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Modern ART

He argues that modernist art was spread by capitalist Western powers to create a cult of the self as a response to communism's appeal to collective action.

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Cold War and modernism diagnosis in the 2025-06-04 lecture.

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He argues that modernist art was spread by capitalist Western powers to create a cult of the self as a response to communism's appeal to collective action.

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Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"...what it says. But it writes, In the mid -20th century, modern art and design represented the liberalism, individualism, dynamic activity, and creative risk..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"...a conspiracy theorist, but let's look at an article, right? Was modern art really a CIA psyop? All right. So this article is from..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"In the mid -20th century, modern art and design represented the liberalism, individualism, dynamic activity, and creative risk possible ineffectiveness. Modern art was really..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

Transcript

"...a conspiracy theorist, but let's look at an article, right? Was modern art really a CIA psyop? All right. So this article is from..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"So arguably, the first great modern art movement. The first artist is James Joyce, who in 1922 published Ulysses. James Joyce was Irish. He..."

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