The Ritz Carlton - A Raw Expression of Power and Sociopathy

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The ritz carleton episode was one of the most amazing things that's happened in world politics for quite some time. M b s suddenly, like overnight, turned his government into aa full prosecutorial machine. They were all told, make a dealr or the consequences ll dire. He seems unable to to travel any more. And when he's been interviewed about what ha in the rits, his voice does not sound like the voice of a man who is at liberty to speako every detail. But even thouhit was the ritz they didn't make it easy on those who were inturned there.

Sam Harris speaks to Graeme Wood about Muhammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. They discuss the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the imprisonment of Saudi elites in the Ritz Carlton, the Vision 2030 campaign, relations with Israel, the posture of the Biden administration, energy policy, Saudi efforts to deprogram jihadists, the strange case of Musa Cerantonio, John Walker Lindh, the current condition of ISIS, the war in Ukraine, Russian propaganda, how Finland has made itself invasion-proof, and other topics.

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