Very interesting, thanks for the recommendation. Listened to a bunch of his stuff while working today. It's thought-provoking, although not always fully thought out, in my opinion. Still enjoyed the listen, and plenty of his stuff was on point, but I think he can talk himself around in circles sometimes, and his logic isn't always sound.

As to that particular one, I agree with a lot of it, but think he's being overly optimistic/utopian. You can't check a dictator, unless you set up those checks before you need a dictator. The "courts and congress" that would remove a dictator from power are the exact same people that I think we need a dictator to deal with.

Our system is broken, and is incapable of providing checks for a dictator. We need a dictator to come in and clean up their corruption and tyranny, not the other way around. The exact type of dictator the system needs is the one who won't follow the rules. Ideally still with the will of the people, though. That would be a chad move, just run for office with the overt platform that you'll be a dictator who will ignore the courts and at times congress, will jail or deport traitorous politicians, possibly even down to the mayor level.