Thx !! Art could be ( is ! ) a way through to the 'other side'.

some may like Rick and Morty. but my heroes are Rust and Marty.

I've always seen myself in rust and I think what defines us is our inability to accept the world the way it is (i.e. not reconciling with the problem of evil). People like us cope with our tragic past /reality by maximizing the good we can do in the world so it buys us a little more time. Meanwhile we try to distract ourselves from our surrealist existence, if we couldn't, then so would our existence.

I've always held the belief that self awareness is an evolutionary misstep that will someday correct itself. I know it's not original idea but hearing it in this show was, I don't know if nice is the right word. But look around. Humans have only been here for a very small fraction of existence and look at the utter mess we have caused in the name of, what, god, power, love? I mean the only redeeming part of our time here is that we will inevitably destroy ourselves and the world will revert back to animals acting upon survival instinct and not some fabricated meaning created by a scared self aware primate who doesn't understand it's own existence. Rust is right, we should all just walk hand in hand into oblivion and allow nature to return to it's previous unadulterated state.

La moral de Schopenhauer, la ética de Nietzsche y la religión de Spinoza.

Adam Curtis is controlled opposition of the most insidious kind. He's there to make the normies think they're watching something profound whilst telling them absolutely nothing. He's the educational equivalent of having a jug of warm water as a good hot meal: It fill temporarily fill you up, but provide ZERO nutrition whatsoever. I worked Curtis out ages ago.

🏆📺Dibbz_TV: Made my analysis playlist ✅ Might be my decision for GOAT tv show if all time. (Critically, only counting Season 1)

Adulthood is modern societies idea of conformity and control. True freedom is acquired by shedding the shackles of society and being true to yourself. 💚

i realize listening to the rhetoric here, how much *palestinian liberation* is feeding this longing for an old fashioned liberationist Cause that fits long established symbolic and discursive molds. We studiously overlook that the savage eruptions of Israel and Palestine are merely a phenomenon of *overpopulation*. Too bad the ecological perspective on our collective plight finds no connection to the Passions of the media mind. Is ecocide too real ? Or too hard to cast in liberationist terms ? But then neither can Sudanese civil war stir us - too hard to construct a narrative of goodguy versus badguy there ? (not enough english speakers in Sudan for Piers Morgan to invite to test their rhetorical skills against each other ?)

No chance of real biospheric politix I guess

In my understanding, Cohle sees the tragedy of the human condition, but chose to bring some light to this fucked up world and become heroic in his meaningless existence. That's the reason he has a cross in his apartment; Doing this work is your sacrifice, and in some ways, your own crucifixion. "Once there was only dark, if you ask me the light's winning."

I already knew liberal democracy is broken, but I never felt it as viscerally as I did when I started watching Adam Curtis' films. it's an uneasy feeling, but really gets the noggin jogging.

'Fire Of Love' is pure trash made by immature airheads. 1:59: what a bimbo.

Because at the heart of all pessimist is a sensitivity to injustice and suffering in the world.

John 3:16- For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Your hero is a guy who sees no meaning in life. Young guys love his dialogue.

I binged the entire season in one sitting the first and only time of watching it 😃

A very nice essay. May I ask, where are you now, what do you consider yourself? an atheist? agnostic?

I love his character, but at some points, he sounds like an angsty teen who just revently discovered nihiliam. 😂

I'll be forever amazed by the incredible constrast beetween the beautiful experience of watching films and how dreadful is listening to "cinephiles" speak about them.

Great analysis buddy, totally right

Well, we like Narcissists, but only to a point, once you have been burned enough by them, you move on. Pretty much all of the kids will likely leave South Park when they're grown, and Cartman will be left alone.

You certainly put a lot of thought into something as mundane as a tv show.

Rust doesn’t want to die, Rust can simply sense a big, subjective picture.

I'm always pleasantly surprised when a film is unintentionally psychoanalytic. Bergman, Kubrick, and Lynch come to mind but I'm glad Aster is playing with these themes to give the freudo-lacanians more work to dissect. lovely video :)

Im going to watch this video again, but with the sound off, you get me?

thats alot arms chair psychology and assumptions.

If there is no meaning beyond mundane acceptance then there are no heroes

Thats The shit I am searching for So Long / , Damm God ❤

I liked the story. Never cared for faith. I see this world as cells. No reason. Purpose. We don’t exist.

You're quickly becoming my favourite KZfaqr

I’ll tell you what. There is nothing heroic about this kind of life. I wake up every day hoping just something happens. Something just rips me off. Because trust me when you don’t have an inclination for suicide. There really is no way out. There is I’ll keep going until something does me or there’s just living in utter misery. Please to anyone reading this. Don’t go down this rabbit hole. There is no way out

What’s interesting though, is that if you listen to the preaching in the background on your second viewing, a lot of what he’s saying is true or plausible knowing how the series plays out. Rust is a realist, he does not like his worldview and is looking for the faith those people have blindly.

Both films set out to accomplish different things, and are both successful in their respective lanes. It’s hard to compare such different pieces, despite a lot of the backbone being the same, they are fundamentally night and day. There is no right or wrong here, just different. If I had to pick of course Herzog triumphs with strides, but this is hydrogen bomb versus coughing baby we’re talking here.

Why you don’t have over a million followers is beyond me. This video was amazing and your deep dive into Rust was thought provoking

Hahahahah your first minute is polarizing for your own ego. Stop. 😡

this guy is just cynical

Marc was on the path to greatness and an avalanche ended his journey. Why psychoanalyze it. He was there and pushed the envelope to show what could be achieved. Don't disrespect him.

In my opinion, nihilistic pessimism is just as childish and as immature of a world outlook as believing everything is perfect and everything is good. It’s a cop out for people who don’t want to do the difficult work of dealing with their trauma and healing from it. It’s easy to believe the world is all bad, or all good, but it isn’t that black and white. Nuance is the point, a gray area is the point. Finding light in the world after going through horrific situations is not easy, but that doesn’t mean the light isn’t there. It’s just easier to say it isn’t there if you never look for it.

Play stupid games...

Interesting video. Basically just commenting for engagement, since I haven't actually seen the movie. Wonder how respected Lacan is today.

As an autist, rusts stick of not caring what people think of him but caring about the people make perfectly to me. Having a pretty bleak view of the world but trying your best anyways . . . .

I vibe very strongly with him, i have an inclination to realism that given the state of the world tends to move towords pessimism, but despite of all the bad stuff, keep moving and try to make at least a tiny bit beter and focusing on the little positive things to be found is an active choice that has to be inspired. I got my inspiration when my attempt to x myself failed. Our pessimism both is to a good part born out of empathy, but the only empathetic thing to do is to cling to it no matter what, even in a very dark wold, no pain and no act of kinfness is ever meaningless. Just because most things are doomed to enf and often badly does not excuse not trying and wctivly causing others to suffer

I relate with Rust on a personal level, im not a detective but how he thinks, etc i am the same, broken and sad but unable to end it, strong in ways cause that is all i know. Some day i hope i will feel like i did when i was 12.

The BEST explanation of the attic scene so far. I think there are more layers to this movie but I think you've cracked the core of the attic's meaning and how it connects to the overarching plot (or lack thereof) that revolves Monas overwhelming control

And that's why when someone like Andrew Tate comes up and says something that everyone else is afraid to say, instead of letting him stay the prophet, someone more balanced and nuanced should seize the opportunity of the topic not being taboo anymore and assume this role instead.

Idk, I kinda enjoy empathy. Mostly from other people towards other people since your own could be selfish or narcissistic. But it's a beautiful thing, even if it's just a useful (or sometimes even maladaptive) adaptation. This flash of illusory meaning in the void of pointlessness is worth living for.

Rust gave the answer himself: it's just his programming.

Amazing work