Episode 500 milestone
Tim Dillon's show hit its 500th episode, which he started in 2016, representing roughly 500 hours of content.
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500 - Iran’s Baddie Era & The Data Center Destiny
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Jun 20, 2026
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UK Phone Ban: State Control Disguised as Child Safety
At 1:32:24 · chapter starts 1:27:30
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.
UK's Phone Ban Is State Brainwashing, Not Child Safety
The UK phone ban for under-16s has nothing to do with mental health. Governments want a 15-year head start brainwashing kids before they encounter any idea that challenges state authority. By 16, the indoctrination is baked in.
UK phone ban: under-16s
Tim Dillon argued the UK's planned phone ban for under-16s is not about children's mental health but about preventing young people from encountering ideas that challenge state authority.
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