Thomas Pacchia joins me to discuss why the world feels fake, why trust in institutions is collapsing and why AI may make the crisis far worse before it helps solve it.Thomas explains why politics, media, censorship, government waste, algorithmic manipulation and broken public services are pushing people into a world where almost nothing feels reliable. We discuss America’s political divide, Britain’s failing state, welfare traps, the blob, free speech, the collapse of trust and why so many people feel trapped inside systems they no longer believe in.We also get into Peter’s AI project Show Us Receipts, how AI could be used to fact-check politicians and government contracts, why centralised platforms can still control what people see, and why Thomas believes decentralisation, self-sovereignty, privacy, Bitcoin, churches and pubs may be the only realistic way back to something human.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - AI Psychosis00:01:02 - The Fake World00:02:28 - A Global Reset00:04:11 - Is America Recovering?00:08:36 - The Blob00:11:40 - Collapse and War00:13:30 - Brother Against Brother00:15:11 - Broken Incentives00:16:20 - Killing Productivity00:19:27 - Money in Politics00:25:00 - Politics as Team Sport00:28:53 - Where Does This Lead?00:30:51 - Were Libertarians Right?00:33:16 - Building Parallel Systems00:36:23 - Most People Are Trapped00:45:27 - What Has Got Better?00:47:19 - Britain’s Broken State00:57:17 - Show Us Receipts01:01:40 - Censored Platforms01:07:52 - Churches and Pubs- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email – me@petermccormack.com › Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/ › X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH THOMAS PACCHIA › PubKey – https://www.pubkey.bar/home › X/Twitter – https://x.com/tpacchiaSPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledn - https://ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR ›