Donald, you're done.

What does power reveal about a person?

Trump started a second war with Iran. He's posting on Truth Social about ending a civilization. Gas is over four bucks, the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index hit a 75-year low, and only 25% of Americans approve of how he's handling the cost of living.

But this isn't really about Trump. He's a mirror. The louder version of something most of us carry. The part that wants control, recognition, and immunity from consequences.

I listened to Robert Greene, Robert Pape, and Ian Bremmer. I went back to Plato, Seneca, and Lord Acton. And I kept arriving at the same idea:

Power reveals who we really are.

Greene said Trump mastered one Law of Power: courting attention at all costs. He's right. And the same gift that made him president is the thing destroying him. Because attention without control isn't leadership. It's just addiction.

So this episode goes to where it needs to. The Dark Triad. The dangerous-but-controlled man. Plato's Ring of Gyges. And a dark question for you, at the end...

Lift people up. Don't humiliate them. Be more Lincoln. Less Trump.

(00:00) Why Your Feed Is Just War Thumbnails
(02:00) "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"
(03:45) Seneca, Nero, And Mercy As The Real Power
(04:54) 30,000 Killed In Two Days (Why Bombing A Hydra Never Works)
(07:00) A Brat With Nuclear Codes
(07:56) Robert Greene: The One Law Of Power Trump Mastered
(09:15) The Anti-Neo
(10:17) Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, And The Dangerous Man
(11:29) The Dark Triad
(12:44) Plato's Ring Of Gyges
(13:47) Questions That Might Sting
(14:25) Be More Lincoln. Less Trump.

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