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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CONTACT PETE
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FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR
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EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK
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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

CONTACT PETE
› Website - http://petermccormack.com
› Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact
› Email - me@petermccormack.com
› Instagram - /mccormack555
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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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FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR
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EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK
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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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CONTACT PETE
› Website – http://petermccormack.com
› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact
› Email – me@petermccormack.com
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CONNECT WITH MIKE GREEN
› Website – https://www.simplify.us
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FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR
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EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK
› https://x.com/ConorM04