The Culture We Deserve The American Uncanny on Film
Oct 15, 2025
The hosts dive into the uncanny feeling gripping America, likening it to historical political tensions. They explore how films like Seven Days in May and The Parallax View reflect internal paranoia and military overreach. Discussions on modern authoritarianism and the commodification of marginalized cultures reveal unsettling truths. They also critique the U.S. role in foreign conflicts through cinema, emphasizing the complex nature of revolutions and resistance, while recommending intriguing media for deeper insight.
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America's Growing Uncanny Feeling
- The United States feels uncanny: familiar yet eerily strange, creating widespread unease.
- Nico says craving certainty makes people vulnerable to influencers selling firm answers.
ICE As A Potential Paramilitary Counterpart
- Nico realizes ICE could act like U.S.-funded paramilitaries in a domestic civil-war scenario.
- He warns the government itself might create the counterpart needed to sustain internal conflict.
Paranoia Films Reveal Institutional Schisms
- 1970s paranoia films map a pattern of intelligence agencies vs. government tension as an internal 'uncanny' civil war.
- Jessa links assassinations and cover-ups to enduring institutional distrust and secrecy.
