S2. Chapter 24:Pam Bondi and The Dow of MAGA vs. The Tao of Lloyd
In this episode, Lloyd Dobler unpacks the spectacle of market worship as moral philosophy … and then catches himself doing something eerily similar.
When Pam Bondi responded to questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators by shouting “The Dow is over 50,000!” she wasn’t dodging.
She was translating.
In this episode, Lloyd Dobler unpacks the spectacle of market worship as moral philosophy—and then catches himself doing something eerily similar.
Trying to land the perfect line.
Trying to perform insight.
Trying to prove he’s awake.
Chapter 24 of the Tao Te Ching cuts through it:
He who tries to shine dims his own light.
If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.
What if the performance is the problem?
Not just Bondi’s. Ours.
This chapter explores spectacle, ego, outrage, empire logic, and the radical simplicity of doing the work… then releasing the need to be seen doing it.
From the edge of empire and the center of self—this is The Tao of Lloyd