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Aug 2024
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Episode 489: Dark Enlightenment on Ameri...

TIMOTHY KELLY
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Dark Enlightenment returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss the concept of 15-Minute Cities and why this top-down, technocratic plan to pack humanity into densely populated cities is not feasible especially given the nation's current social conditions, demographics, and “anti-racist” dispensation. 

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