Continuing our discussion of power dynamics, we mock people delusionally celebrating the Assange plea deal as a win and clarify what we mean by "power" in different contexts, via the excellent example of Bane and the banker in The Dark Knight Rises. We make some further inroads on tying socio-political flips to these power dynamics - as well as painting a grim picture of your AI administrated future. Joel also spends at least five minutes trying to find an Instagram post that couldn't possibly be more than ten messages back in his DMs and we conclude by more directly insulting casual listeners.
Episode notes
Bane and banker scene from Dark Knight Rises:
https://youtu.be/8IfTwS7dGz0?si=3FZ_mDpnQSr2MaOc
Smedley Butler additional reading:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
See episode 6.1 (The Ignoble Savage) show notes if you missed the DA pulled over for speeding video, and while you're at it just listen to that and EP6 if you haven't, because this surely won't make sense without them.
