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Under the Silver Lake Scene
- In the film Under the Silver Lake, a slacker conspiracy theorist confronts an old man in a mansion.
- The old man claims he wrote all the rebellious music of the past generations, including Nirvana.
Commodified Rebellion
- Post-Vietnam Hollywood markets images of rebellion as part of cultural engineering.
- These fake rebellions are packaged, commodified, and sold to consumers.
Red Pill Programming
- "Red pill programming" uses reverse psychology to condition certain behaviors, making them seem edgy and dangerous.
- This can be seen in media portrayals of violence, sex, and drugs, encouraging their use.