The Tim Dillon Show

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500 - Iran’s Baddie Era & The Data Center Destiny

Explore episode Jun 20, 2026

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UK Phone Ban: State Control Disguised as Child Safety

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Dillon takes aim at the UK's planned phone ban for under-16s, dismissing the mental health rationale as cover for a deeper agenda. Governments, he argues, are losing legitimacy in the eyes of young people — over migration, the economy, and incidents where state ideology prevents basic common sense policing. The phone ban solves this by ensuring that between ages 5 and 16, children are educated exclusively through state and corporate-approved channels. By the time the phone arrives at 16, 15 years of brainwashing have already been baked in. Any ideas that challenge the state, the corporate oligarchy, or the technocracy will arrive too late to take root.

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