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Philosophize This!
The podcast refers to Debord's book as a source to support how capitalism can function as a religion, masking that reality from those participating.
If you remember our episode we did on the philosopher Guy Debord and his book The Society of the Spectacle, then you already know some of the arguments for how capitalism in particular can not only se...
— Episode: Episode #193 ...The chief export of the...
Episode: Episode #193 ...The chief export of the western wo...
The podcast refers to Debord's book as a source to support how capitalism can function as a religion, masking that reality from those participating.
If you remember our episode we did on the philosopher Guy Debord and his book The Society of the Spectacle, then you already know some of the arguments for how capitalism in particular can not only serve as a religion for people to participate in but it has a special ability to mask the fact that you're part of a religion when you're in it and more than that oftentimes when you show someone how similar their commodity fetishism is to a religion They don't even usually care that much on the other side of it.