Why it Feels so Hard to Change Anything

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Become a supporter! https://www.patreon.com/c/MarcusWernerJournalism Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marcuswerner Thanks to all the awesome Patrons who help support the show! 00:00 The Silo 02:16 One Dimensional Society 05:57 The Relic 09:00 The Outside 16:28 Disenchantment 19:55 The Fallacy 24:12 Hope I unpack Hugh Howey’s Sci-Fi Series, Silo in this video essay, looking at the meaning behind the wall screen, the birth lottery, and how the status quo is maintained. I argue that a comfort-first system quietly pacifies us. Drawing on Herbert Marcuse’s one-dimensional society and Rutger Bregman’s Humankind, I ask if we might be trading real freedom for a status quo that’s ‘just good enough’. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1en4z5X847x9W9NxX0ylYup__gAo6rxRuNQ4ttSiSfrk/edit?usp=sharing