TrueLife - The Violent Nature of the Coming Spectacle: Media, Manipulation, and the Theatre of Control

Episode Date: January 22, 2021

One on One Video Call W/George https://tidycal.com/georgepmonty/60-minute-meetingSupport the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US🚨🚨Curious about the future of psychedelics? Imagine if Alan Watts started a secret society with Ram Dass and Hunter S. Thompson… now open the door. Use Promocode TRUELIFE for Get 25% off monthly or 30% off the annual plan For the first yearhttps://www.district216.com/Background music “Desert Dwellershttps://youtube.com/c/DesertDwellershttps://youtu.be/zE23KL2WwlQTranscript:https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/61012249We are entering an age where violence wears the mask of entertainment, and control comes disguised as content. In this episode, George Monty dissects The Society of the Spectacle in its modern form — a digital coliseum where attention is currency and outrage the algorithmic engine.From mass media to meme warfare, from staged conflict to curated chaos, this conversation explores how the spectacle feeds on emotion, confusion, and division — and how awareness becomes the only true rebellion.In this episode:The evolution of Debord’s “spectacle” in the digital ageHow algorithms reward outrage and amplify controlThe emotional economy of conflict and fearWhy perception has become the new battlefieldStrategies to reclaim awareness and resist manipulationSpeaker 0 (0s): Welcome my friends to your illusion. Speaker 1 (11s): Welcome to this illusion that you call your life. What is the difference between reality and illusion? How do you think of yourself? What if I told you, you could change who you are by thinking about yourself differently. How long would that take Speaker 0 (29s): And what the truth? You can't handle the truth, Speaker 1 (33s): Certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign too. The thing Signifyd the copy too. The original fancy two reality. The appearance too, the essence illusion only is sacred truth profane as truth decreases and illusion increases so that the highest degree of illusion comms to be the highest degree of sacredness, Speaker 0 (1m 10s): Jesus Christ Speaker 1 (1m 12s): In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Spectacle not enough. People have noticed that everything that was directly lived has moved away. And so, but a representation suddenly they're like, Oh, you're a Trump supporting a Q a non conspiracy theory. No I'm telling you what the people who made the vaccine set the images detached from every aspect of life Fuze in a common stream in which the unity of this life can no longer be reestablished retained, escaping reality, considered partially unfold in its own general unity as a pseudo, a world apart object of mere contemplation, the specialization of images of the world is completed in the world of the autonomous image with a liar has lied to himself. The spectacle in general has the concrete in version of life is the autonomous movement of the non-living Speaker 0 (2m 35s): Jesus. We can't escape in the Spectacle Speaker 1 (2m 44s): Presents itself simultaneously. Speaker 0 (2m 47s): The Spectacle presents itself simultaneously Speaker 1 (2m 53s): As all of society, as part of society. And as instrument of unification as a part of society, it is specifically this sector, which concentrates all gazing in all consciousness due to the very fact that this sector is separate. That is the common ground or the deceived gaze in a false consciousness. And the unification, it achieves is nothing but in official language of generalized separation to Spectacle ladies and gentlemen, the society, the culture, the things that you think you see your readers are. In fact, the language, the protests, the abuse, the separation of classes, racism, isms in general. It's the world trying to tell you something a separate reality. The Spectacle a separate reality. The Spectacle you spoke to me is the language. It's a living link. It's a language you can see that I have trouble making a sense of 'cause. You can't have the whole picture, right? You can, you can see the whole picture, but you can only see it from one point of view. You may only be able to see it from the point of view of a woman in her fifties, you may only have the vantage point of a seven year old girl from India, from where you're standing. It may look as though racism is something that will never be conquered from your vantage point. It may seem as though the world is turning on white people, but every one of those is only a small sample. Every one of those point of views, there's like a color and the rainbow it's, they're not the whole story. In in fact, when you look at the whole story, those of you that can see the whole story, those of you that can imagine what the whole story must look like. You can see nothing, buddy mince beauty can see nothing, but the way that it must be the Violent nature of our planet, the violent nature of one another is not something to be afraid of. It is something to be embraced The Violent nature of our community. The Violent nature that is upon us, the Violent nature. That must be right down upon everyone. Not to hurt, not to make, but to sharpen, but to aluminate to make strong. Speaker 2 (6m 30s): It's been me too at the firewood, Spectacle coming our way, Speaker 1 (6m 36s): Have the Violent Spectacle coming our way. Speaker 2 (6m 40s): <inaudible> Speaker 1 (6m 43s): The Spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people mediated by images. If you want to know the future, look and see what's happening around you. If you want to know the future of imagine how you feel and projected outward, the Spectacle cannot be understood as an abuse of the world. The vision as a product of the techniques of mass dissemination of images, it is rather a it's a vision which has become objectified. The Spectacle grasped in its totality, his both the result and the project of the existing mode of production. It is not a supplement to the real world. It's not an additional decoration. It is the heart of the unrealistic, some of the real society in all its specific forms as information or propaganda as advertisement or direct entertainment consumption. The Spectacle is the present model of socially dominant life. I'm going to say that again. If the Spectacle all this shit, you guys are watching all this shit. You see this entire shit show is the present model of socially dominant life is the omnipresent affirmation of the choice already made in production and its corollary consumption. The Spectacle is form and content. Our I DentiCal the total justification of the existing systems, conditions and goals to Spectacle is also the permanent presence of this justification. Since it occupies the main part of the time lived outside of modern production. Real Speaker 0 (8m 59s): Human experimentation is going on on a mass scale in front of everyone and not enough people have it. 

Darkness struck, a gut-punched theft, Sun ripped away, her health bereft. I roar at the void. This ain't just fate, a cosmic scam I spit my hate. The games rigged tight, shadows deal, blood on their hands, I'll never kneel. Yet in the rage, a crack ignites, occulted sparks cut through the nights. The scars my key, hermetic and stark. To see, to rise, I hunt in the dark, fumbling, fear. Fearers through ruins maze lights my war cry born from the blaze.

The poem is Angels with Rifles. The track, I Am Sorrow, I Am Lust by Codex Seraphini. Check out the entire song at the end of the cast. Friends, to your illusion. Welcome to this illusion that you call your life. What is the difference between reality and illusion? How do you think of yourself? What if I told you you could change who you are

by thinking about yourself differently? How long would that take? You want answers. I want the truth. You can't handle the truth. Certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified. The copy to the original,

fancy to reality, the appearance, to the essence. Illusion only is sacred. Truth profane. As truth decreases and illusion increases. So that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness. Jesus Christ, who are you?

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Not enough people have noticed that. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into but a representation. Suddenly they're like, oh, you're a Trump supporting Q&on conspiracy theory. No, I'm telling you what the people who made the vaccine said. The images detached from every aspect of life fuse in a common stream in which the unity of this life can no longer be re-established. We can't escaping. Reality considered partially unfolds in its own general unity as a pseudo-world, a part, an object of mere contemplation, the specialization of images of the world.

is completed in the world of the autonomous image where the liar has lied to himself the spectacle in general as the concrete inversion of life is the autonomous movement of the non-living who is Jesus we can't escape him the spectacle presents itself simultaneously the spectacle presents itself simultaneously as all of society, as part of society, and as instrument of unification.

As a part of society, it is specifically the sector which concentrates all gazing and all consciousness. Due to the very fact that this sector is separate, It is the common ground of the deceived gaze and a false consciousness and the unification it achieves as nothing but an official language of generalized separation. The spectacle, ladies and gentlemen, to society, the culture, the things that you think you see, the spectacle, ladies and gentlemen, are in fact a language. the protests, the abuse, the separation of classes, racism, isms in general.

It's the world trying to tell you something. A separate reality. The spectacle. A separate reality. The spectacle. The spectacle. Is the language. It's a living language.

It's a language you can see but have trouble making sense of because you can't have the whole picture. You can see the whole picture, but you can only see it from one point of view. You may only be able to see it from the point of view of a woman in her 50. You may only have the vantage point of a seven-year-old girl from India. From where you're standing, it may look at. as though racism is something that will never be conquered. From your vantage point, it may seem as though the world is turning on white people,

but every one of those is only a small sample. Every one of those point of views is like a color in the rainbow. It's there, but it's not the whole story. In fact, when you look at the whole story, those of you that can see the whole story, those of you that can imagine what the whole story must look like, can see nothing but immense beauty. Can see nothing but the way that it must be. The violent nature of our planet, the violent nature of one another is not something to be afraid of. It is something to be embraced.

The violent nature of our community, the violent nature that is upon us, the violent nature that must be wrought down upon everyone. Not to hurt, not to maim, but to sharpen. But to illuminate, to make strong. Is the nature of the violent spectacle coming our way? of the violent spectacle coming our way. The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people mediated by images. If you want to know the future,

look and see what's happening around you. If you want to know the future, imagine how you feel and project it outward. The spectacle cannot be understood as an abyssable. use of the world of vision as a product of the techniques of mass dissemination of images. It is rather a, it's a vision which has become objectified. The spectacle grasped in its totality is both the result and the project of the existing mode of production.

It is not a supplement to the real world. It's not an additional decoration. It is the heart of the unrealism of the real society in all its specific forms as information or propaganda, as advertisement or direct entertainment consumption. The spectacle is the present model of socially dominant life. I'm going to say that again. the spectacle.

All this shit you guys are watching, all this shit you see, this entire shit show is the present model of socially dominant life. It is the omnipresent affirmation of the choice already made

in production and its corollary consumption. The spectacle's form and content, are identically the total justification of the existing systems conditions and goals. The spectacle is also the permanent presence of this justification, since it occupies the main part of the time lived outside of modern production. Real time, human experimentation is going on on a mass scale in front of everyone, and not enough people have noticed. Separation is itself part of the unity of the world.

Separation itself is part of the unity of the world. Separation is itself part of the unity of the world. Separation is itself part of the unity of the world of the global social praxis split up into reality. and image. The social practice which the autonomous spectacle confronts is also the real totality, which contains the spectacle. But the split within this totality mutilates it to the point of making the spectacle appear as its goal.

The language of the spectacle consists of signs of the ruling production, which at the same time are the ultimate goal of this production. Separation is itself part of the unity of the world. You say, you say, you say, you say, you say, you say, you say, you say, one for the trouble, two for the time. Come on, girls, let's rock that.