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#191 - Thomas Pacchia - AI Will Expose The Fake World
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- The Peter McCormack Show
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- Jul 7, 2026
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- 4301
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Summary
Thomas Pacchia joins me to discuss why the world feels fake, why trust in institutions is collapsing and why AI may make the crisis far worse before it helps solve it. Thomas explains why politics, media, censorship, government waste, algorithmic manipulation and broken public services are pushing people into a world where almost nothing feels reliable. We discuss America’s political divide, Britain’s failing state, welfare traps, the blob, free speech, the collapse of trust and why so many people feel trapped inside systems they no longer believe in. We also get into Peter’s AI project Show Us Receipts, how AI could be used to fact-check politicians and government contracts, why centralised platforms can still control what people see, and why Thomas believes decentralisation, self-sovereignty, privacy, Bitcoin, churches and pubs may be the only realistic way back to something human. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - AI Psychosis 00:01:02 - The Fake World 00:02:28 - A Global Reset 00:04:11 - Is America Recovering? 00:08:36 - The Blob 00:11:40 - Collapse and War 00:13:30 - Brother Against Brother 00:15:11 - Broken Incentives 00:16:20 - Killing Productivity 00:19:27 - Money in Politics 00:25:00 - Politics as Team Sport 00:28:53 - Where Does This Lead? 00:30:51 - Were Libertarians Right? 00:33:16 - Building Parallel Systems 00:36:23 - Most People Are Trapped 00:45:27 - What Has Got Better? 00:47:19 - Britain’s Broken State 00:57:17 - Show Us Receipts 01:01:40 - Censored Platforms 01:07:52 - Churches and Pubs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback – https://www.pet…