Are We Living In An Empire?
Western civilisation exhibits many characteristics of your average, garden variety evil empire.
But how did we get here? And what stories keep us complicit in a system that we would probably find abhorrent if we truly faced its underlying reality? Is it all a big inter-generational conspiracy or something more systemic? Perhaps plain old human nature?
Let's muddle our way through some unqualified and ill-conceived thoughts on the topic, shall we?
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Narratively Speaking is a different kind of podcast.
I'm not trying to give any answers, and don't even pretend I have any -- I'm just following an original train of thought and seeing where it leads us. It's the kind of stuff you think about on the bus, or in the shower, but rarely write down or talk to your friends about.
Do you ever wonder how much story is affecting you? What if story is more than mere words and pictures stored in your brain, but rather, the stuff your consciousness is made of?
This is episode 15. You can follow the link above or search for it in your favourite podcast app.
Got a story to share? Hit me up in the comments. I'd love to get a conversation going.
Source material for this episode:
God Bless America - Frank's Rant:
Parallels between Rome and the US:
Russel Brand and Yuval Noah Harari on Power:
Johan Galtung on the end of the US Empire:
Richard Wolff on the coming collapse of the US Economic System:
7 Stages of an Empire in Decline: