07 - Bill Bonner - Democracy, the upcoming election and the news cycle

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Bonner Private Research Podcast. I'm joined by Bill Bonner, author and founder of Bonner Private Research Group. In this episode we discuss win-win deals, the Black Lives Matter movement and how fake facts and the new media are pushing America’s once stable center to the extreme fringes. We also touch on the upcoming presidential election, why it might result in serious disruption and the importance of making contingency plans. Bullet points 00:50 - Rethinking your own freedom and independence 03:44 - Introducing Bill Bonner 08:10 - Approaching the presidential election: does the fate of the nation really hang in the balance or is this just the media doing what the media does? 09:27 - An hypothesis: is Trump derangement syndrome giving away to Trump fatigue syndrome? 12:45 - Black Lives Matter 14:07 - Bill’s take on the confirmation conversation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh 15:15 - The semantic overload inherent in the Black Lives Matter label 16:35 - Bill’s take on the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett 17:15 - Bill’s take on Dr. Scott Atlas statement 18:49 - The new mainstream media: how much are they driving the wedge? 21:40 - A third of all voters would be willing to use violence if the election doesn’t go their way 24:00 - Defending democracy 26:45 - Win-win arrangements vs. win-lose deals 34:00 - Analyzing money printing in different countries 38:33 - Having an outsider’s perspective 44:17 - The entrepreneurial spirit and being of value 46:20 - Things are gonna get rough