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Post-War-Consensus-Quasi-Religion Penetrates Unseen to Shape Beneath and Betweenodies

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Jun 5, 2025
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Jonathan Pageau
Jonathan Pageau, a Symbolist artist and YouTuber, dives into profound topics that connect history with contemporary culture. He examines the sacredness of events like Auschwitz and Hiroshima, emphasizing a need for new foundational myths in society. The discussion navigates nuclear fears, exploring their psychological implications and how modern warfare reshapes belief systems. Pageau also addresses generational shifts in Christianity, the tension between authority and accountability in faith communities, and critiques of evolving ideologies, drawing parallels with traditional religions.
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Sacred Foundations of the Post-War Order

  • Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Holocaust serve as sacred sacrifices that founded the modern post-World War II order.
  • This foundational sacred narrative is now exhausting and calls for a new foundation, which may be bloody if not personally enacted.
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Nuclear Fear as a Taboo

  • Fears of nuclear war persist because nuclear weapons invoke deep symbolic fears and taboo.
  • The taboo against nuclear weapon usage is a powerful social restraint born of history and shared anxieties.
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Nuclear Weapons Shape Our Imaginations

  • Nuclear weapons differ from earlier threats by striking suddenly from the sky, unsettling our sense of control.
  • Unlike diseases like the Black Death, nuclear fallout influences our imagination through lasting radiation.
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