Western Europe
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 9, 2022 by David Friedberg · said 22 times in 19 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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brought up most by David Friedberg (8), Chamath Palihapitiya (7), Tucker Carlson (2), Larry Summers (1), David Sacks (1), Brad Gerstner (1), Antonio Garcia Martinez (1)
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2026 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2023 7 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
- Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more
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- All-In Summit: In conversation with Larry Summers
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2022 6 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
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Everything said about Western Europe, oldest first
Apr 9, 2022 negative
Sep 18, 2023 bullish
Summers: US holds a stronger long-term geopolitical position than China
“But I'd rather be playing the hand of the United States than the hand that Xi Jinping is playing, than the hand that India is playing. Certainly than the hand that societies in Asia where they're only going to be half as many people a century from now are play…”
Sep 9, 2025 negative
Carlson: Western demography will trigger totalitarian clampdown or severe reaction
“All of those nations, the Anglosphere specifically, but Western Europe in general, is poised for massive change, and I just hope it ends peacefully. But the story in the West is population change, period. That's the story. And following from that comes culture…”