rant · moment 15 of 16
Deep State Nihilism: Why Knowing the Truth Doesn't Matter
from The Long Island Way · #45
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5 minTim reflects on how the show's guests and conspiracies have left him believing that knowledge of how the world really works brings no personal or professional benefit, comparing public hypocrisy around Fyre Festival and the Met Gala.
- 50:52Knowing what the show has figured out inhibits both personal and professional lives.
- 51:30Every author who's reported on deep state topics looks like they've been through hell.
- 51:55Romanticizing documentarians who sacrificed money and success sounds good until you realize the daily horror of that choice.
- 52:24No one gives a shit—people outraged about Fire Island's excess praise outfits at the Met Gala the next day.
- 52:47Humanity is a deeply unserious life form.
- 53:30People were more engaged with facts and skeptical of journalism at the turn of the 20th century.
- 53:50Society has turned everything into a federal and global problem over the past 100 years instead of local and regional.
- 54:21Centralization has made people less connected and less engaged with each other.
- 54:48Tim wonders why severing a hand is always the chosen punishment instead of a foot.
- 55:29Losing a foot would actually be worse than losing a hand for most daily activities.