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Religion, belief, faith - social and personal structures that have followed and intertwined with human development for millennia. It's a broad topic, but we - woefully unqualified as we are - decided to take a stab at it. Do we live in a world where belief is entirely dissolved by capitalism in our supposedly secular society? Or are there other, sinister forces that have taken the place of faith and emerged as a new, "real" god?

Let's try to talk it through and see if staring into the eyes of the unholy turns us madder than we already are.

If you want to listen hear/read more on Ian Wright's essay "Marx on Capital as a Real God" please follow this link: Essay - https://ianwrightsite.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/marx-on-capital-as-a-real-god-2/ Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvp8khkvoQQ

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We review a fine and dandy show "Squid Game" about playing a bunch of childhood games under the watchful eyes of our capitalist overlords.

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How does one self-actualize under the regime of capital and wage relations? Squander your youth and vigor on the menial tasks dictated to you by your boss and employer - that ought to make you feel fulfilled, right?

Kyle and Phil discuss the tippy-top of that pyramid in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Self Actualization. After dispensing with physiological and psychological needs, one finds oneself at the gates of true fulfillment. However, even when the most essential demands of human life are met, capital and the alienation it causes demand the sacrifice of our ability to be our best selves - unless it turns a profit. Join us in our rambling journey towards finding a f*cking purpose to all this.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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Batman. He's the most complicated of super-figures. He's got dead parents, a conscience-wielding butler, and a boat load of cash.

Maybe not so complicated, I guess. Anyhow, we hop into the 78 minute animated movie and pseudo-detective-flick Batman: the Mask of the Phantasm. Released in 1993 as a longform attachment to the Batman: Animated Series. The film follows Batman as he remembers his fondest relationship to a beautiful, sassy woman named Andrea Beaumont - daughter of a mobbed-up lawyer and financier. The two share a common love for their parents, three of the four being deceased, and the film makes a lot of it to be sure.

Though marketed to kids, the movie - as well as the animated television show - are incredibly twisted and dark. The villain (the Phantasm) commits at least two very chilling - if not explicitly gory - murders on screen. There are obvious parallels between the paths of the non-violence (eh, that's not really the word) of Batman and the Phantasm's allegiance to bloody revenge. A beautifully told story within a universe that doesn't feel the need to conform to it's meta, this movie takes you through emotions of fond nostalgia and horrible despair for the loss of what could have been.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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My world's on fire, how 'bout yours? Today we discuss the thing that depresses us the most: climate change. The world's heating up, the water is rising, and there's nothing one person can do about it, which is why this week we really need to remember to share love and solidarity with each other.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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In this Unsociablist Watchalong, Phil and Kyle revisit an old favourite of the two's childhoods: Doug. An empathetic child making his way through junior high with an eclectic cast of fellow students whose troubles tend toward the silly. The art style is fun, the music is great, and the gags are funny as hell, but there's also a good message to be found underneath the trappings of this children's television show. Hmm, maybe we should watch something a bit more...advanced? Oh well, these are fun.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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Phil and Kyle talk about the distorting effects of mediated reality, a society of individuals creating their own versions of the world, and the self absorption of those enmeshed in our Spectacle. Kyle has been reading; it's a terrible habit. Don't do it kids. Definitely don't believe that your consumption habits are praxis either.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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One of the seminal features of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup, Samurai Jack was and remains one of the coolest kid's shows to ever exist. Look, I'm old now, but this show is still neat. Themes of life and death and tragedy and conquest and sacrifice - this show is a righteous call to action for the stoic that little Kyle could have been when he was a weepy little 7 year-old. And while I may have failed to answer that call, I can still respect the beautiful art and sound design that goes into this cartoon for children.

Watch along - available on HBOMax and elsewhere - by starting your episode at the 09:51 mark.

Phil and Kyle also speak to the recent fall of Kabul, Chilean constitutional reform, and how we are all creating hell on earth in little and big ways every day.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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A romp through the memory-holed times following 9/11 and the American war machine on auto-pilot. The American Service Members Protection Act is a direct refutation of the UN's institution of the International Criminal Court. This 2002 Bill sponsored by Jesse Helms in the Senate and Tom DeLay in the House authorized the President to send forces to invade the Hague in the Netherlands if any American is brought before the ICC for war crimes.

We also discuss the end of one specific AUMF, the one for Iraq. The Biden Administration has signaled their approval of the repeal because "...repeal of the 2002 AUMF would likely have minimal impact on current military operations."

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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When we spell Family, we spell it with a Capital "F."

Welcome to the inaugural, full-sized pilot episode of Capital F. The plucky Balt family will continue to weather through some of the worst and most ideologically baffled times in America, and you'll get to enjoy their sorrows and pain from the comfort of your couch. So flip that channel over to Dimelodeon and stay tuned for this, the first episode of the rest of your life: Capital F.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

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