Ideas Are Bulletproof: How One Mask Became the Face of Every Revolution | Checkpoint Thursday

A Catholic militant who died in 1605 is currently the face of anti-corporate protest worldwide.His executioners burned him in effigy for four hundred years.Now Time Warner sells his face for $10. To the protesters.This episode asks one question: what actually happens when a symbol escapes the idea that created it? The answer involves a failed religious conspiracy, a British anarchist comic, a Hollywood liberal fantasy, Anonymous, Occupy Wall Street, January 6th, and one of the largest media corporations in the world profiting from every single one of them.You think you know what that mask means?This episode will make you less sure. And more curious.Follow the show on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please if you could leave a 5-star rating and drop a review if you’ve got a minute.Then come find us in The Lobby. That's the Average Joe Nerdcast private group on Facebook. Link to Group 👇https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14dv1v4F5cy/?mibextid=wwXIfrStay Gold. Nerd Bold.SHOW NOTESAverage Joe Nerdcast | Checkpoint Thursday“Ideas Are Bulletproof: How One Mask Became the Face of Every Revolution”Guy Fawkes / Gunpowder Plot:• Guy Fawkes - Wikipedia• Gunpowder Plot - Wikipedia, Britannica, History.com• Tower of London / Historic Royal Palaces• UK Parliament FAQ - Gunpowder Plot• Observance of 5 November Act 1605 - documentedV for Vendetta:• V for Vendetta (comic) - Alan Moore and David Lloyd, 1982-1989• V for Vendetta (film) - Wachowskis, 2006• Alan Moore interviews - The Guardian, Observer 2011• Time Warner mask sales - Time Magazine 2011• “Ideas are bulletproof” - V for Vendetta film, WachowskisThe mask today:• Anonymous / Project Chanology - 2008• Occupy Wall Street - 2011• Hong Kong protests, Arab Spring - documented• January 6th mask sightings - documented#VForVendetta #GuyFawkes #RememberRemember #CheckpointThursday #AverageJoeNerdcast #Anonymous #GunpowderPlot #AlanMoore #IdeasAreBulletproof #StayGoldNerdBold