explains how inflation quietly enriches asset holders, punishes workers and pushes Europe into a slow, silent decline.

If your living standards are falling while politicians insist everything is fine, this conversation will make sense of it. If you still believe governments can print prosperity without consequences, you won't enjoy what follows.

In this episode we discuss:
– How inflation secretly taxes the poor
– Why CPI hides the real cost of living
– Europe's long, slow economic decay
– The rise of modern socialism
– Cronyism vs capitalism
– Collective corruption of elites
– Why asset inflation fuels inequality
– The Argentina warning
– Whether Bitcoin can fix the money
– AI, automation & the coming labour shock

Britain is being lied to — and people are finally waking up.

Karl-Friedrich Israel is a German economist specialising in monetary policy, inflation and inequality. His work reveals the economic mechanisms accelerating Europe's decline.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – The Inflation Lie
00:06:21 – CPI vs Real Cost of Living
00:12:13 – Inequality: What's Legit, What Isn't
00:14:02 – Why Socialism Is Surging Again
00:19:34 – Inflation as Political Illusion
00:24:10 – Welfare, Dependence & the Trap
00:26:47 – Argentina, Milei & Monetary Chaos
00:33:16 – Should We Abolish Central Banks?
00:37:21 – Europe's Coming Decline
00:53:59 – Brain Drain & the Death of Opportunity
00:58:07 – Academia's Ideological Capture
01:23:02 – AI, Job Loss & the Future Economy
01:39:19 – Bitcoin, Freedom & The Path Forward

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James Esses is a psychotherapist and former Childline volunteer who was expelled from his degree and blacklisted by his profession for opposing gender ideology.

He now works with young people suffering from gender dysphoria and is one of the UK's most articulate defenders of reality, safeguarding and children's rights.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:45 – The Trans Industry
00:08:00 – Medicalisation vs Exploration
00:12:30 – What Puberty Blockers Really Do
00:16:00 – The Clinics & the Profits
00:20:30 – Transitioning Is Not Treatment
00:25:00 – Adults vs Children
00:30:00 – From Self-Hate to Sterilisation
00:34:30 – Schools, Indoctrination & DEI
00:39:00 – Media Collusion
00:44:15 – Language Wars: Women, Men & Meaning
00:48:00 – Identity as Trend
00:52:00 – Asexuality & Porn Addiction
01:00:30 – The Role of the Therapist
01:04:00 – Transition as Self-Harm
01:09:00 – What Should Be Banned
01:14:30 – De-Transitioning & Regret
01:19:00 – Stereotypes, Confusion & Pressure
01:23:00 – Media Gaslighting & The BBC
01:27:00 – Dangers of the Conversion Therapy Ban
01:31:00 – Why This Isn't Over

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Angela McArdle is the former Chair of the US Libertarian Party and a leading voice in the global liberty movement.

In this conversation, we explore the ideological war raging beneath the surface: between those who want freedom and those who want control.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:20 – UK's Tax Exodus & Class Divide
00:08:00 – Identity Politics to Class Warfare
00:10:20 – Third-Party Strategy & Trump Deal
00:15:40 – Mises Caucus & RFK
00:22:00 – Free Ross Ulbricht
00:27:30 – Charlie Kirk's Death
00:32:00 – US Cities in Decline
00:38:30 – NHS vs Private Care Models
00:45:00 – Bitcoin, Financial Freedom & State Control
00:49:40 – Operation Choke Point 2.0
00:54:00 – Tornado Cash & Criminalising Code
01:00:00 – Free Speech & Privacy
01:04:30 – Ian Freeman's Case
01:10:00 – COVID as Control, Not Health
01:14:00 – Civil Liberties Are Dying
01:18:00 – The Cold War: Freedom vs Free Stuff
01:24:00 – Guns, Rights & Self Defence
01:30:00 – Liberty's, Future & the 2028 Plan

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