Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio Mitch Horowitz and Charles Eisenstein on Being Authentic in a Time of Universal Deceit
Jan 5, 2023
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The Enemy Within and Without
- External enemies always come with internal enemies, like heretics or the unvaccinated.
- Totalitarian control is justified by the pretext of an ongoing war, as exemplified in Orwell's 1984.
Politically Homeless
- Charles Eisenstein was ostracized by both the left and the right for his views on COVID-19.
- He discusses the challenges of not fitting into any political tribe and finding himself homeless politically.
The Purpose of Fear
- Fear has a valid function: increasing alertness and focusing attention on threats.
- Unprocessed fear gets channeled into proximate targets, like the fear of COVID-19.