The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1318

 Dan, Luca and Josh discuss how something big is coming, the conscript of our young men and how Latin America is rejecting socialism.

Reading List

• Something Big is Coming

  • Reuters: France’s conscription legacy shapes new military service – Reuters (Twitter/X)

  • disclosetv military/security post – Disclose.tv (Twitter/X)

  • MI6 spy chief warns of aggressive Russia threat – RUSI_org (Twitter/X)

  • Sky News tweet on defence/security topic – Sky News (Twitter/X)

  • Prime Minister Viktor Orbán post – PM_ViktorOrban (Twitter/X)

  • PDF: 2025 National Security Strategy – Twitter

• Conscript our young men?

  • Mark Rutte warns Europe must prepare for a war on the scale of WWII – Politico Europe

  • UK armed forces chief says Britain’s children must be ready to fight Russia – Sky News

  • Post discussing war and geopolitics – RealJarTaylor (Twitter/X)

  • Commentary on British politics and defence – TheBritLad (Twitter/X)

  • Elijah Schaffer post on conflict and media – Elijah Schaffer (Twitter/X)

  • The War of Sound article – The Telegraph

  • Archived copy of The War of Sound article – archive.is

  • Morgoth’s Review post on modern warfare – MorgothsReview (Twitter/X)

  • BBC report on UK military readiness and defence – BBC News

  • RAF recruiters advised against selecting white male pilots to meet diversity targets – Sky News

  • RMX News post on European security – RMXnews (Twitter/X)

  • Ashlea Simon post on national security and politics – Ashlea Simon (Twitter/X)

  • Gunter Fehlinger post advocating European military mobilisation – Gunter Fehlinger (Twitter/X)

  • TalkTV clip discussing war readiness – TalkTV (Twitter/X)

  • Image shared on Discord related to defence or conflict discussion – Discord

• Latin America is Rejecting Socialism

  • Kunley_Drukpa photo post – kunley_drukpa (Twitter/X)

  • BBC News article – BBC News

  • Pinochet would vote for Kast, says candidate (in Spanish) – EMOL (Spanish news)

  • Daniel DiMartino post – DanielDiMartino (Twitter/X)

  • Sachinettiyil photo post – Sachinettiyil (Twitter/X)

  • Guardian article on Chile’s José Antonio Kast and his father’s Nazi ties – The Guardian

  • Jerusalem Post international news article – The Jerusalem Post

  • Kast on same-sex marriage (in Spanish) – EMOL (Spanish news)

  • CNN Chile post – CNNChile (Twitter/X)

  • Alerta Mundo News photo post – AlertaMundoNews (Twitter/X)

  • BehizyTweets tweet – BehizyTweets (Twitter/X)

  • Kunley_Drukpa post – kunley_drukpa (Twitter/X)

  • 2026 Brazilian general election – Wikipedia