TWP Podcast Ep.10 - Marxism, Liberalism, the Enlightenment, Social Hierarchies and Consumer society

On this episode Jared and I discussed the shift from Pre-Enlightenment Metaphysical Hierarchies based on Divine right to rule, Power and Martial Prowess to Post-Enlightenment Egalitarian rooted Economic Social Hierarchies of Liberalism and the Class abolitionism of Marxism. We also discuss the deterioration of art and innovation in a consumer society.

Podcast link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2106537/episodes/13014805

Time stamps -
0:00 Intro, Metaphysical Social Hierarchies, Origin Myths, Divine Right to Rule
7:57 End of Japanese Shogunate
11:34 American Enlightenment, Puritan Tradition, Protestant Reformation, Loss of Papal Authority, Holy Roman Empire
15:35 Metaphysical connection to Social Hierarchies
22:53 Toyotomi Hideyoshi
24:03 Normans, Norse Vikings
27:16 Anti-Feudalistic Movements, Chinese Revolutions
29:05 Enlightenment sparking Social change internationally through Free Market Economics, Origins of Liberalism
34:36 Puritan Education Tradition in America and new political class, Northern and Southern States development and conflict, Slaveries Socio-Economic Impact
49:14 Enlightenment Egalitarianism and Marxism
56:50 Animal Farm’s critique of Communism/Marxism, Analogy to Soviet Union + Marx/Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin
1:01:48 Steel man/devils advocate for Communism/Marxism, Anarchism and Libertarianism
1:08:09 What is a Bank? Having one person to blame in Government
1:12:11 Rise of Great men, Napoleon and Grand Titles
1:19:12 Caesar Figures, Russian Wars
1:22:10 Russia’s Economy and Military
1:24:58 Nietzsche on hierarchies being inherent in man, Economic Aristocracy hierarchies creating weakness/decadence
1:26:39 Metaphysical Social Hierarchies rooted in Martial Prowess
1:29:22 Consumer Societies restrict Human innovation, Socio-economic influences of Slavery, North vs South
1:31:37 Suffering breeds innovation, Consumer Societies create weakness/decadence through prosperity/comfort
1:35:00 Consumer Products
1:36:35 Great Art is a reflection Nature and the Times, Consumer Art is Mediocre and insignificant
1:39:54 Balancing Order and Chaos in Music, Connecting Art to the human spirit, Consumer Music, Remakes of Films
1:44:30 Great Art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable
1:47:23 Pre-Enlightenment Metaphysical Social Hierarchies based on Capability and Martial Prowess
1:49:27 Art appealing to mediocrity
1:51:38 Race Swapping Cleopatra
1:53:34 Chad Augustus Caesar
1:55:14 Reenacting Cleopatra’s Death
1:56:56 Wrapping things up