Is Rambo a masterpiece of poetic screenwriting? No. Is Rambo a crucial piece of the cultural canon and a snapshot of the US opening the Pandora's box of institutional mistrust that was born of the Vietnam war? Undoubtedly. Would Rambo be leading the #DefundThePolice movement today? Maybe. Beyond understanding a historic war that forever changed modern warfare, at the core of Rambo is an anti-institution, pro-individual philosophy. If you understand Rambo, you'll understand the way war changes both a country and an individual. ◬ Join the Silver Eye Society to get this exclusive episode and every other weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

◬ Patron-Only Episode: Would Rambo Defund the Police? The Decline of Institutional Trust Is Rambo a masterpiece of poetic screenwriting? No. Is Rambo a crucial piece of the cultural canon and a snapshot of the US opening the Pandora's box of institutional mistrust that was born of the Vietnam war? Undoubtedly. Would Rambo be leading the #DefundThePolice movement today? Maybe. Beyond understanding a historic war that forever changed modern warfare, at the core of Rambo is an anti-institution, pro-individual philosophy. If you understand Rambo, you'll understand the way war changes both a country and an individual. ◬ Join the Silver Eye Society for access to this and other patron-only episodes plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Is Rambo a masterpiece of poetic screenwriting? No. Is Rambo a crucial piece of the cultural canon and a snapshot of the US opening the Pandora's box of institutional mistrust that was born of the Vietnam war? Undoubtedly. Would Rambo be leading the #DefundThePolice movement today? Maybe. Beyond understanding a historic war that forever changed modern warfare, at the core of Rambo is an anti-institution, pro-individual philosophy. If you understand Rambo, you'll understand the way war changes both a country and an individual. ◬ Join the Silver Eye Society to get this exclusive episode and every other weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

◬ Full Episode: Escaping Plato's Cave & Descartes' Demon in The Truman Show (https://youtu.be/aoGwNGYhx18) How do Jim Carrey and Plato join together in a way that isn't insane? The Truman Show is modernity's Allegory of the Cave, where the pursuit of truth requires leaving behind the world you know. Only the individual can discover truth, though in our digital echo chambers today, stepping outside a perfectly curated world doesn't require the imprisonment Plato imagined. Are we doomed to be fooled by Descartes' digital demon into clinging to falsity in our virtual cave? Most people aren't willing to go to the ends of their world to find the truth. Most would rather not ask "How's it going to end?" ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

◬ Full Episode: Escaping Plato's Cave & Descartes' Demon in The Truman Show (https://youtu.be/aoGwNGYhx18) How do Jim Carrey and Plato join together in a way that isn't insane? The Truman Show is modernity's Allegory of the Cave, where the pursuit of truth requires leaving behind the world you know. Only the individual can discover truth, though in our digital echo chambers today, stepping outside a perfectly curated world doesn't require the imprisonment Plato imagined. Are we doomed to be fooled by Descartes' digital demon into clinging to falsity in our virtual cave? Most people aren't willing to go to the ends of their world to find the truth. Most would rather not ask "How's it going to end?" ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

◬ Full Episode: Escaping Plato's Cave & Descartes' Demon in The Truman Show (https://youtu.be/aoGwNGYhx18) How do Jim Carrey and Plato join together in a way that isn't insane? The Truman Show is modernity's Allegory of the Cave, where the pursuit of truth requires leaving behind the world you know. Only the individual can discover truth, though in our digital echo chambers today, stepping outside a perfectly curated world doesn't require the imprisonment Plato imagined. Are we doomed to be fooled by Descartes' digital demon into clinging to falsity in our virtual cave? Most people aren't willing to go to the ends of their world to find the truth. Most would rather not ask "How's it going to end?" ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

◬ Patron-Only Episode: Sick Society, Sick Individuals: Joker as Society's Scapegoat The movie Joker caused a similar reaction to pulling a garbage lid off a possum's hiding place: a lot of impotent hissing at the light shun on what's preferred unseen. The fear that depicting a sliver of the violence we watch the news broadcast every day will cause it; the anger at yet another completely unrelatable white male story about failing social support, corrupt elites, and a culture of callousness. The backlash against Joker warns against a society that can't stand to see its own reflection. Ever wondered what happens when our social contract is nullified? When nihilism is the norm, the most destructive individual wins. In this patron-only episode of the Silver Eye Society, we discuss that now dirty word "populism" and question what happens when society loses its favorite scapegoat. ◬ Join the Silver Eye Society on Patreon to see the full patron-only episode: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci.... Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/​​​ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawbla...

◬ Patron-Only Episode: Sick Society, Sick Individuals: Joker as Society's Scapegoat The movie Joker caused a similar reaction to pulling a garbage lid off a possum's hiding place: a lot of impotent hissing at the light shun on what's preferred unseen. The fear that depicting a sliver of the violence we watch the news broadcast every day will cause it; the anger at yet another completely unrelatable white male story about failing social support, corrupt elites, and a culture of callousness. The backlash against Joker warns against a society that can't stand to see its own reflection. Ever wondered what happens when our social contract is nullified? When nihilism is the norm, the most destructive individual wins. In this patron-only episode of the Silver Eye Society, we discuss that now-dirty word "populism" and question what happens when society loses its favorite scapegoat. ◬ Join the Silver Eye Society on Patreon to see the full patron-only episode: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci.... Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/​​​ Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibon... Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawbla...