Escaping The Cultural Simulation Ft. Praise of Folly (Content Minded Ep. 31).

Praise of Folly joins me to discuss many things around the works of Baudrillard and current day culture, from Hyperreality, Virilo, a critique of Pulp lit, cultural escapism, postmodernism and more! Plz Follow and SUPPORT POF: youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@praiseoffolly4235/featured subscribestar- https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseOfFolly locals- https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ buy me a coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOfFolly twitter-https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast facebook- https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFollyPodcast episode topics list: Praise of folly, CMP ep 31: 00:00:00 -  00:13:35 - intro, why is art and culture so bad, postmodernism and Ellul. Conan vs. Burroughs pulp escapism. Good vs. Bad escapism. 00:13:35- 00:30:00 - Baudrillard's matrix, capitalism and communism, uncle ted. Orders of simulation. What is culture. The machine stops. 00:30:40 - 00:47:00 - Hyperreality collapse, Desert of the Real, Turbo liberalism, what would replace the culture industry? 00:47:20 – 01:02:00 - Baudrillard's anti-metaphysics, dataism, system exhaustion vs. NEETs. Afghanistan nihilism. 01:02:40 – 01:14:00 -Trumpian Hyperreality, Sopranos boomer truth regime, RW tropes with LW conclusions, breaking the cycle, the power process, social trust groups but based. 01:14:30- end - Gypsies vs. Hippies, loss of info/Alexandria 2.0. Virilio-Cinema and disappearance of culture, dwelling, back to critiquing pulp. PLZ SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON, FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND REWARDS! https://www.patreon.com/giantartproductions BUY ME A COFFEE! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/giantgio PAYPAL DONATION LINK (for one time or sporadic donos, no pressure, just whatever you think is fair): https://www.paypal.me/giantartproductions NEW ANCHOR LINK FOR ALL PODCASTS! https://anchor.fm/giantartproductions TELEGRAM CHANNEL, LONGER RANTS AND UPDATES, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: https://t.me/giantartproductions SUBSTACK, with new articles and FULL EPISODES FOR $5 A MONTH: https://gioscontentcorner.substack.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/giantgio Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/giantgio Follow my art on Instagram (NEW ACCOUNT, old one got hacked, it isn't me!): https://www.instagram.com/giant_art_productions/ Follow my art on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/giantartproductions/ Read my writings: https://gioscontentcorner.wordpress.com Odysee backup channel: https://odysee.com/@GiantArtProduction:e For the low low price of only $5 a month, you will get access to all Content Minded Episodes, including exclusive articles and podcasts, such as my Giantart Reviews series, where i break down interesting texts. At the $20 and $50 tiers, you will get other cool swag like my artwork and a mug! there are also paypal and buy me a coffee links below for one time donations, and now he full archive and each new episode is also available for $5 a month on my Substack. Subscribe today, and keep the Content Renaissance alive!