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Break the Rules

The Rebirth of Tragedy | Uberboyo & EssentialSalts

Feb 28, 2025
02:18:35

Lev dives into Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy with Uberboyo and Essentialsalts as they unravel the war for identity in our chaotic times. Apollo vs. Dionysus & Order vs. ecstasy collide in a fractured world:

Boomers cling to a gaudy, Roman-esque past (Trump, MAGA, '80s excess), while Zoomers and Gen Alpha drown in shallow digital noise. Is this cultural bottleneck (stagnation above, degeneration below) killing the art of existence?

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Uberboyo

https://www.youtube.com/@uberboyo

https://twitter.com/uberboyo

Essentialsalts

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https://www.youtube.com/@untimelyreflections

Lev Polyakov

https://twitter.com/Levpo

https://levpo.substack.com/

http://youtube.com/levpolyakov

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