The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #930
Connor, Stelios, and Josh discuss the Zoomers rising up to vote for Farage, South Africa's historic election, and DEI Barbie.
Reading List
“Something is happening” - Nigel Farage on Zoomers voting Reform - X
Why Young Men Feel Lost - Connor Tomlinson - Triggernometry - YouTube
It’s not just boomers, young people are voting far right too - Politico
Meet Britain’s radical New Right - Unherd
Daniel Hannan: Farage is a peddler of fantasy politics – and well-adapted to our TikTok age - ConHome
Britain’s young Right wants ‘zero seats’ for the Tories - Unherd
State of the Race: the dire state of Britain as seen through the eyes of Gen-Z - Matt Goodwin | Substack
Robbing the young to give to the old: How Britain became a ‘boomerocracy’ - The Telegraph
One Nation Tories won’t course correct; call Equality Act reform ‘stoking culture wars’ - X
South Africa leader hails 'free and fair' elections after ANC loses majority – video - The Guardian
2019 South African general election - Wikipedia
2014 South African general election - Wikipedia
1994 South African general election - Wikipedia
2024 South African general election - Wikipedia
What Happened in the Chaos in South Africa? - Lotus Eaters
Musk on Julius Malema (EFF) - Elon Musk - X
32.1 percent unemployment - Statista
Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city - CNN
Unclean streets - X
South Africa sets ambitious timeline to end rolling blackouts - Financial Times
South Africa Electricity Access 1960-2024 - Macrotrends
South Africa to amend constitution to allow land expropriation - BBC
Number of racial laws - Free Market Foundation
FARMLANDS (2018) | Official Documentary - YouTube
South Africa Corruption Score Falls to a 12-Year Low - VOA Africa
map - Google Maps
Botswana’s Success Is Remarkable — and It’s Down to Capitalism - Cato Institute
Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany - BBC
Clip from the debate - YouTube
DEI Barbie on the intentions of Hamas - @mark_my_words - X
Kisin on DEI Barbie - @KonstantinKisin - X
DEI Barbie is upset. - @briebriejoy - X
Imagine participating in a debate about Israel and Palestine. - @briebriejoy - X
Imagine answering literally zero of the questions you were asked. - @KonstantinKisin - X
Imagine talking over everyone else and being disrespectful to fellow panellists and the moderator. - @KonstantinKisin - X
Imagine storming off stage afterwards, screaming that everyone is racist, telling the moderator "I'm never doing this again" and throwing the microphone at the debate organiser. - @WanjiruNjoya - X
Imagine then complaining online that your abject failure is the fault of the organisers, moderator and crowd. - @iwanttotalk_now - X
Brianna Joy calls Kisin a racist - @EdmundKline67 - X
Truly can’t get over a man shrieking “DEI Barbie” and claiming it had nothing to do with race. - @ScottAdamsSays - X
We weren’t discussing DEI, we weren’t discussing my race or women. Just fully “DEI Barbie” like that’s not the most identity politics pilled thing to ever happen. - @sfmcguire79 - X
Unsurprising he is so indifferent to Palestinian life. - @realchrisrufo - X
More insults - @realchrisrufo - X
Mostly peaceful DEI Barbie - @realchrisrufo - X
Wanjiru Njoya trolls Brianna Joy - @WanjiruNjoya - X
DEI Barbie - @EdmundKline67 - X
Well played. - @sfmcguire79 - X
Political vs. racial blackness - @realchrisrufo - X
Kisin vs. Greenwald - @EdmundKline67 - X
Scott Adams thinks she won the debate - @ScottAdamsSays - X
Discussion about debate and public dialogue - @sfmcguire79 - X
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