Marine and the Hippie 220327 S02E07- The Learned Stupid

The Marine and the Hippie

In this dialogue we discuss the way that people are taught to be incredibly stupid. We are taught, primarily by our choices of media, to not ask questions, to not challenge authority, to not demand more. The initial issue rises from the notion that when we pay taxes, we ought to demand things for it. Instead, we simply pay into the system and do not get any active support from our society when we need help. Sure, there are passive benefits, namely public order and fire protection, a regulated current, and marginally passable roads. But those things do not make a bit of difference in times of crisis, when we need active support from the society: At that time, we realize there is nothing left for us, because it has been given away long ago to the wealthy and powerful interests who all have lobbies and regularly claim any sort of social insurance there would have been. Consequently, when we actually need social insurance, we are informed that there is nothing left for us: meanwhile the Wealthy loot the treasury, corporations and insurance companies are highly subsidized and only nominally regulated, and we find ourselves in a pandemic and yet another war with zero support for the population. The media is complicit in our learning to be stupid and not challenge it.

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Show Credits

• "The Marine"- Doc Stodden
• "The Hippie"- Dylan Netter
• Show Direction and Web- Dylan Netter
• Show Production- Doc Stodden

Musical Elements used in this show (No samples cleared)

• Mozart- "Turkish March" (segment)
• Matthew Sweet- "Sick of Myself" (segment)
• Flower Travelling Band- "Hiroshima" (segment)
• Santana- "Soul Sacrfice (Live(" (segment)

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