Matilda might be a kid's movie, but anti-authoritarian populist movements are for the whole family! You may not remember this storybook-like 90s movie as being a battle cry against authoritarianism, but rewatched as an adult, the dynamics of tyranny are obvious. Matilda is a vivid example of the difference between authority and authoritarianism, and comedy as a weapon against tyranny. ◬ Watch the full episode: ⋗ False Authority Deserves Mockery | Matilda (https://youtu.be/kybmxF9jBxU) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How changes in language indicate changes in culture ⋗ When leaders are careless with their own power ⋗ Can we respect our authorities anymore? ⋗ Tolerating mockery indicates stability ⋗ Politics is not meant to be a belief system ⋗ Power hates comedy because comedy is subversive ⋗ The cultural shift that views adults as children ⋗ The best response to false authority is laughter ⋗ The difference between art and ideology ⋗ Beware forced applause ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on the Silver Eye Society Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety). ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Matilda might be a kid's movie, but anti-authoritarian populist movements are for the whole family! You may not remember this storybook-like 90s movie as being a battle cry against authoritarianism, but rewatched as an adult, the dynamics of tyranny are obvious. Matilda is a vivid example of the difference between authority and authoritarianism, and comedy as a weapon against tyranny. ◬ Watch the full episode: ⋗ False Authority Deserves Mockery | Matilda (https://youtu.be/kybmxF9jBxU) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How changes in language indicate changes in culture ⋗ When leaders are careless with their own power ⋗ Can we respect our authorities anymore? ⋗ Tolerating mockery indicates stability ⋗ Politics is not meant to be a belief system ⋗ Power hates comedy because comedy is subversive ⋗ The cultural shift that views adults as children ⋗ The best response to false authority is laughter ⋗ The difference between art and ideology ⋗ Beware forced applause ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on the Silver Eye Society Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety). ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Matilda might be a kid's movie, but anti-authoritarian populist movements are for the whole family! You may not remember this storybook-like 90s movie as being a battle cry against authoritarianism, but rewatched as an adult, the dynamics of tyranny are obvious. Matilda is a vivid example of the difference between authority and authoritarianism, and comedy as a weapon against tyranny. ◬ Watch the full episode: ⋗ False Authority Deserves Mockery | Matilda (https://youtu.be/kybmxF9jBxU) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How changes in language indicate changes in culture ⋗ When leaders are careless with their own power ⋗ Can we respect our authorities anymore? ⋗ Tolerating mockery indicates stability ⋗ Politics is not meant to be a belief system ⋗ Power hates comedy because comedy is subversive ⋗ The cultural shift that views adults as children ⋗ The best response to false authority is laughter ⋗ The difference between art and ideology ⋗ Beware forced applause ◬ Other episodes mentioned: Plagues, Petty Tyrants, and Our Dark Ages Mindset | The Seventh Seal (https://youtu.be/Ayr4DYnAq8A) ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on the Silver Eye Society Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety). ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

An infamous horror movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a (relatively) tasteful mix of sensational terror and time-honored fears. The uncivilized unknown of deep rural places is the perfect setting for a city dweller's nightmare. This respected horror movie deserves some attention as our country divides further along lines that might be better understood as who would and wouldn't ban chainsaws. ◬ Watch the full episode: What You Ignore Will Eat You | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (https://youtu.be/yCWPDKpTfo8) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ The attraction to the countryside as a novelty ⋗ The tendency of youth to scoff at the past ⋗ Chainsaw usage instruction ⋗ The city dweller's fear of rural people ⋗ How proximity of living spaces influence our social norms ⋗ Does the lack of high speed internet in rural places shape our culture? ⋗ Will city dwellers start migrating to rural places? ⋗ Texas as slightly foreign, threatening to be its own country ⋗ Rural culture and the effect on outsiders ⋗ Should laws discern between rural vs city life? ⋗ The moralizing of the city vs the countryside ⋗ How modernity makes us naive ⋗ Liminal spaces and people ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on the Silver Eye Society Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety). ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Possibly our most controversial episode yet, no discussion about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is complete without considering the massacre we most ignore: animal slaughter. Before you scoff or cheer, this episode takes the thesis Texas Chainsaw Massacre presents and examines it without righteousness or motive. Let's revisit the ethics and effects of mass animal slaughter, sans the moralizing and eye-rolling. #Leatherface2024. ◬ Watch the full episode: You're Just the Cook! | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Greek mythology misinformation + titanomachy ⋗ Can we agree on a baseline of unnecessary animal suffering? ⋗ Food involves ethics, but those ethics are yours to set ⋗ Is the problem animal slaughter or mass animal slaughter? ⋗ Do animals benefit from our free speech? ⋗ Individual vs institutional animal cruelty ⋗ Does mass slaughter foster sadism? ⋗ The effects of slaughterhouse employment ⋗ How unreckoned with government failures haunt us ⋗ Our docile, superficial reactions to real problems ⋗ You're just the cook ⋗ A problem hidden cannot be solved ⋗ Divorcing morality from debate ◬ Related episode: ⋗ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series: What You Ignore Will Eat You (https://youtu.be/yCWPDKpTfo8) ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Possibly our most controversial episode yet, no discussion about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is complete without considering the massacre we most ignore: animal slaughter. Before you scoff or cheer, this episode takes the thesis Texas Chainsaw Massacre presents and examines it without righteousness or motive. Let's revisit the ethics and effects of mass animal slaughter, sans the moralizing and eye-rolling. #Leatherface2024. ◬ Watch the full episode: You're Just the Cook! | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Greek mythology misinformation + titanomachy ⋗ Can we agree on a baseline of unnecessary animal suffering? ⋗ Food involves ethics, but those ethics are yours to set ⋗ Is the problem animal slaughter or mass animal slaughter? ⋗ Do animals benefit from our free speech? ⋗ Individual vs institutional animal cruelty ⋗ Does mass slaughter foster sadism? ⋗ The effects of slaughterhouse employment ⋗ How unreckoned with government failures haunt us ⋗ Our docile, superficial reactions to real problems ⋗ You're just the cook ⋗ A problem hidden cannot be solved ⋗ Divorcing morality from debate ◬ Watch part one of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series: What You Ignore Will Eat You (https://youtu.be/yCWPDKpTfo8) ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

An infamous horror movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a (relatively) tasteful mix of sensational terror and time-honored fears. The uncivilized unknown of deep rural places is the perfect setting for a city dweller's nightmare. This respected horror movie deserves some attention as our country divides further along lines that might be better understood as who would and wouldn't ban chainsaws. ◬ Watch the full episode: What You Ignore Will Eat You | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (https://youtu.be/yCWPDKpTfo8) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ The attraction to the countryside as a novelty ⋗ The tendency of youth to scoff at the past ⋗ Chainsaw usage instruction ⋗ The city dweller's fear of rural people ⋗ How proximity of living spaces influence our social norms ⋗ Does the lack of high speed internet in rural places shape our culture? ⋗ Will city dwellers start migrating to rural places? ⋗ Texas as slightly foreign, threatening to be its own country ⋗ Rural culture and the effect on outsiders ⋗ Should laws discern between rural vs city life? ⋗ The moralizing of the city vs the countryside ⋗ How modernity makes us naive ⋗ Liminal spaces and people ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on the Silver Eye Society Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety). ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

An infamous horror movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a (relatively) tasteful mix of sensational terror and time-honored fears. The uncivilized unknown of deep rural places is the perfect setting for a city dweller's nightmare. This respected horror movie deserves some attention as our country divides further along lines that might be better understood as who would and wouldn't ban chainsaws. ◬ Watch the full episode: What You Ignore Will Eat You | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (https://youtu.be/yCWPDKpTfo8) ◬ In this episode: ⋗ The attraction to the countryside as a novelty ⋗ The tendency of youth to scoff at the past ⋗ Chainsaw usage instruction ⋗ The city dweller's fear of rural people ⋗ How proximity of living spaces influence our social norms ⋗ Does the lack of high speed internet in rural places shape our culture? ⋗ Will city dwellers start migrating to rural places? ⋗ Texas as slightly foreign, threatening to be its own country ⋗ Rural culture and the effect on outsiders ⋗ Should laws discern between rural vs city life? ⋗ The moralizing of the city vs the countryside ⋗ How modernity makes us naive ⋗ Liminal spaces and people ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on the Silver Eye Society Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety). ◬ 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/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/