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The Elite Are Using AI to Take Everything You Own | Simon Dixon

Tom Bilyeu | October 8, 2026



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Ever feel like the whole system is rigged, but you can’t quite put your finger on how or why? Buckle up, because this episode rips the curtain off the world’s biggest power structures and lays bare how wealth, data, war, and AI collide in ways that shape every move you make, even when you think you’re in control.

I sat down for round 2 with a true financial rebel and macroeconomic expert Simon Dixon, who’s been deep in the trenches challenging how money, power, and surveillance influence us all—and why the “forever war” machine never actually dies, it just morphs.

We dig into secrets behind the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC), Financial-Industrial Complex (FIC), and the rapidly growing Technical-Industrial Complex (TIC)—how these forces merge, adapt, and extract wealth not just from countries, but from YOU.

If you’ve ever wanted to know how social media, financial apps, and AI are woven into a tight, pretty little control grid that makes it nearly impossible for average people to get ahead, this is your episode. Trust me, this conversation will change how you see the world.

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  1. @jadow13_

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    There’s an anime out rn with one season called Gachiakuta that kinda lays out a world with extreme-like “K shaped economics” in the first few episodes. Nice watch.

  2. @ForwardThinking4D

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    It's interesting how no one makes the connection when musk bought Twitter and exposed the government involvement in censorship on private social media platforms. Then what happened to musk after that…. the entire narrative on musk flipped and everyone started hating him. To the point of vandalism and burning Teslas… He's playing ball now. Learned his lesson I guess.

  3. @zachR937

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Tesla is constantly attacked financially. Stock price is always one of the most shorted. And I hear a lot of knowledge people talk and explain
    Naked shorting.

  4. @Midwesterner223

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Trump is still for a more America-centric world, whereas Democrats are looking to cede control of the world the UN under WEF directives. There is a distinction between Trump and alternatives, and it is still better with Trump regardless of other arguments.

  5. @mojmejl6279

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    But Tom wil say that Trump is great, giving AI to kids..when first order Trump signed was to remove all rules for AI companies, well spent money from Musk on campaign 👌🏻

  6. @donPosei44

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    instead of spending money on ketone-iq hype just mix espresso with 1tbsp coconut oil and a pinch of salt – PS drink it fasted if your primary goal is mental sharpness, killing hunger, or getting into ketosis – you're welcome

  7. @benjamiichael93

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Hope Tom actually takes Simon's ideas to heart one day.

    Simon is telling Tom that his show focuses on psyop circuses, meaningless political slop.

    Tom you are contributing to the content slop by obsessing over political news conferences and words of politicians.

    Please go deeper and talk about what is actually happening beyond the fake political psyop circus slop.

    These conversations with Simon are a good start!

  8. @anniesshenanigans3815

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Between Insurance and this.. we are basically screwed. I have boycotted all insurance and medical bills.. I guess this is next. I have ONE subscription… and will not participate in any kind of internet pay for service or 'Surveys' or "memberships' or anything else online that wants my information.

  9. @LOSTCENTURYSTEVENGREER

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    NIKOLA TESLA LIVES!!! WORKING ON MAKING ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) CHEAP… BREAKING THE LINK BETWEEN OIL… AND ELECTRICITY… CHEAP ENERGY BECOMES "FREE ENERGY" WHICH MAKES PRODUCTION COSTS APPROACH CLOSE TO ZERO… WHICH LEADS TO GLOBAL ABUNDANCE!!! THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!

  10. @dhttube

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Simon Dixon explained the history and founding of the central banks perfectly. There's a PDF book out there called "Secrets of the Federal Reserve – The London Connection". It explains everything in the most detailed information of all. Guess who took control of the "Bank of England" over 200 years ago? That's right, the family dynasty of the Rothschild who modernized Central Banking.

  11. @LiquidAIWater

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Nice controlled opposition😂.
    It’s so obvious these days you have people that act like they’re shocked and that they’re on the other side, but they’re all under the same umbrella😎

  12. @chronosknight7591

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Please Tom: The Click bait titles are doing a disservice to the show. This are serious topics, the kind of people that fall for the Click bait do not engage with high IQ content.
    Great show, keep going.

  13. @theReAlcRyPtoDad

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    From BlackRocks value going up is probably has a huge correlation with BTC also going up and they were buying in the low 60s and 70s and now it’s in the mid 80s. So that a ton they are making on crypto alone.

  14. @LiquidAIWater

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    One thing people have to realize is that their data is used to train these models while they’re using it. I noticed Firefox had the Claude Now, why would they pay for Claude for people to use for free?
    Because it isn’t for free. They are going to brain rape the whole country.

  15. @walkonearthofficial

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    If they wanted to sell a bunch of treasuries, why wouldn’t they say anything to do with AI compute tokens must be purchased with US sable coins of would be kind of like an intelligent dollar rather than a Petro dollar. There’s probably a legitimate reason why not it just seems like if you have a car wash selling enough tokens might as well say you can’t use quarters or anything anymore. You have to use tokens that you converted from any given currency.

  16. @americanstreamer1910

    October 8, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    I think the strongest part of this argument is that AI could dramatically increase productivity while concentrating the economic gains among those who own the infrastructure and capital. That's a very real concern, especially for people entering the workforce. But there's a pretty big leap from that to mass unemployment, compulsory UBI, programmable money and an inevitable surveillance state. Those are possible scenarios, not established outcomes. What I find missing here is a serious discussion of what determines whether AI complements human labour or replaces it, who actually captures the productivity gains, and how institutions and competition shape those outcomes. I'd really like to see the evidence behind the five-year timeline rather than another, unproven assumption that technological capability automatically translates into economic and political inevitability.

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