matthew remski

🧵Trump surrendering tonight's Q&A to 30 minutes of his fave songs while standing on stage, awkwardly conducting at times, echoes MANY instances of cultic leaders who, exhausted, ill, and at the end of their cognitive rope, outsource their emotional dominance subroutines... /1

Now up: Pt 2 of my case study on the Galloway/Mooch new liberal manosphere. This episode examines a trio ep on The Lost Boys called "Raising Modern Men: A Mother's Perspective," with Deirdre Scaramucci, where they let all the contradictions hang out. patreon.com/posts/galloway…

Galloway and the Mooch admit that the capitalist logic that made them multi-millionaires is cruel and misogynist. So what do they offer the young men it's beating up? Nostalgia for the 80s plus self-help tips for compliance and a shot at being in the 1%. conspirituality.net/episodes/brief…

We search and find touching moments of clarity in the debate-o-tainment Jubilee world episodes on body positivity and body neutrality. And I wonder how empty and fragile you have to feel inside to become someone like Myron Gaines. conspirituality.net/episodes/266-j…

In 1898, British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace published a pamphlet entitled, "Vaccination a Delusion; Its Penal Enforcement a Crime." This work became the foundation of the modern anti-vax movement. Derek discusses. conspirituality.net/episodes/brief…

In predigital days, a guru could build his following while he imploded. Going MIA was gold for his mystique. But in the age of compulsive confession and oversharing, today's gurus must turn their chaos and humiliation into next-tier content. conspirituality.net/episodes/265-g…

A world of demented influencers be a world of crash-outs. The question is whether the crash-out can become a new content stream. conspirituality.net/episodes/brief…