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Show Notes
I’ve been struggling to figure what what time we’re in, post Vibe Shift. Pirate Wires founder Mike Solana finally articulated what I’d been thinking without knowing I was thinking it: We’re in a Culture Cold War. I felt a burning need to discuss this, and so we did, plus many other media/culture topics. Subjects include but aren’t limited to…
* Christopher Rufo vs. Doreen St. Félix leading to nothing = Culture Cold War
* Why nobody is able to cancel anyone else now
* Are we in a Culture Cold War forever?
* Is culture NOT zero sum?
* How the Internet breaks our moral intuitions
* PTSD for those of us who remained sane in 2020
* The “you can’t criticize me” defense from those who just lost cultural power
* We will never have a shared reality ever again
* Culture War matters
* How Mike would advise Disney on how to win back Zoomer males
* Why does “moral inversion” exist and why is it prevalent now?
* Why Mike supports hearing Aella out, but understands the backlash to her