Sep 15, 2026 · 18 min · 11 segments
America is navigating war with Iran, rising energy costs, massive federal spending, expanding executive power, and another election cycle. But beneath all of those immediate problems is a question we…
Greg BouldenHost
What if the biggest problem in America right now isn't what you think it is? What if it's not inflation? What if it's not Iran? What if it's not Donald Trump? What if there's a deeper problem? And that deeper problem is we forgotten how to think about power.
Now, I know last night I talked about power a little bit, and I referenced Michael Benarik, my mentor, and I'm not going there again today because I simply believe everything that this guy taught.
But there's a fundamental lesson that I learned during my conversations with him.
Michael taught people to stop accepting conclusions simply because somebody that they trusted had reached that conclusion.
He had the challenge, why do I think the way that I do? And that lesson, I think, has become difficult to ignore when I see cognitive bias, cognitive dissonance in my fellow brothers and sisters.
What if the biggest problem in America right now isn't what you think it is? What if it's not inflation? What if it's not Iran? What if it's not Donald Trump? What if there's a deeper problem? And that deeper problem is we forgotten how to think about power.
Now, I know last night I talked about power a little bit, and I referenced Michael Benarik, my mentor, and I'm not going there again today because I simply believe everything that this guy taught.
But there's a fundamental lesson that I learned during my conversations with him.
Michael taught people to stop accepting conclusions simply because somebody that they trusted had reached that conclusion.
He had the challenge, why do I think the way that I do? And that lesson, I think, has become difficult to ignore when I see cognitive bias, cognitive dissonance in my fellow brothers and sisters.
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