One of my favorite philosophers/thinkers to listen to is Alan Watts. Most of his content focuses on the individual's perception of reality, and how it is influenced by culture, history, and most importantly, language. In this sense, the words or phrases we use end up saying a lot about how we are actually thinking about things.
I've begun to apply this to my analysis of the Blue Pill / Gynocentric worldview. It's easy to demonize these narratives (which they should be), but I think sometimes we forget how insidious they actually are.
If you look/listen closely, sometimes you even find Red Pill truths. Example: "Shake your moneymaker" --- This is a fairly common phrase that started with pop culture, and now I hear it getting thrown around with fair regularity.
Pencils out, children; let's deconstruct. We all know that "moneymaker" is a euphemism for a girl's ass. What's funny though, is the fact that those particular words were chosen.... You don't go to a metal concert, where people are headbanging, and turn the the girl next to and say "yeah girl, shake that moneymaker (head/brain)". Incidentally, this little phrase is very publicly telling what we already know: Women's value is in their attractiveness and bodies.
Now class, I would like for you to dig deep, and think of some examples where the matrix can be decoded from commonly-used phrases/words.
Discuss
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Alan Watts was a genius. I listen to his lectures every day on my way to work.
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There's a lecture (I forget which) in which he discusses the absurdity about apply legal contracts and constraints to a love relationship (read: marriage).
That one resonated with me deeply, and stands as my primary reason (behind: "what's in it for me?") for shunning the idea of marriage in my life.
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I actually recall listening to that one the other day.. I'll try to find out which lecture that is from!
Do you typically listen on YouTube or did you download the audio collection? Some of the names are different based on what method you use to listen to them. The YouTube clips are often just bits and pieces of the actual lectures.
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It's a mix of YouTube lectures, and the "Out of Your Mind" and "You're It!" audio books.
I think I may have heard it in one of the lectures in "Out of Your Mind"
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Wouldn't surprise me. The majority of his lectures were included in the out of your mind series.
Another one you should check out if you haven't already is "do you do it or does it do you"
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