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Fight Club and The Matrix, but I only understood the latter several years later.
The whole matrix being a trans metaphor didn't even register for me until I heard about it in an interview on YouTube.
That the media and government create a propaganda narative, a fake reality we live in.
The red pill has become a symbol of breaking out of all the progressives lies.
Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective.
From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc.
It's been eye opening.
Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies.
I used to be very progressive, left leaning, not anymore.
Once you’re familiar with bible, aristotle, platoe snd few other foundational sources - no movie or book can really change your perception. Whatever you see - It’s all been described many times.
-> no man is an island
The Florida Project
-> precariousness of many lives
Waves (2019)
-> ambition & parenting
Not a movie but the biblical lectures of Jordan Peterson. Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective. From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc. It's been eye opening. Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies. I used to be very progressive, left leanin…
Not a movie but the biblical lectures of Jordan Peterson. Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective. From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc. It's been eye opening. Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies. I used to be very progressive, left leanin…
I thing you'll like 'A Brief Look at Jordan Peterson'. It's on youtube on a channel called 'Some More News'.
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Blade Runner 2049 got me thinking a lot about what “real” or “authentic” mean.
it's why i thank chatgpt after a great answer, and feel there's some value in personifying AI even if they're not actually human, we still are
Male grief is never portrayed with the kind of nuance and empathy that it deserves.
Now, I've started reaching out to my friends more often and offering support in a manner that only a fellow man can.
Lastly, it loosened me up. I didn't have to bottle things up and be a pillar for other people. I can now be weak when I was in my weakest moments, and not percieve it as a weakness. (Holy alliteration)