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Labor Collapse, Vaccine Harms & Biological Colonialism - Toby Rogers - TBS Ep 26
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- The Brownstone Show
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- Jul 4, 2026
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Summary
In this episode of The Brownstone Show, Jeffrey Tucker interviews Toby Rogers, Brownstone Fellow, Ph.D. in political economy, and leading researcher on the political economy of autism. They examine the dramatic, ongoing collapse in U.S. labor force participation — now at shocking lows for women professionals and those over 55 — and trace it to four interlocking assaults: the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and the explosion of the vaccine schedule, NAFTA/WTO-driven manufacturing job losses that fueled the opioid epidemic and disability claims, COVID lockdowns that shattered work ethic and destroyed small businesses, and the toxic effects of COVID mRNA shots linked to myocarditis, aggressive cancers, fertility issues, and broader ill health. Toby details how the pharmaceutical industry has turned iatrogenic injury into an economic strategy, “biological colonialism”: extracting wealth from the middle class by making people sicker and more dependent. They also discuss epistemic capture of science, medicine, media, regulators, and academia; widespread censorship and paper retractions; the predatory collapse of health insurance; and the failure of both market and state solutions amid a profound moral and intellectual crisis. Key Topics Covered: * The failures of post-lockdown labor data and the “great demoralization” of the American workforce * Jeffrey Tucker’s personal observations on collapsing participation rates for women professionals and adults over 55 * Toby Rogers’ four-factor framework: 1986 Vaccine Act, globalization/job offshoring + opioids, COVID lockdowns, and COVID shot injuries * Links between the childhood vaccine schedule, autism/disability epidemic, and never-entering the workforce * COVID lockdowns’ lasting damage to work ethic, small businesse…