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Pill Pod 89 - Atlantis: The Lost City (Exclusive)
🕑 Added 2022-08-05 13:00:11 +0000 UTCWe turn our attention to the ur myth of civilizational collapse... and accidentally find more political philosophy. Ah well.
Comments
Alex B
Taking a "missing link" type jump in narratives of development is quite anti-Constructivist, but seeking contemporary meaning in an inaccessible part of history could be the opposite. I think Pills even used a flooded city analogy in a description of Constructivism.
Andrew Argraves
One of my favorite episodes, love me some myths!
anacidcommie
It's like you said previously, Pills: if the left of any kind wants to make political inroads today, it must embrace some form of mythmaking in order to appeal to the masses on a primal level the way fascist myths do. The problem with a lot of left mythological history is that they also have the same tendency as the fascists to glorify the past, as some sort of revolutionary golden age which we can attain, if only enough people read enough Lenin and shared enough Stalin memes. I think we should try making a myth that might be seen by some as utopian, but it would involve getting people to believe that a better world is possible, both ideologically and technologically, but also to embrace the fact that this society is not only something never yet properly achieved, but also that there was never a golden age to go back to, completely negating those nostalgic elements you find in a lot of these ideological myths and metanarratives. Great episode, enjoying this new direction so far!
Zack Klug
I love the new form. Into myths, I want the Pills eye view on the intersection of Crowley, Burroughs, and the CCRU.
Gonzalo Pacheco Covili
In an age when the whole world is already explored and there's nothing left to uncover (or so is told in the narrative), the kind of mythical places like Atlantis are attractive enough to be in the new stories of old. The other thing, regarding the message of decay because of greed is kinda obvious: how a story can have a message against greed and individuality, the motors of progress and american exceptionalism?
