American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times

“Because everything it makes is in China…[the #CCP] can compel Apple to do whatever it damn well pleases…And it's not just Apple. Many major American companies are…subject to coercion by the Chinese Communist Party." - China expert Clyde Prestowitz, author of “The World Turned Upside Down” 🎬PREMIERE 9/20 at 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-american-thought-leaders 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"When society seems to be shattering into a million, billion pieces, we become so desperate for a sense of meaning, a sense of connection with other people that many of us cease to put the pursuit of truth in the front of our affairs as we ought to. And instead, we start seeking solidarity with those who make us feel comfortable and like we belong." - Rod Dreher, author of “Live Not By Lies” Do people care more about belonging than they care about truth? 🎬 Watch the full episode on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0917RodDreher 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0917RodDreher 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1 “The idea that we are who we desire sexually, and we must have total control over our bodies and our desires, and anything that gets in the way of that must be smashed. This is a strong ideology that has been ruling the United States and the West since at least the 1960s with the sexual revolution. And now we're seeing it taken to its most extreme form with the sexual mutilation of children. I think what's coming next is going to be pedophilia.” Rod Dreher, author of “Live Not by Lies”

“Hannah Arendt, the great political philosopher of the 20th century, said that when a society loses the desire to know the truth, that is a precursor to totalitarianism. And I think that has happened on both the left and the right.” Rod Dreher is the author of “Live Not By Lies.” At a time of rampant propaganda and disinformation, how do we get at the truth? "This whole corrupt system depends on everyone being willing to nod their heads and go along with the lie. This is happening all over in the west today with gender ideology, with so-called anti-racism, and so much more.” 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0917RodDreher 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"What is it about our national psyche, the general population that causes up to gobble up these victimhood narratives?...It goes to the heart of a national identity crisis we’re in where today, everyone in America, black, white, left, center, right—doesn't matter—views themselves as a victim.” Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy tells me about his new book "Nation of Victims" which describes a cultural malaise that has taken over not just the left, but also the right, he argues. What is the way out? How do we move from victimhood to the pursuit of excellence?

"Natural gas flow to Europe is life and death. In addition to energy for lighting and heating and running many of the factories...industry in Europe is completely or mostly dependent on this, and Germany is shutting off their nuclear power plants on December 31. Fertilizer? You have to have that natural gas to do the bulk of the production of nitrogen-based fertilizers. This is clearly setting the table for famine." War correspondent & investigative reporter @MichaelYon1776 on the global energy crisis and food shortages Watch the new episode of #ATL, hosted by Jan Jekielek 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🔴 PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0915MichaelYon 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"With the way the energy situation is going, it's clear that Germany is in grave danger of collapsing in 2023. It's actually difficult to imagine on this trajectory, unless something changes, that they won't. And you know, there's 27 countries in the European Union. And if Germany collapses, the European Union is certainly going to just fall apart, keeping in mind that Putin also just cut natural gas to France." Michael Yon speaks with Jan Jekielek on how failed government policy is leading to a European collapse. "This situation is quite dire. Some countries saw this coming. Poland saw it coming & made adjustments way in advance." 🔴 PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0915MichaelYon 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"Germany is really going downhill fast. They have an energy crisis that is quite severe, and it's been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine...Putin had threatened weeks ago that he would shut off Nord Stream 1 & put it down to zero...and sure enough, he shut it off." Michael Yon on a potential European collapse "The pipeline is draining out. Fertilizers are not being produced." 🎬PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-american-thought-leaders 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bFBD9s

"Hannah Arendt warned us…we will witness the emergence of a new totalitarianism which is not led by gang leaders such as Stalin or Hitler, but by dull bureaucrats and technocrats." Mattias Desmet is a professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University & author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” He is one of the world’s leading experts on the concept of mass formation. 🎬 WATCH FULL on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0913MattiasDesmet 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"To what extent this totalitarianism will succeed…that will depend on what those people do…[those] who are not in the grip of this new totalitarianism, this new mass formation…If we speak out, the mass formation will be constantly disturbed." Mattias Desmet is a professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” He’s a leading expert on the concept of mass formation. 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0913MattiasDesmet 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"Hannah Arendt warned us…we will witness the emergence of a new totalitarianism which is not led by gang leaders such as Stalin or Hitler, but by dull bureaucrats and technocrats." Mattias Desmet is a professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University in Belgium and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” He is one of the world’s leading experts on the concept of mass formation. “People were all in the grip of this corona narrative… and they didn't see any more that the measures would ruin their lives, the health of their children, the wealth of their children, the future of their children,” Desmet says. What are the root causes of the new technocratic totalitarianism that Desmet sees in society today, how is it fueled by mass media propaganda, and what is the way out? 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0913MattiasDesmet 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

The lovely Kelsey Bolar speaks to the practical dangers of pushing gender ideology on children & teens, & says parents must demand transparency from schools & other progressive spaces where kids are vulnerable to indoctrination. #ATLQuickHit #NatCon3

"Although it's often painted as a right-wing issue, it's not about left or right. It's about right or wrong." Domestic violence lawyer Nicole Levitt recently filed a discrimination complaint against her employer, one of the largest domestic violence nonprofits, for, among other things, asking her to sign a declaration that all white people are racist, she says. 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0910NicoleLevitt 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

“There was no way I was going to sign a statement saying that I was racist or that all white people were racist or that all of any race was anything. So I refused to sign it.” Nicole Levitt, an attorney who represents domestic violence survivors, recently filed a discrimination complaint against her employer, Women Against Abuse, for, among other things, asking white staffers to sign declarations that all white people are racist, including themselves, she says. 🎬PREMIERE 9/10 at 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-american-thought-leaders 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

“There were a lot of discussions about defunding the police…[but] our clients need the police to stop the abuse…What is the social worker going to do in one of these violent situations? [These] are some of the most deadly calls for police officers,” Levitt says. Nicole Levitt says woke ideology corrupted the mission of her employer, one of the largest domestic violence nonprofits in America. 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0910NicoleLevitt 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"We had a businessman's approach and a legal approach...we weren't constrained by years of diplomatic talks and certain talking points and rigid criteria by which people always felt this problem could be resolved. So, like Donald Trump, we looked at things with a fresh pair of eyes." Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s former Middle East Envoy, on building the Abraham Accords. He discusses his new book, "In the Path of Abraham," with Jan Jekielek 🔴 PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0908JasonGreenblatt 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"You think we have oil problems now with what's happening in Ukraine...Imagine the kind of problems we're going to have if stability & security in the Middle East are rocked with a deal that doesn't make sense with Iran." Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s former Middle East Envoy & a chief architect of the Abraham Accords, describes the threat of signing a nuclear deal with the Iranian regime. 👉PREMIERE 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://ept.ms/S0908JasonGreenblatt 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1

"If you're telling me the only way to make peace is to uproot every single Jew from Judea and Samaria...what kind of peace is that?"—Jason Greenblatt, Trump's former Middle East Envoy & one of the chief architects of the Abraham Accords. "Judea and Samaria is the heartland of Jewish history... There's no reason, historically, to remove them. But more important...the danger of a Jewish person walking around some Palestinian areas - in areas A & B and certainly in Gaza, where I wouldn't feel comfortable - those are real. And if you can't create a society where those threats don't exist, then you're not really creating peace." 🎬PREMIERE 9/8 at 7:30pm ET on @EpochTV: https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-american-thought-leaders 🔵 Enjoy Up To 50% Off 👉 https://ept.ms/3bsQ7t1