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10 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: powers-that-bes

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powers that be

An indeterminate agency behind the cave wall, possibly elites or demons, interested in making mediated realities seem real.

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powers that be

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An indeterminate agency behind the cave wall, possibly elites or demons, interested in making mediated realities seem real.

Interpretive diagnosis stated on 2026-01-07.

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Jiang leaves the identity of the enslaving powers indeterminate, saying they could be elites, powers that be, or demons, but their function is to make movies, the internet, and social media feel real.

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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)

Transcript

"...It calls for collective action. So the capitalist West, the powers that be, they're spreading Freud, they're spreading Joyce, they're spreading Wolf, they're spreading..."

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

"...makes us slaves to ourselves. And that allows for the powers that be in society to better control us. And so what he's saying..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

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

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"...makes us slaves to ourselves. And that allows for the powers that be in society, to better control us. Okay, so what he's saying..."

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