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(Hayley Garrigus) The truth
in front of us
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does not match
the truth out there.
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As a cop out, we turn
the truth over to the mob,
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instead of deeply inquiring
and discovering.
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Nuance is lost
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when we receive
this type of information.
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We are memetically spectating
at a rate
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never before possible.
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New cultures and myths
and stories
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are forming faster
than ever in history.
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Our grasp on a common story
and mythos is weak and slippery.
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[police sirens]
(woman) Oh my God!
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How do we make sense of things
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when we collapse
the infinite fidelity
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of information
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down into pithy sentences
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laid over ominous imagery?
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In my search to find someone
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who could make sense
of this chaos,
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I stumbled upon Kirk Packwood,
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a writer and anthropologist
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who broadly defined the world
of memetic magic.
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(Garrigus) I want to know
if it's okay with you...
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uh, but, you know, last time,
I didn't record anything.
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Um, and so, this time,
I wanted just to record
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our conversation?
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(Garrigus) Okay.
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(Garrigus) Tell me,
in your words,
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what meme magic is?
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(Garrigus) Kirk Packwood
wrote the book, "Memetic Magic:
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Manipulation of the Root
Social Matrix" in 2004.
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Since he published his book,
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the ideas and images
have gained traction
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on the various
'chans' of the internet.
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Unbeknownst to him,
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the memetic contagion tactics
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that Kirk described and defined
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seemed to most appeal
to an intersection
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of online chaos magicians
and the alt-right.
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His book has been credited
by various online sources
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as their guidebook
to using meme magic.
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(man) I'm looking for,
like, what is it?
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What the--
what the fuck is it?
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What is magic?
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What even is it?
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Nobody knows.
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So what is it?
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So I-- So I keep looking,
you know?
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Maybe it's memes.
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I mean, that's--
that's the thing.
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I keep saying it
because lately...
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if I make a meme,
it happens.
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(Garrigus) While living in
Los Angeles, I met Billy Brujo.
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He was a YouTuber
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who was very active
in the chaos magic community.
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I found him online actually,
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while I was researching
how the sigil work,
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that is fundametal
in chaos magic,
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was key in the development
of meme magic
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on 4chan and Facebook.
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Coincidentally,
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Billy was already familiar
with Kirk and his book.
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He frequently spoke of
the importance of Kirk's book
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to the early meme magicians
at the turn of the 21st century.
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(Brujo) We're trying
to still be scientific.
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We're trying to still say
that, like,
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the old ways are
not the best ways,
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and um...
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but if we maybe look at
a sampling of the old ways,
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then we can see some theme
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and we can figure out
how to apply this
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to, like, make
a magic that works.
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Kirk's book inspired me.
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(Garrigus) H-- you know, how....
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did you feel about the, uh...
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the alt-right using
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Kirk's book and Kirk's work as
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as a foundational text to...
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- Oh did they actually...
- Yeah.
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- quote it?
- Yeah.
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- Oh geesh.
- Uh huh.
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(Garrigus)
And that's why he's-- he...
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So he published in 2004,
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and then took it
off the market in 2006
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because he noticed that
the majority of people
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who were consuming the work
were actually...
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not the people that he intended
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the work to be consumed by.
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- Well this is--
- And therefore became
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overwhelmed with guilt.
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This is a sad thing.
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You know, umm...
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Uh, he did-- he did write
the book about meme magic,
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and "the Meme Magic is real"
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became a rallying cry.
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But is it his fault? I mean,
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Are you gonna blame
JD Salinger, you know,
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for the death of
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John Lennon?
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[rattling]
(man) Hey! Hey!
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Way back when--
when I read Kirk's book,
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and, like, memes weren't even
much of a thing yet
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I mean, that was way back when.
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That was
the golden age of memes.
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And he had written it
years before, like...
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Memes were this whole, like,
hieroglyphic language of, uh...
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like, the advice animals
is a good example
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because it's, like,
they had the Advice Mallard,
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then they had
the Insanity Wolf.
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And then, uh, whatever,
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Bad Luck Brian,
Good Guy Greg,
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Good Girl Gina,
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and all of that, you know.
It was, like--
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It's the same joke every time,
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but because the caption
is different,
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it's different.
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But it still, overall,
has the same
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flavor, same sort of meaning.
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So almost like the tarot cards,
it's like--
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Each one of these images
that we re-caption,
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it has a meaning, and we all
agree on this meaning
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unspokenly.
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But a meme is only
as good as its relevance.
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(Garrigus) Pepe the Frog
began as a character
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in Matt Furie's comic series,
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"boy's club" in 2005.
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He was presented as
the archetypal slacker,
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who didn't really care
about much.
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Although Pepe remained
relatively dormant,
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over the next several years,
he came into his own
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as the face of the anonymous
online poster.
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His image started regularly
appearing on 4chan in 2010.
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and soon became
the unofficial mascot
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of the popular board,
Politically Incorrect or /pol/.
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/pol/ became one
of the few places
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where the young
and disgruntled
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gathered to talk
about the things
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you can't talk about
in polite society.
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Some genuinely felt
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like this was their only venue
to express themselves.
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And some were merely edgelords.
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/pol/ is the site's attempt
at a politics board,
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but, like many spaces on 4chan,
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anonymity has bred a space
for extremist and fringe ideas.
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Throughout the year preceding
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the 2016 election
in the United States,
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the representation of Pepe
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as the "Everyman"
on the internet
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came to signify much more
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for the people who
wielded his image.
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As demonstated by
the policing of morality
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in Victorian England,
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and during Prohibition
in the United States,
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the more you repress something,
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the more desperately
people want to do it.
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Online cancel culture
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has that same effect
in today's America.
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Most people forced into
this environment
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will end up longing for a place
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where they can say
absolutely anything.
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The chans offer them
that freedom.
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(Packwood) I-- I drew
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a frog magician on the bottom
of the Memetic Magic cover,
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and it isn't just
that it's on the cover,
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I mean, you'd have to have
my perspective on the world,
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and understand all that
we talked about
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to know why I believe that.
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But it isn't just that.
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This was also the first book
about meme magic.
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and that's a huge coincidence.
It isn't just any book.
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Pepe really was a casualty,
if anything,
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because
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I don't think that Pepe
was meant to be
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involved.
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It's just that
it all happened on 4chan,
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and at the time,
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Pepe was the face
of the anonymous poster.
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And everybody had a Pepe meme,
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and any time that you
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didn't know what else
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to have an image of
with your post,
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you would post a Pepe.
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So it just turned out that
when whoever started looking,
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all these anti-Hillary posts,
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all these pro-Trump posts
were all Pepe.
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Just because
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Pepe was the only meme
that was, like, left.
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(Garrigus) Right.
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(Garrigus) And that's actually
what I've been talking to
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You're friends with him right?
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- Yeah.
- Yep.
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About, uh,
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that phenomenon that the Right
called meme magic.
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Or memetic magic
- Yeah.
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with the Pepe, and the Kek,
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and they created that whole
mythos surrounding him.
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(Garrigus) Why?
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(Garrigus) Right.
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(Garrigus) Right.
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[dark oscillating tone]
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(Garrigus) /pol/ is a place
of irreverence and chaos.
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So when Donald Trump came
onto the political scene in 2015
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his brash antics and rejection
of the establishment
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fit the mold for them.
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He embodied their frustration
with the status quo,
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and he quickly became
/pol/'s candidate of choice.
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Memes blending Trump
and Pepe's likeness
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were blossoming
all over the chans,
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and spreading out
into the internet.
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Simultaneously, the slang term
"lol" fell out of favor.
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In its place, a new term
of synonymous meaning
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rose to common use.
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"Kek"
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Kek also happens to be
a frog-headed god.
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He is the deification of the
primordial concept of darkness
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in ancient Egyptian religion.
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As a symbol of darkness,
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Kek also represented
obscurity and the unknown.
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Chaos.
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Kek was also known
as the Bringer In of Light.
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And who else, at that point,
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had been declared a
Bringer of Light into the world
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by zealous supporters?
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Trump.
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[dreamy electronic tone]
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The users felt like something
was actually happening.
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Something monumental
was being fertilized
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by their shitposting.
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They rallied behind Kek, and,
in turn, deified Pepe.
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Their solidarity became known
as the Cult of Kek.
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How could Kek become
so powerful?
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The answer lies in chaos magic.
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Flushed with excitement
over the synchronicities
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involving their campaign
for a Trump/Pepe ticket,
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the chaos magicians of /pol/
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hurled themselves even further
into the cause,
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leveling up
in this new simulation.
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One of the core tenets
of chaos magic
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is the creation of magic sigils
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to codify and project
one's will into the universe.
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Create an image that represents
your will and/or desire.
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Focus on it.
Believe in it.
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And the universe will work
on your behalf.
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The philosophy behind
chaos magic
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relies on spontaneous,
devout belief,
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and then a suspension
of that belief.
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The suspension, or detachment,
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was demonstrated with irony
by many of the posters
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who spread these memes.
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Most people on these forums
only satirically believed
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that Donald Trump was chosen
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by the ancient Egyptian
diety, Kek.
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Chaos magic tears down the idea
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that dogma and strict doctrine
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are the only paths
to your desire.
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But the line between belief
and glibness can be blurred
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when there's
an underlying mixture of
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desperation for change
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and a general sense
of alienation.
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So without many other
social options,
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this large group of people
on the chans
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focused their united desire
towards a single sigil,
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turning it into a hyper-sigil,
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which amplified
its effectiveness.
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Pepe/Kek is 4chan's hyper-sigil.
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[silence]
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(Mullen-Muhr) I still think
often when I talk about
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memes with people,
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they just think of, like,
funny internet pictures.
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And I'l have to be, like, "No,
I'm talking about, like, ideas."
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And kind of, like,
expand it beyond that.
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But I think it's powerful,
and I think
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the new information, um...
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infastructure allows
the spread of memes.
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Even including, like,
funny pictures, right?
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You can, like, take a picture
of a dude with a hat,
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and all of the sudden,
he's, like, Scumbag Steve.
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And this is like, this thing
that's applied to everything.
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But it's even more powerful
with ideas about
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politics and culture, and more,
like, substantive things.
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And it's a primary weapon
of the current, like,
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insurgency,
the Trump insurgency.
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(Garrigus narrates) I met Dave
in Los Angeles
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at the beginning of my research.
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He was
my best friend's roommate.
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And I got to know him
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through heated discussions
in their living room.
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I definitely thought
Trump was Hitler-ish
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when I voted 'cause I
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posted this status on Facebook,
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a picture of
my "I Voted" sticker,
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and said, "Go fuck yourself,
Donald Trump." Right?
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So like, I'm virtue signalling,
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but, um, I believed it wasn't,
like, just a virtue move.
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So that was election day,
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but I feel like
it was, like, a month.
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Because, shortly after that,
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I read
the situational assessment.
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And I kinda clicked things,
and then I was like, "Oh shit."
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So definitely by--
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the election was what? November.
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I think, like, by
the end of October.
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Or... October, November...
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(Garrigus) December.
- By the end of December,
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I was probably--
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I, at least, like,
was questioning.
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It's like coming out, you know.
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First you have to
come out to yourself.
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I came out to myself
as, like, "Oh, I'm, like
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pro-Trump maybe."
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And then it's, like, baby steps
to do it, like, more publically.
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[electronic humming]
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(Mullen-Muhr) There's a matrix,
and Fox News
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is part of the Matrix
as much as MSNBC.
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And you can get outside of it,
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and there's a lot of
interesting stuff happening,
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happening outside of the matrix.
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Um, you just need someone
to offer you
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a red pill, that
like fits your...
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your worldview.
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[ominous ringing]
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(Brujo) Laughter, somehow,
makes stuff happen.
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And, uh, whether it's because
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the--the, like,
the banishing thing,
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whether it's because it gets
your mind off of it,
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or whether it's because
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laughing has some kind of
invigorating energy,
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you know, or,
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maybe, you know, maybe
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it's because
when you're laughing,
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you're literally having, like,
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an insanity-- you know,
temporary insanity.
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I'm not sure.
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Um, but yeah, there's
something about laughter,
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and I don't think that the Left
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laughs enough.
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[pages turn]
[electronic humming]
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(Brujo) It's just mass hysteria.
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You know, you post
something, and
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it might not even be magic.
It's just that...
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lately, because of targeted ads,
and like, uh,
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browsers and apps
reading all your posts,
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so that they can decide
what ads to send you.
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You make a post about something,
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and then suddenly,
all your friends are posting
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about the same thing, you know,
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or all these ads are coming up
for the same thing,
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and it seems like magic,
but it's really like
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the ghost in the machine
feeding it back to you.
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And that's really not--
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There's really nothing
magic about that.
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But, like, amongst
magic people,
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we're looking for that.
We're looking for magic,
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so we find it, you know.
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So, like, we see a coincidence,
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and we're willing to write off
that, you know,
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the robots are behind it.
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But you know,
on the other hand,
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there's some stuff
I can explain.
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(Brujo) The scientific method
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is nothing more than
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doing an experiment,
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noting your results,
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and seeing if you can repeat
that experiment,
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and get the same results.
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So, if you're a skeptic,
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it doesn't hurt to try
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to do a magic, you know.
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To try and cast a spell.
To try and pray to a god.
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Can you take a note?
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Can you write down
in a journal
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what day and time you prayed
to god for what?
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And then make a note,
if you got that thing.
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And if you got it,
try it again.
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And if you can do it
a second time,
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it's no longer
a matter of faith.
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It's an experiment that has
calculable results.
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If you can do it a third time,
and a fourth time,
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then it's a fact.
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That's how science is done.
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00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:06,812
[wind]
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00:25:07,179 --> 00:25:09,651
[people shouting]
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00:25:12,023 --> 00:25:13,626
[people shouting]
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(Garrigus) While exploring this
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dark application
of magic online,
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I was searching for a physical
place to anchor myself.
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00:25:22,043 --> 00:25:24,313
I decided the root in Las Vegas
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00:25:24,347 --> 00:25:27,119
because it was the most
foreign place I could live
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while still being a five-hour
drive away from my home.
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00:25:31,094 --> 00:25:33,331
One week after
moving into my condo,
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the Las Vegas shooting happened.
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Tragedy and shock.
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But not even a pause before
people began to question
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the reality of the situation.
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This questioning community
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became the cross-section
I invested myself in
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for nine more months.
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00:25:51,034 --> 00:25:53,539
[somber music]
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00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,906
[wind]
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00:27:28,963 --> 00:27:31,000
One of these ladies
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00:27:31,034 --> 00:27:34,140
at my meet-up group
who sees entities
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said that when she walked
up and down the Strip,
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she was, like,
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00:27:39,785 --> 00:27:41,387
terrified because she said
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she's never seen
such huge entities
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as she's seen on the Strip
in Las Vegas.
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00:27:47,066 --> 00:27:48,703
(Garrigus) Entities meaning...?
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Dark spirits, or what have you,
you know.
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00:27:52,076 --> 00:27:55,082
There's certain things
that will draw these spirits
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into the people, and then
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they're being controlled.
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00:27:58,255 --> 00:28:00,793
They're not in control
of themselves.
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00:28:00,827 --> 00:28:04,066
They're being controlled
by other outside forces.
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00:28:05,168 --> 00:28:07,674
(Garrigus) I met Carole
through Meet-Up.com.
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00:28:07,908 --> 00:28:10,713
She hosts weekly meditation
groups at her house
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00:28:10,747 --> 00:28:12,951
where she would gather various
healers, speakers,
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and other figures involved
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00:28:14,855 --> 00:28:17,727
in the esoteric
spirtual practices.
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[truck roars past]
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(Carole) The other thing that's
really important to me
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is actually the science
behind spirtuality
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00:28:29,518 --> 00:28:31,722
and also the science, um--
444
00:28:31,755 --> 00:28:33,058
If you--
[scoffs]
445
00:28:33,091 --> 00:28:36,331
When over two thousand
architects
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00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:39,370
and other major builders
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go into a building and analyze
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00:28:41,842 --> 00:28:43,946
why it came down, like 9/11,
449
00:28:43,980 --> 00:28:46,986
and they're telling you
there's no freaking way--
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00:28:47,019 --> 00:28:49,290
At least, especially
the third building.
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00:28:49,323 --> 00:28:52,864
There's no way it should have
ever gone down that way.
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00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:55,737
Only a Las Vegas
blow-up building
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is gonna go down like that.
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00:28:56,437 --> 00:28:57,473
People are--
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do not want to think
that their government could
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hurt them. The United States:
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00:29:02,016 --> 00:29:04,353
"No, we're the--"
But geeze!
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We're the only country
in the world
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that's literally doing
what Hitler did,
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00:29:08,028 --> 00:29:11,100
running around, attacking
other countries.
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00:29:11,134 --> 00:29:13,104
And moving in, and taking over
their resources,
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00:29:13,138 --> 00:29:14,473
or what have you. I mean,
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00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:17,781
Why was it terrible for Hitler
to do it, and not for us?
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I don't understand that.
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00:29:18,983 --> 00:29:20,987
I know that when
I make up my mind,
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00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:22,991
I'm guided to an answer.
467
00:29:23,024 --> 00:29:24,962
I'm guided to where
I'm supposed to go.
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00:29:24,995 --> 00:29:26,932
I'm guided to what
I'm supposed to say.
469
00:29:28,234 --> 00:29:30,138
- Is cam all ready?
- Yeah.
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00:29:31,274 --> 00:29:34,180
[door locks click]
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00:29:34,213 --> 00:29:35,115
(Garrigus) Hi!
- You're fine!
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00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:35,950
- Okay, ugh.
473
00:29:35,984 --> 00:29:37,386
- Whenever you come
is always great.
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00:29:37,419 --> 00:29:38,388
- Yeah, hi!
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00:29:38,421 --> 00:29:40,125
- Always late or always better.
- Yeah.
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00:29:40,158 --> 00:29:41,260
(Carole) I'm like,
ten minutes behind.
477
00:29:41,294 --> 00:29:43,198
Hi, hon. You look great.
[kiss]
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00:29:43,231 --> 00:29:45,369
So um, let me think,
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00:29:45,402 --> 00:29:47,172
what else I should
tell you, uh...
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I think I mentioned
yesterday that
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there are, uh--
there have been
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00:29:52,917 --> 00:29:54,153
things that have
happened in here
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00:29:54,186 --> 00:29:55,523
which are very strange.
484
00:29:55,556 --> 00:29:57,594
Like, vortexes set up.
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00:29:57,627 --> 00:29:59,363
And I'm going to be
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00:29:59,397 --> 00:30:02,102
giving you a video, so you can--
if you wanted to
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00:30:02,604 --> 00:30:04,206
just show a little bit of that.
[ominous music]
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00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,411
So that people could see
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00:30:06,444 --> 00:30:07,580
something that
I've never seen before.
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00:30:07,614 --> 00:30:08,448
Right.
491
00:30:08,481 --> 00:30:10,987
And I've just never
seen it before.
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00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:12,222
I think it's pretty amazing.
493
00:30:12,256 --> 00:30:13,258
(Garrigus) It's a vortex?
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00:30:13,291 --> 00:30:15,195
Um, well, the fact that, uh,
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00:30:15,228 --> 00:30:17,433
this cat that I had,
that was very psychic. [laughs]
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00:30:17,466 --> 00:30:20,305
Anyway, had her
for eighteen years,
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00:30:20,540 --> 00:30:23,345
She's the one that
discovered it on the stairs.
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00:30:23,378 --> 00:30:24,981
And um...
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And for eight weeks,
two hours a day,
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she would go around in circles,
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00:30:29,658 --> 00:30:31,528
crying and scratching,
and looking at me.
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00:30:31,562 --> 00:30:34,033
There was nothing there.
- It was a vortex.
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00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:37,239
There was actually a hyperbaric
beam trying to get through.
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00:30:37,540 --> 00:30:40,045
And the cat was trying
to protect me.
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00:30:40,078 --> 00:30:41,047
[bell rings]
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00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:48,428
[chants in foreign language]
[bracelets click]
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00:30:49,196 --> 00:30:51,267
[chants faster]
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(Carole) One time,
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00:30:52,469 --> 00:30:55,142
the father of my son
got very mad,
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00:30:55,175 --> 00:30:57,346
and he kicked my scroll.
511
00:30:57,379 --> 00:30:58,481
And I warned him,
512
00:30:58,516 --> 00:31:00,920
"Don't mess with that"
[laughs]
513
00:31:00,953 --> 00:31:02,156
He kicked it on the left side,
514
00:31:02,189 --> 00:31:03,559
and it went flying
through the air.
515
00:31:03,592 --> 00:31:05,328
'Cause he was a violent person.
516
00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:07,232
Two weeks later, he's walking
517
00:31:07,266 --> 00:31:09,370
across the street
Sunset Boulevard,
518
00:31:09,403 --> 00:31:11,174
but he decides to...
[vocalizes]
519
00:31:11,207 --> 00:31:13,111
burrow his way out
as soon as it--
520
00:31:13,144 --> 00:31:16,050
as soon as, um,
the light changes.
521
00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:16,985
(Garrigus) Mhm.
522
00:31:17,019 --> 00:31:19,624
And he got hit by the car
on the left side,
523
00:31:19,658 --> 00:31:20,760
and he went flying
through the air,
524
00:31:20,793 --> 00:31:23,899
and went right through
the windshield of the guy's car.
525
00:31:23,933 --> 00:31:25,235
And then he didn't
get any money,
526
00:31:25,268 --> 00:31:27,239
because the guy
had no insurance, so--
527
00:31:27,272 --> 00:31:28,609
It's kind of a karmic thing.
528
00:31:28,642 --> 00:31:34,386
[chanting continues]
529
00:31:35,355 --> 00:31:38,361
[wind rustles over chants]
530
00:31:40,533 --> 00:31:42,436
(Carole) People come here,
and they're, like,
531
00:31:42,469 --> 00:31:44,473
"Why am I here? Why am I--"
[laughs]
532
00:31:44,508 --> 00:31:46,411
They don't understand, you know.
533
00:31:46,444 --> 00:31:49,551
They can't figure it out,
and it's not easy here.
534
00:31:49,584 --> 00:31:50,686
It's really a struggle.
535
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,057
I-- I think that you are
536
00:31:53,091 --> 00:31:55,328
you know, part of what's
gonna tell the world
537
00:31:55,362 --> 00:31:56,464
like I was telling you.
538
00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:58,201
People are gonna find out
539
00:31:58,234 --> 00:32:02,176
that there is
a huge group of people
540
00:32:02,209 --> 00:32:04,280
changing the world,
right here in Las Vegas,
541
00:32:04,313 --> 00:32:05,983
and who would have though that?
542
00:32:06,484 --> 00:32:09,490
[steady music]
543
00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:12,496
(Garrigus) You don't have to ask
544
00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:14,534
for proof of lineage in Vegas..
545
00:32:15,001 --> 00:32:16,572
Logic is suspended.
546
00:32:17,072 --> 00:32:20,078
It thrives on claiming
power and control.
547
00:32:20,278 --> 00:32:22,349
Power of personal agency,
548
00:32:22,382 --> 00:32:25,690
and the illusory control over
your experience of the world.
549
00:32:26,324 --> 00:32:27,594
Coming in second to Sedona,
550
00:32:27,627 --> 00:32:31,400
for having the most dense
concentration of "light workers"
551
00:32:31,735 --> 00:32:35,643
or those actively involved in
esoteric spirtual practices,
552
00:32:36,310 --> 00:32:40,018
Vegas is a repository
for these belief systems.
553
00:32:40,418 --> 00:32:42,089
They fester here.
554
00:32:43,158 --> 00:32:45,228
A common goal amongst
the group members
555
00:32:45,262 --> 00:32:47,534
is to wake the world up
to the truth.
556
00:32:48,134 --> 00:32:50,071
I'm curious of this mission,
557
00:32:50,105 --> 00:32:52,677
given how many truths
there seem to be,
558
00:32:52,710 --> 00:32:54,514
even within their own community.
559
00:32:54,548 --> 00:32:56,484
There are multiple to be known.
560
00:32:56,518 --> 00:32:59,223
They're interested in magic
to better the world,
561
00:32:59,256 --> 00:33:01,327
while the trolls seem
to want to wield magic
562
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,431
to sow chaos and uncertainty.
563
00:33:03,766 --> 00:33:07,439
I grew fond of Carole, despite
my knee-jerk skepticism.
564
00:33:08,107 --> 00:33:12,082
I find myself burrowing deeper
into this place of chaos.
565
00:33:13,351 --> 00:33:15,623
What am I actually
supposed to believe?
566
00:33:15,656 --> 00:33:17,627
[silence]
567
00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:21,300
[party chatter]
[breathing]
568
00:33:21,334 --> 00:33:24,306
[muffled, chill lounge music]
569
00:33:35,262 --> 00:33:39,336
[chatter]
[sitar strums]
570
00:33:44,446 --> 00:33:45,516
(Garrigus) Right now?
571
00:33:51,327 --> 00:33:52,362
(Garrigus) Really?
572
00:34:00,145 --> 00:34:00,713
(Garrigus) Okay.
573
00:34:06,658 --> 00:34:08,294
(Garrigus) Yeah. Well,
keep in mind,
574
00:34:08,328 --> 00:34:10,633
this wouldn't be consumed by
575
00:34:10,666 --> 00:34:12,737
anyone for at least
another year.
576
00:34:14,708 --> 00:34:17,145
It's not--
[laughs]
577
00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:24,293
Okay. You can leave out
all the--
578
00:34:24,326 --> 00:34:26,698
You can leave out things
that you don't want--
579
00:34:32,175 --> 00:34:34,748
Okay, so, base level,
580
00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:36,852
[beep] can be very interesting,
581
00:34:36,885 --> 00:34:38,656
and kind of hard to work
with as a person,
582
00:34:38,689 --> 00:34:41,160
because of the way
that he thinks.
583
00:34:41,193 --> 00:34:44,366
And he's pretty much
one of the purist shamans
584
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,472
that is alive
in this generation.
585
00:34:47,507 --> 00:34:49,310
From the actual Toltec tradition
586
00:34:49,343 --> 00:34:52,850
and the way that you shape
your thoughts to be fully
587
00:34:52,884 --> 00:34:56,090
within the universe, and present
at every single point in time.
588
00:34:56,725 --> 00:35:00,165
What [beep] and I have been
working on specifically
589
00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:03,271
is a grand, unified theory
of physics.
590
00:35:03,304 --> 00:35:06,812
Which is actually providing
a basis and a groundwork
591
00:35:06,845 --> 00:35:09,818
to tie literally
all of the fields together
592
00:35:09,851 --> 00:35:13,692
using the most simplest
methods possible.
593
00:35:13,726 --> 00:35:16,497
And reducing everything down
to just
594
00:35:16,531 --> 00:35:18,836
exactly what it is,
without any theory,
595
00:35:18,869 --> 00:35:20,640
and without any guesswork.
596
00:35:20,673 --> 00:35:23,512
Because everything we do
is purely observant.
597
00:35:23,545 --> 00:35:26,250
And from this, we're pretty much
598
00:35:26,283 --> 00:35:28,154
creating the mathematical basis
599
00:35:28,187 --> 00:35:30,458
for the groundwork
of the next Golden Age.
600
00:35:30,860 --> 00:35:32,664
And that's gonna be, like,
601
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:35,435
levitation, holograms...
602
00:35:35,703 --> 00:35:37,907
you know, tractor beams,
teleportation,
603
00:35:37,940 --> 00:35:40,846
all these kinda crazy
sci-fi concepts.
604
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,752
We actually have a mathematical
way to explain
605
00:35:43,786 --> 00:35:46,357
how to accomplish them
with relative ease.
606
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:48,461
And be able to explain it
to the populace
607
00:35:48,494 --> 00:35:51,133
without having them
blow their mind up.
608
00:35:51,668 --> 00:35:52,904
(woman) God, thank you.
609
00:35:52,937 --> 00:35:54,406
Yeah. [laughs]
610
00:35:55,208 --> 00:35:56,344
His magic's actually relatable,
611
00:35:56,377 --> 00:35:57,479
and he can teach you.
612
00:35:57,513 --> 00:35:59,483
I literally am not able to teach
people how I do mine.
613
00:35:59,517 --> 00:36:00,619
(Garrigus) Okay.
614
00:36:00,653 --> 00:36:03,792
'Cause I work macro-scale,
as opposed to micro-scale.
615
00:36:04,426 --> 00:36:06,598
And you need--
you literally need
616
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,434
madness as a foundation to do it
617
00:36:08,468 --> 00:36:09,704
so it's very dangerous to teach.
618
00:36:10,238 --> 00:36:11,374
Yeah.
619
00:36:11,407 --> 00:36:13,277
The enlightened people,
having compassion
620
00:36:13,311 --> 00:36:14,380
and having enlightenment,
621
00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:15,783
they can look at someone dying,
622
00:36:15,816 --> 00:36:16,852
or like atrocities
being committed,
623
00:36:16,885 --> 00:36:19,189
can be like, "Okay, I see that,
but it's not me."
624
00:36:19,223 --> 00:36:20,291
And just walk on.
625
00:36:20,325 --> 00:36:22,764
And to the rest of society,
that's cold and callous,
626
00:36:22,797 --> 00:36:24,233
but to yourself,
627
00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:26,337
that's kinda how you need
to operate.
628
00:36:53,424 --> 00:36:54,794
[dreamy music]
629
00:36:54,828 --> 00:36:57,332
(Garrigus) Nick and Mason
are living at Carole's house,
630
00:36:57,365 --> 00:36:58,535
while they work
on the math behind
631
00:36:58,569 --> 00:37:01,708
a potential grand unifying
theory of physics.
632
00:37:02,577 --> 00:37:05,649
They've been working together,
since living in Sedona, Arizona,
633
00:37:05,950 --> 00:37:08,922
and their next stop after Vegas
is Mexico,
634
00:37:08,956 --> 00:37:10,826
where they will be helping
someone establish
635
00:37:10,860 --> 00:37:12,964
his sustainability b-corp.
636
00:37:14,634 --> 00:37:15,970
What the shaman does, like,
637
00:37:16,003 --> 00:37:18,274
when the shaman is chosen
by the people,
638
00:37:18,307 --> 00:37:20,646
their job is healing,
first and foremost,
639
00:37:20,679 --> 00:37:22,015
because they are
the medicine person.
640
00:37:22,048 --> 00:37:23,919
But their other job
is storytelling.
641
00:37:23,952 --> 00:37:26,290
And what they're meant to do
is help maintain
642
00:37:26,323 --> 00:37:27,192
the story of the world,
643
00:37:27,225 --> 00:37:29,296
and help tell
the story of the world.
644
00:37:29,329 --> 00:37:30,599
That's why there needs to be
multiple shamans
645
00:37:30,633 --> 00:37:31,500
all around the world,
646
00:37:31,535 --> 00:37:33,572
so they can help, like,
maintain that
647
00:37:33,605 --> 00:37:35,041
harmonic energic of, like,
648
00:37:35,074 --> 00:37:37,446
the expression
of the Earth itself.
649
00:37:43,491 --> 00:37:45,361
(Garrigus) What's your
definition of madness?
650
00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:47,967
Pure and total free association
of thought.
651
00:37:48,869 --> 00:37:51,273
So it's one, when you are
in, like,
652
00:37:51,307 --> 00:37:54,346
eye presence, and, like,
just being then...
653
00:37:54,379 --> 00:37:56,885
a thought comes out,
and it has no structure,
654
00:37:56,918 --> 00:37:59,724
so it can literally freely
associate to any...
655
00:37:59,757 --> 00:38:02,663
of the other levels of, like,
interaction and thought.
656
00:38:02,997 --> 00:38:04,734
If you don't know
how to use it,
657
00:38:05,401 --> 00:38:06,103
that's pure madness.
- Yeah.
658
00:38:06,137 --> 00:38:07,239
That's schizophrenia,
- Right.
659
00:38:07,272 --> 00:38:09,009
that's a lot of psychological...
- Which is most people.
660
00:38:09,042 --> 00:38:09,644
Yeah.
661
00:38:09,677 --> 00:38:11,781
If you ran ride that line,
662
00:38:11,815 --> 00:38:14,821
[unsettling low hum]
663
00:38:15,723 --> 00:38:17,727
(Garrigus) Whenever you have
tribes, you have shamans.
664
00:38:17,927 --> 00:38:19,429
So in a sense,
665
00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:22,435
you can see those same
aggressive spokesman for Pepe
666
00:38:22,469 --> 00:38:24,741
end up being that tribal shaman.
667
00:38:24,974 --> 00:38:27,412
Enough people will gather
around their teachings,
668
00:38:27,445 --> 00:38:29,551
and carry them forward offline.
669
00:38:30,451 --> 00:38:32,824
Our empathetic connections
with other people
670
00:38:32,857 --> 00:38:34,661
get completely overwritten
671
00:38:34,694 --> 00:38:36,598
by the sort of "meme-plex"
672
00:38:36,631 --> 00:38:38,702
that's overriding our world.
673
00:38:38,735 --> 00:38:41,073
And they get picked up
by the ideology
674
00:38:41,106 --> 00:38:43,377
or the ideological vehicle.
675
00:38:43,812 --> 00:38:44,914
If I'm one person,
676
00:38:44,948 --> 00:38:47,887
I can't stop all these horrible
things going on.
677
00:38:48,589 --> 00:38:50,960
But if I can somehow
get ahold of a god,
678
00:38:50,993 --> 00:38:53,966
or a demon, or a spirit
to work on my behalf,
679
00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:56,805
then I might be able to upset
this power differential
680
00:38:56,838 --> 00:38:58,642
that keeps me powerless.
681
00:38:59,577 --> 00:39:02,382
Any time you start getting
into an extreme position,
682
00:39:02,415 --> 00:39:04,888
based on something
you hear or watch,
683
00:39:04,921 --> 00:39:07,459
it's probably not you
that got there.
684
00:39:07,827 --> 00:39:09,898
It's probably something
you picked up
685
00:39:09,931 --> 00:39:11,735
and is now riding you.
686
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,026
[ominous ringing]
687
00:40:14,961 --> 00:40:16,096
(Garrigus) The abridged timeline
688
00:40:16,130 --> 00:40:19,136
of meme magic affecting
real world change
689
00:40:19,604 --> 00:40:23,010
began during the Ebola
outbreaks of 2014.
690
00:40:23,612 --> 00:40:25,816
The public announcement
of the epidemic
691
00:40:25,849 --> 00:40:27,218
and its ensuing panic
692
00:40:27,252 --> 00:40:29,824
inspired the Ebola-chan meme,
693
00:40:29,857 --> 00:40:31,962
an anime character
with hair that looks
694
00:40:31,995 --> 00:40:34,534
like the Ebola virus strand.
695
00:40:35,234 --> 00:40:39,944
Ebola-chan first made her rounds
on 4chan on August 7th.
696
00:40:39,978 --> 00:40:42,683
One day before
the World Health Organization
697
00:40:42,717 --> 00:40:44,219
declared the Ebola outbreak
698
00:40:44,252 --> 00:40:46,825
an international,
public health emergency.
699
00:40:47,492 --> 00:40:48,996
Her image came with text,
700
00:40:49,029 --> 00:40:51,801
threatening users with
excruciating pain and death
701
00:40:51,835 --> 00:40:53,905
if they didn't reply
on the thread
702
00:40:53,939 --> 00:40:57,145
with the phrase,
"I love you Ebola-chan!"
703
00:40:57,713 --> 00:40:59,651
She spread like wildfire,
704
00:40:59,684 --> 00:41:02,757
and a more nefarious intention
was concocted.
705
00:41:03,090 --> 00:41:05,629
The plan was to filter
misinformation
706
00:41:05,663 --> 00:41:07,933
into the afflicted
African countries,
707
00:41:08,167 --> 00:41:10,773
claiming Ebola was created
by Westerners
708
00:41:10,806 --> 00:41:14,112
with the sole purpose of wiping
Africa off the map.
709
00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:17,620
In countries where there are
people already suspicious
710
00:41:17,653 --> 00:41:19,489
of scientific treatment,
711
00:41:19,524 --> 00:41:22,530
this memetic contagion
could have been deadly.
712
00:41:22,863 --> 00:41:24,499
Even though many on the chans
713
00:41:24,534 --> 00:41:26,938
considered her to be
their small success,
714
00:41:27,305 --> 00:41:31,080
the desired outcome of total
and enduring pandemonium
715
00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:33,184
didn't come to fruition.
716
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,756
The forums continued
to try their hand
717
00:41:35,789 --> 00:41:37,258
at internet magic.
718
00:41:37,727 --> 00:41:39,731
So in September 2015,
719
00:41:39,764 --> 00:41:41,801
a user on /pol/ created a post
720
00:41:41,835 --> 00:41:44,841
entitled
"Winter-chan will save us."
721
00:41:45,542 --> 00:41:47,780
The idea was to create
a character
722
00:41:47,813 --> 00:41:48,982
who would be used to summon
723
00:41:49,016 --> 00:41:51,755
an especially harsh winter
throughout Europe.
724
00:41:52,155 --> 00:41:54,894
This winter created by
the Winter-chan
725
00:41:54,927 --> 00:41:58,935
would be painful or fatal for
those fleeing the Middle East.
726
00:41:59,604 --> 00:42:01,908
Soon, the idea
was embellished upon
727
00:42:01,941 --> 00:42:04,914
to include
Nordic runes and sigils
728
00:42:04,947 --> 00:42:08,688
in an effort to attach the meme
to an ancient Norse deity.
729
00:42:08,955 --> 00:42:12,228
Which in turn would increase
the efficacy of the posts.
730
00:42:12,897 --> 00:42:15,134
While the European
winter of 2015
731
00:42:15,168 --> 00:42:18,508
wasn't harsher than any previous
or following winter,
732
00:42:18,809 --> 00:42:22,015
a crucial element from this
trial run was encoded.
733
00:42:22,315 --> 00:42:25,689
The marriage between
memetic image and deity.
734
00:42:25,923 --> 00:42:28,127
The necessary groundwork
had been laid out
735
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,733
for the Kek Wars of 2016.
736
00:42:31,066 --> 00:42:34,072
[dreamy music continues]
737
00:43:12,382 --> 00:43:15,589
[planes roar]
738
00:43:23,003 --> 00:43:25,876
(Bell) She'd been helping out
a lot, and, you know,
739
00:43:25,909 --> 00:43:28,147
she say that
she'd like to call us
740
00:43:28,180 --> 00:43:30,719
"light workers", and...
741
00:43:31,821 --> 00:43:34,359
you know, she believe
we come into her
742
00:43:34,392 --> 00:43:37,365
and she sends us out,
so it's like, when we find her,
743
00:43:37,398 --> 00:43:39,904
we already know
our mission in life.
744
00:43:39,937 --> 00:43:41,674
What we need to do,
and, you know,
745
00:43:41,708 --> 00:43:44,045
- Can we close this?
- Oh yeah.
746
00:43:44,814 --> 00:43:47,318
And so we come to hers,
and like, we already know
747
00:43:48,254 --> 00:43:49,824
what we need to do
748
00:43:50,959 --> 00:43:53,899
to go against the evil
in the world, and
749
00:43:53,932 --> 00:43:57,773
to bring light back into it,
and we just need, you know,
750
00:43:58,842 --> 00:43:59,744
her word, you know,
751
00:43:59,777 --> 00:44:01,981
and let us know
we on the right path, and
752
00:44:02,683 --> 00:44:04,787
we're not alone
753
00:44:04,821 --> 00:44:07,258
in this-- in this whole thing.
754
00:44:07,292 --> 00:44:09,831
Yeah, we're ready to break
this world up.
755
00:44:10,833 --> 00:44:13,939
(Garrigus) Sean attends Carole's
meditation groups regularly,
756
00:44:13,972 --> 00:44:15,909
and is stationed at
Nellis Airforce Base,
757
00:44:15,943 --> 00:44:18,214
right outside of Las Vegas.
758
00:44:18,247 --> 00:44:21,353
He's grown tired and skeptical
of the military agenda,
759
00:44:21,386 --> 00:44:23,792
and isn't afraid to let
people know.
760
00:44:24,894 --> 00:44:26,263
[planes roar]
761
00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:28,835
Uh, I joined the military
when I was 20.
762
00:44:29,269 --> 00:44:32,242
I had a good friend
who talked me into joining.
763
00:44:32,710 --> 00:44:34,412
I've been in the military
for about two and a--
764
00:44:34,446 --> 00:44:36,450
hell, eight and a half
years now.
765
00:44:36,483 --> 00:44:39,891
And it's been
an amazing experience.
766
00:44:40,458 --> 00:44:42,028
I am a...
767
00:44:42,495 --> 00:44:44,199
cybersecurity
768
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,336
professional in the military.
769
00:44:46,370 --> 00:44:50,111
So I just monitor
the Airforce Network,
770
00:44:50,378 --> 00:44:53,985
prevent hacks,
cyber-attacks from happening.
771
00:44:55,354 --> 00:44:58,160
I say Vegas is a great place
to distract, you know,
772
00:44:58,193 --> 00:45:01,199
people with a lot of lies
and things that go on.
773
00:45:02,302 --> 00:45:04,807
Military is the same way, like,
774
00:45:06,109 --> 00:45:09,115
even when you feel like
you're onto something, or
775
00:45:09,149 --> 00:45:12,690
or I'll open up to something,
a big distraction will happen.
776
00:45:12,990 --> 00:45:15,729
Like, we're going to war
with another country, or
777
00:45:19,202 --> 00:45:20,906
maybe another terrorist
attack happened
778
00:45:20,939 --> 00:45:23,277
that we can focus on.
People just get distracted
779
00:45:23,310 --> 00:45:25,348
on just what's going on
around the world.
780
00:45:25,381 --> 00:45:27,418
(Garrigus) And you're not
convinced that these
781
00:45:27,452 --> 00:45:29,991
terrorist attacks are actually
782
00:45:30,024 --> 00:45:31,527
done by terrorists?
- Well, yeah.
783
00:45:31,561 --> 00:45:33,965
I'm not, uh--
So one thing about--
784
00:45:34,232 --> 00:45:37,205
Yes, and no, like, um,
some things--
785
00:45:38,307 --> 00:45:40,244
Like, I don't believe
in terrorism
786
00:45:40,278 --> 00:45:42,816
in regards to people...
787
00:45:43,183 --> 00:45:46,456
strapping bombs to themselves
and blowing things up.
788
00:45:46,925 --> 00:45:48,160
You know, in being
in the military,
789
00:45:48,193 --> 00:45:50,866
we take the oath, you know,
to defend the country,
790
00:45:50,899 --> 00:45:53,872
against all enemies,
foreign and domestic, and
791
00:45:53,905 --> 00:45:57,245
I believe it's also,
like I said, domestic enemy
792
00:45:57,278 --> 00:45:59,316
you know, among us.
793
00:45:59,349 --> 00:46:01,420
People waking up to today,
you know,
794
00:46:02,055 --> 00:46:03,925
what's that sign that say, uh--
795
00:46:04,492 --> 00:46:08,500
85% of the people are deaf,
dumb, and blind.
796
00:46:08,535 --> 00:46:10,171
10% keeping them that way,
797
00:46:10,204 --> 00:46:12,776
and then 5% is trying to
wake everybody up.
798
00:46:13,010 --> 00:46:15,816
So it seems like
that's the way it is these days.
799
00:46:16,517 --> 00:46:17,452
(Garrigus) You're that 5%.
800
00:46:17,485 --> 00:46:20,224
I think I'm part of the 5%,
and I think--
801
00:46:23,130 --> 00:46:25,434
I think people are waking up
by the hundreds of thousands
802
00:46:25,468 --> 00:46:27,506
like, just every day,
like, you know.
803
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,579
Like in the military, and just,
804
00:46:30,612 --> 00:46:32,850
abroad, like, people--
805
00:46:32,883 --> 00:46:35,889
people are in uproar
everywhere around the world.
806
00:46:37,291 --> 00:46:38,962
I believe the world was
waiting on America
807
00:46:38,995 --> 00:46:41,400
to just, you know, to rise up.
808
00:46:48,013 --> 00:46:49,316
(Garrigus on phone) Hello?
809
00:46:50,117 --> 00:46:51,186
(man on phone) Hello.
810
00:46:51,219 --> 00:46:54,326
(Garrigus) Hi! Hey, um...
[dog barks]
811
00:46:54,627 --> 00:46:57,833
Are you okay to film today?
812
00:46:58,434 --> 00:47:01,874
(man) Um, yeah, that's fine.
Yeah, okay, yeah.
813
00:47:02,342 --> 00:47:05,348
(Garrigus) Okay, alright.
Three-- Three PM?
814
00:47:06,183 --> 00:47:09,222
- Yeah, that works. Yeah.
- Okay, I'll see you then.
815
00:47:10,191 --> 00:47:11,527
(man) Okay, goodbye.
816
00:47:47,031 --> 00:47:49,135
[mumbles]
[water splashes]
817
00:48:22,301 --> 00:48:24,406
[ominous music]
818
00:48:25,107 --> 00:48:26,343
Oh what?
819
00:48:27,546 --> 00:48:29,215
Oh, I think she's...
820
00:49:20,585 --> 00:49:23,490
[ringing music]
821
00:49:23,525 --> 00:49:25,227
(Garrigus) The same way
liberal elites
822
00:49:25,261 --> 00:49:27,566
look down on Vegas with disdain,
823
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:29,469
they look down
on the middle class,
824
00:49:29,502 --> 00:49:31,139
blue-collar workers,
825
00:49:31,173 --> 00:49:32,743
Trump voters.
826
00:49:32,776 --> 00:49:36,416
They spit onto and into
their mirror image.
827
00:49:36,751 --> 00:49:40,257
For an accurate representation
is outdated,
828
00:49:40,291 --> 00:49:43,197
Las Vegas isn't
a funhouse mirror.
829
00:49:43,230 --> 00:49:45,034
It doesn't distort reality.
830
00:49:45,067 --> 00:49:47,739
Rather, it inverts
the expectations we have
831
00:49:47,773 --> 00:49:51,581
of our attachment and experience
of an everyday reality.
832
00:49:52,048 --> 00:49:54,118
It mirrors American culture,
833
00:49:54,152 --> 00:49:57,993
and so far, as it reflects
the behaviors of the public.
834
00:49:58,528 --> 00:50:00,765
Looking down on Vegas
with disdain
835
00:50:00,799 --> 00:50:04,172
is a common, accepted,
and encouraged practice.
836
00:50:05,074 --> 00:50:07,111
As a physical
and metaphysical place,
837
00:50:07,144 --> 00:50:08,748
it evokes shame.
838
00:50:08,781 --> 00:50:10,484
But a displaced shame
839
00:50:10,519 --> 00:50:14,359
that is easy to assign
to anyone except yourself.
840
00:50:15,060 --> 00:50:17,733
A place to comfortably
deride and indulge in
841
00:50:17,766 --> 00:50:21,106
state-sanctioned
self-deprecation.
842
00:50:21,139 --> 00:50:24,379
The waste bin produced
alongside the consumptive boom
843
00:50:24,412 --> 00:50:26,416
of the 20th century.
844
00:50:27,184 --> 00:50:30,190
[ringing continues]
845
00:50:30,825 --> 00:50:33,463
People generally
gravitate towards magic
846
00:50:33,497 --> 00:50:36,704
when the society they live in
makes them feel small.
847
00:50:37,104 --> 00:50:38,741
But even if you're denied access
848
00:50:38,775 --> 00:50:40,779
to conventional
sources of power,
849
00:50:40,812 --> 00:50:44,587
you can still exercise power
over your own consciousness.
850
00:50:45,321 --> 00:50:46,757
Magic then becomes
the only option
851
00:50:46,791 --> 00:50:48,293
for those who are:
852
00:50:48,327 --> 00:50:51,834
A. denied any other way
of pursuing their goals,
853
00:50:51,867 --> 00:50:54,439
and B. denied ernest solutions
854
00:50:54,472 --> 00:50:57,111
for their economic
and social woes.
855
00:50:57,378 --> 00:50:59,415
That's not to say
that magic doesn't exist
856
00:50:59,449 --> 00:51:01,386
for the powerful and privileged.
857
00:51:01,419 --> 00:51:02,488
It does.
858
00:51:02,522 --> 00:51:05,562
But in a sanitized
and passive package.
859
00:51:05,595 --> 00:51:08,367
Think: The Secret,
crystal healing,
860
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,404
and mindfullness meditation.
861
00:51:11,273 --> 00:51:14,445
The sort of magic exists
to persuade its practitioners
862
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,717
that nothing can be wrong
with the world
863
00:51:16,751 --> 00:51:19,322
because they're in control
of their own minds.
864
00:51:19,355 --> 00:51:22,128
And that any remaining problems
can be counted on
865
00:51:22,161 --> 00:51:24,165
to disappear in due time,
866
00:51:24,198 --> 00:51:26,403
when the right policies
are implemented,
867
00:51:26,436 --> 00:51:28,841
and the right people
are elected.
868
00:51:28,875 --> 00:51:32,516
It is a tool to help them remain
as comfortable as possible
869
00:51:32,549 --> 00:51:34,352
without the intrusive reality
870
00:51:34,385 --> 00:51:37,124
that a large portion
of the population
871
00:51:37,158 --> 00:51:40,164
doesn't have the same
tools of privilege.
872
00:51:40,699 --> 00:51:44,238
Liberals take their privilege
of education and social status
873
00:51:44,272 --> 00:51:45,809
to then deride those
who don't have
874
00:51:45,842 --> 00:51:47,746
the same ethics or morals.
875
00:51:48,246 --> 00:51:50,384
They attempt to cancel
and silence people
876
00:51:50,417 --> 00:51:54,425
in order to maintain
an illusion of superiority.
877
00:51:54,459 --> 00:51:58,367
Malleable by intent,
like any tool of the mind,
878
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,772
magic can be used
to uphold a system,
879
00:52:00,805 --> 00:52:03,410
or destroy a system.
880
00:52:03,443 --> 00:52:06,784
The pendulum will always swing
between the extremes.
881
00:52:06,817 --> 00:52:09,422
And whichever culture
is forced to go underground
882
00:52:09,455 --> 00:52:12,796
out of fear that they'll be
reprimanded by the mainstream
883
00:52:12,829 --> 00:52:16,537
will experiment with tools
of change at their disposal.
884
00:52:17,305 --> 00:52:18,541
With no one watching,
885
00:52:18,574 --> 00:52:21,614
they're left to experiement
with total abandon.
886
00:52:21,647 --> 00:52:24,887
Because they feel like
they have nothing left to lose.
887
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,924
A society in the face of crisis
888
00:52:26,957 --> 00:52:30,164
experiences a double upsurge
in magic.
889
00:52:30,364 --> 00:52:31,834
Among the excluded
890
00:52:31,867 --> 00:52:33,871
as a way of changing things,
891
00:52:33,905 --> 00:52:35,174
and among the excluders
892
00:52:35,207 --> 00:52:38,614
as a way of hiding from
the need to change things.
893
00:52:41,654 --> 00:52:44,660
[muffled footsteps]
894
00:52:50,270 --> 00:52:51,473
("Marianne") Yeah,
I voted for Hillary
895
00:52:51,507 --> 00:52:54,278
because I wanted the stability
of this--
896
00:52:54,513 --> 00:52:56,784
just this idiosyncratic
897
00:52:57,385 --> 00:53:00,725
desire to pretend like we
know what's gonna happen.
898
00:53:00,759 --> 00:53:03,397
That's not-- it's just not true.
899
00:53:03,798 --> 00:53:05,735
So am I gonna vote for
Trump next? I don't know.
900
00:53:05,769 --> 00:53:08,240
Oh, is there going to be
someone more destructive--
901
00:53:08,273 --> 00:53:10,745
Not destructive, okay.
Disruptive --
902
00:53:10,779 --> 00:53:11,981
than Trump?
903
00:53:12,014 --> 00:53:14,218
If they're will be,
I'll vote for them.
904
00:53:14,252 --> 00:53:16,557
You know, I've been speaking
to some of my friends,
905
00:53:16,590 --> 00:53:18,460
that are not my friends anymore,
906
00:53:18,961 --> 00:53:20,397
because
907
00:53:21,634 --> 00:53:24,673
they just refer to these people
as "people from the internet",
908
00:53:24,707 --> 00:53:28,548
"anon--" just these crazy,
weird people,
909
00:53:28,581 --> 00:53:30,552
but they are the ones
910
00:53:30,585 --> 00:53:33,190
that are moving our society
to where it needs to be.
911
00:53:33,858 --> 00:53:35,327
They're the ones
who look at this,
912
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:36,731
and go "What the fuck?
913
00:53:36,764 --> 00:53:39,368
It has to change.
Things have to change."
914
00:53:39,903 --> 00:53:41,707
You just go through your life.
915
00:53:42,475 --> 00:53:44,513
and you're-- everything's fine,
everything's great.
916
00:53:44,546 --> 00:53:46,015
You do your thing, you go
to college,
917
00:53:46,049 --> 00:53:47,619
you meet your
college sweetheart,
918
00:53:47,652 --> 00:53:49,455
it's so great.
919
00:53:49,489 --> 00:53:51,560
And then--
920
00:53:51,594 --> 00:53:54,265
And then you're constantly
anticipating something.
921
00:53:54,298 --> 00:53:56,436
You're waiting for something
to come through,
922
00:53:56,469 --> 00:53:58,407
and you're waiting for
923
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,614
the society to become
a certain way that--
924
00:54:01,647 --> 00:54:03,918
that we're meant to become,
and it never happens!
925
00:54:03,951 --> 00:54:05,522
It just doesn't happen,
and it doesn't happen
926
00:54:05,555 --> 00:54:07,391
and it doesn't happen,
and things don't change.
927
00:54:07,425 --> 00:54:09,362
People talk about
killing children.
928
00:54:09,395 --> 00:54:11,700
Killing actual babies?
929
00:54:11,734 --> 00:54:14,038
What the fuck?
What the actual fuck?
930
00:54:14,071 --> 00:54:17,546
Like how have we gotten
to this point in our society
931
00:54:17,579 --> 00:54:19,482
where we discuss these things.
932
00:54:20,484 --> 00:54:22,488
It just...
[sighs]
933
00:54:23,390 --> 00:54:25,427
Eventually, you look at
934
00:54:25,461 --> 00:54:26,931
all of this from further away,
935
00:54:26,964 --> 00:54:29,435
and you realize that
the only way
936
00:54:29,469 --> 00:54:32,341
for anything to change
is disruption.
937
00:54:32,374 --> 00:54:34,746
[silence]
938
00:54:35,047 --> 00:54:36,116
(Garrigus) So we never--
939
00:54:36,149 --> 00:54:37,318
we haven't spoken
about politics yet.
940
00:54:37,351 --> 00:54:38,654
Right, okay.
941
00:54:38,688 --> 00:54:41,493
(Garrigus) What's-- where
do you stand politically?
942
00:54:41,527 --> 00:54:43,497
And I also--
I am not of the belief
943
00:54:43,531 --> 00:54:45,000
that we shouldn't talk
about politics or religion
944
00:54:45,033 --> 00:54:47,873
at the table. I think that
it's the reason why--
945
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:51,479
or one of the reasons why
946
00:54:51,814 --> 00:54:55,555
people are unable to actually
engage in,
947
00:54:55,588 --> 00:54:57,424
uh, tense dialogue
948
00:54:57,458 --> 00:54:59,763
without becoming upset
or taking it personally.
949
00:54:59,796 --> 00:55:02,468
Well, the thing about
politics is-- is very easy.
950
00:55:02,501 --> 00:55:04,640
I'm not gonna just agree
with anybody because
951
00:55:04,673 --> 00:55:06,409
they are not in control,
952
00:55:06,442 --> 00:55:08,915
so it doesn't really matter
who is out there, um.
953
00:55:08,948 --> 00:55:12,589
It's-- those that are in
control of the planet are not
954
00:55:12,622 --> 00:55:14,091
our politicians.
955
00:55:14,125 --> 00:55:16,496
The real people
that are in control
956
00:55:16,530 --> 00:55:18,701
are behind the scenes,
and you can't see them,
957
00:55:18,734 --> 00:55:20,505
and they're--
they go way up high.
958
00:55:20,538 --> 00:55:22,074
There's the White Pope.
959
00:55:22,107 --> 00:55:24,378
Then there's the Black Pope,
then there's the Gray Pope.
960
00:55:24,412 --> 00:55:26,650
and then there's the family
[ominous music]
961
00:55:26,684 --> 00:55:29,756
of the people that have actually
created all the religions
962
00:55:29,790 --> 00:55:30,959
on the planet and everything.
963
00:55:30,992 --> 00:55:33,363
But they work with both sides.
964
00:55:33,396 --> 00:55:36,804
According to my sources,
965
00:55:36,837 --> 00:55:40,477
Obama, uh, he actually...
966
00:55:40,945 --> 00:55:43,918
he actually went to Mars with
one of the friends-- one of--
967
00:55:43,951 --> 00:55:46,422
somebody that I interviewed
that was
968
00:55:46,456 --> 00:55:48,761
in the secret space program,
969
00:55:48,794 --> 00:55:51,132
and he time-travels
and everything.
970
00:55:51,165 --> 00:55:54,005
He has time-traveled.
His father was in the CIA,
971
00:55:54,038 --> 00:55:56,376
and he was time-traveling
at age five.
972
00:55:56,409 --> 00:55:57,344
But anyway...
973
00:55:58,213 --> 00:55:59,315
what kind of tea
would you like, darling?
974
00:55:59,348 --> 00:56:01,720
(Garrigus) Do you have anything
non-caffeinated?
975
00:56:01,754 --> 00:56:03,958
Probably.
Let me check things out.
976
00:56:03,991 --> 00:56:05,762
[mumbles]
977
00:56:06,597 --> 00:56:09,603
[wind]
978
00:56:11,139 --> 00:56:13,744
(Garrigus) I had isolated
myself enough.
979
00:56:13,778 --> 00:56:15,414
Magic is magic.
980
00:56:15,447 --> 00:56:18,353
The only difference in outcome
is intention.
981
00:56:19,723 --> 00:56:22,996
All that was left was
to finally meet Kirk in person.
982
00:56:23,029 --> 00:56:26,035
[haunting spirtual music]
983
00:56:38,828 --> 00:56:40,565
(Packwood) I'm a very
underestimated person.
984
00:56:40,598 --> 00:56:42,936
I'm an extraordinarily
underestimated person.
985
00:56:42,969 --> 00:56:46,142
I'm just-- You think,
"Look at me. I'm just some--
986
00:56:46,175 --> 00:56:48,179
dude. I'm just--
987
00:56:48,213 --> 00:56:50,685
perhaps a person whose..."
988
00:56:51,152 --> 00:56:52,856
I don't know.
989
00:56:52,889 --> 00:56:55,795
I don't look special. I may look
a little rundown, or whatever.
990
00:56:55,828 --> 00:56:58,534
and that's because of my health,
and because of...
991
00:56:58,567 --> 00:57:00,103
situations.
Hey, a giant squid.
992
00:57:00,137 --> 00:57:01,707
I love them, um...
993
00:57:01,740 --> 00:57:03,176
We could get a snap of that.
994
00:57:03,844 --> 00:57:04,980
When I say that,
995
00:57:05,013 --> 00:57:07,184
if I were to say something, like
996
00:57:07,217 --> 00:57:08,821
in five years,
997
00:57:08,854 --> 00:57:10,758
if I dedicated myself to it,
998
00:57:11,492 --> 00:57:13,831
I could turn this whole
fucking country upside down
999
00:57:13,864 --> 00:57:16,937
ideologically.
Me and a group of five people.
1000
00:57:16,971 --> 00:57:19,610
I'm dead serious.
I could do that.
1001
00:57:19,977 --> 00:57:21,680
How to put it... um...
1002
00:57:22,214 --> 00:57:24,620
Some people out there
are extraordinarily
1003
00:57:24,653 --> 00:57:25,955
serious about this
sort of stuff.
1004
00:57:25,989 --> 00:57:28,026
We may look unimpressive
on the outside.
1005
00:57:28,059 --> 00:57:30,565
We may be in shitty
economic conditions.
1006
00:57:30,598 --> 00:57:31,767
But, um...
1007
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:35,775
we've already proven you can
transform an entire country
1008
00:57:35,808 --> 00:57:37,612
with a group of twelve people
1009
00:57:37,646 --> 00:57:40,952
focusing on-- just messing
around on the internet.
1010
00:57:40,985 --> 00:57:44,793
And that's because we're not
locked into the, um,
1011
00:57:45,728 --> 00:57:48,199
the-- the traditional ways
of doing things.
1012
00:57:49,670 --> 00:57:51,707
The ways to transform the world
have changed.
1013
00:57:51,740 --> 00:57:53,611
New opportunities have opened.
1014
00:57:53,644 --> 00:57:56,215
Now, my role in it...
1015
00:57:57,686 --> 00:58:00,123
Spirtually, I was the one
who set the framework
1016
00:58:00,157 --> 00:58:02,796
which in--
which this all happened.
1017
00:58:02,829 --> 00:58:04,198
All-- all...
(Garrigus) Which is?
1018
00:58:04,231 --> 00:58:06,135
Is the frog.
- Is the frog.
1019
00:58:06,169 --> 00:58:08,239
Is the frog and the way
it manifested itself.
1020
00:58:08,273 --> 00:58:10,043
- Okay.
- It's not a joke.
1021
00:58:13,316 --> 00:58:16,523
Yeah, sure. We'll try these out.
1022
00:58:16,790 --> 00:58:18,828
Which... you pick.
1023
00:58:18,861 --> 00:58:20,998
I can get 'em for you,
if you want.
1024
00:58:21,032 --> 00:58:23,938
'Cause you've obviously
spent a lot to come up here.
1025
00:58:23,971 --> 00:58:25,842
What do you like? I don't--
- Um...
1026
00:58:25,875 --> 00:58:27,111
Maybe just not the powder,
1027
00:58:27,144 --> 00:58:28,714
'cause I don't want to
get it all over myself.
1028
00:58:28,748 --> 00:58:31,520
- Yeah, yeah. Why don't we get
one of those sprinkles?
1029
00:58:31,553 --> 00:58:33,123
Alright, let's see...
1030
00:58:34,325 --> 00:58:36,496
(Packwood) Society tells me
I'm here.
1031
00:58:37,599 --> 00:58:38,968
I think I'm real smart,
1032
00:58:39,001 --> 00:58:40,137
and that I'm better
than what society says,
1033
00:58:40,170 --> 00:58:41,673
so I think I'm here.
1034
00:58:41,707 --> 00:58:42,909
I'm really here.
1035
00:58:42,942 --> 00:58:45,180
And you can't see that except
1036
00:58:45,213 --> 00:58:47,819
through the expression of
the spirtuality that
1037
00:58:47,852 --> 00:58:50,257
is evident in what happened
in the Kek movement.
1038
00:58:50,290 --> 00:58:51,927
The element of chaos
is important to--
1039
00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:54,933
really important. It's a
necessary part of everything,
1040
00:58:54,966 --> 00:58:56,837
because without it,
you get stagnation.
1041
00:58:56,870 --> 00:58:57,972
It's chaos, like...
1042
00:58:58,006 --> 00:58:59,910
I could do chaos right--
everybody could.
1043
00:58:59,943 --> 00:59:01,647
Which is a stupid example.
1044
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:04,251
Let's say I see some woman
I think is attractive out here.
1045
00:59:04,285 --> 00:59:05,988
Even if I'm not attractive
any more at all,
1046
00:59:06,022 --> 00:59:07,592
'cause I'm immensely
out of shape.
1047
00:59:07,625 --> 00:59:10,631
If I-- I could change the course
of my and her life
1048
00:59:10,665 --> 00:59:13,136
by just approaching her,
saying, "Hi, how's it going?"
1049
00:59:13,169 --> 00:59:14,840
You know, "you look good."
Flirting with her,
1050
00:59:14,873 --> 00:59:15,708
trying to get her to ask out.
1051
00:59:15,742 --> 00:59:17,612
I could break
those social barriers.
1052
00:59:17,645 --> 00:59:19,716
I'm not supposed to approach her
because
1053
00:59:19,750 --> 00:59:21,653
I'm-- look like I do.
1054
00:59:21,687 --> 00:59:24,893
and I'm not like-- I don't have
a ton of money, and I--
1055
00:59:24,926 --> 00:59:26,730
I'm not running a business.
I'm supposed to be able to
1056
00:59:26,764 --> 00:59:28,801
attract-- approach
certain types of women.
1057
00:59:28,834 --> 00:59:30,638
But that's exactly
why I would do it.
1058
00:59:30,671 --> 00:59:33,611
That's why I do it, in my 20s.
It's-- You want to--
1059
00:59:33,644 --> 00:59:35,715
You wanna introduce
this element of chaos
1060
00:59:35,748 --> 00:59:38,153
to break down
social hierarchies.
1061
00:59:38,186 --> 00:59:40,190
[mysterious ringing]
1062
00:59:40,223 --> 00:59:43,798
[driving electronic beat]
1063
00:59:43,998 --> 00:59:46,970
(Garrigus) Inspired by InfoWars
and the likes,
1064
00:59:47,004 --> 00:59:50,177
the fringe theories that
accompanied the 2016 election
1065
00:59:50,210 --> 00:59:52,114
were prolific.
1066
00:59:52,147 --> 00:59:53,984
Some may remember
the many rumors
1067
00:59:54,018 --> 00:59:56,155
filtering in about
the Democratic candidate,
1068
00:59:56,189 --> 00:59:57,859
Hillary Clinton.
1069
00:59:57,892 --> 01:00:00,798
They range from claims
of her reptilian heritage
1070
01:00:00,832 --> 01:00:03,671
to claims that she was hiding
a serious health condition
1071
01:00:03,704 --> 01:00:06,075
from the media and the voters.
1072
01:00:06,109 --> 01:00:10,083
At some point, /pol/ focused
their efforts on a single goal.
1073
01:00:10,117 --> 01:00:12,822
To make Hillary Clinton
collapse in public.
1074
01:00:13,223 --> 01:00:16,630
There's an acronym used
by practicing mages:
1075
01:00:16,663 --> 01:00:18,166
T.S.W.
1076
01:00:18,199 --> 01:00:20,203
This Shit Works.
1077
01:00:20,738 --> 01:00:22,174
Used to describe the moment
1078
01:00:22,207 --> 01:00:25,080
you finally have a first-hand
experience of magic,
1079
01:00:25,113 --> 01:00:27,084
that transcends illusion.
1080
01:00:27,785 --> 01:00:31,325
The moment your intention has
an effect on the material world.
1081
01:00:32,762 --> 01:00:35,735
The chans went through their
own TSW moment
1082
01:00:35,768 --> 01:00:38,106
on September 11th, 2016,
1083
01:00:38,139 --> 01:00:40,410
because three things happened.
1084
01:00:40,443 --> 01:00:42,916
First, Clinton publically
denounced
1085
01:00:42,949 --> 01:00:45,922
Pepe the Frog as a right-wing
hate symbol.
1086
01:00:46,155 --> 01:00:48,259
Then, as she left
the memorial service
1087
01:00:48,293 --> 01:00:50,363
for the World Trade Center
attacks,
1088
01:00:50,397 --> 01:00:52,869
she swayed, almost fell down,
1089
01:00:52,902 --> 01:00:56,042
and had to be hauled
into her SUV.
1090
01:00:56,275 --> 01:00:59,014
The chaos magicians of /pol/
were shocked.
1091
01:00:59,048 --> 01:01:02,421
and had to face the potency
of their collected power.
1092
01:01:02,856 --> 01:01:04,759
Their shit worked.
1093
01:01:04,793 --> 01:01:06,897
Millions of people that
browsed 4chan
1094
01:01:06,930 --> 01:01:08,934
have imbedded the image of Pepe
1095
01:01:08,968 --> 01:01:11,907
with their hatred for Hillary
and the Establishment.
1096
01:01:11,940 --> 01:01:14,713
They wanted a Trump victory.
1097
01:01:15,013 --> 01:01:17,852
And that's exactly
what happened.
1098
01:01:31,980 --> 01:01:35,855
[crowd chants]
We want Trump!
1099
01:01:35,888 --> 01:01:37,992
(Packwood) The thing that
the Right has got going for it,
1100
01:01:38,026 --> 01:01:39,461
in terms of memes,
1101
01:01:39,495 --> 01:01:43,002
is they're like the spearhead,
or the vanguard of this whole...
1102
01:01:43,036 --> 01:01:46,008
the Alt-Right is the vanguard
of this...
1103
01:01:46,910 --> 01:01:49,716
meme magic thing. Now,
the way to explain it--
1104
01:01:49,749 --> 01:01:51,419
Another way to look at it is--
1105
01:01:51,853 --> 01:01:54,759
Let's say we're talking about
all this meme magic stuff
1106
01:01:54,793 --> 01:01:56,229
as information warfare.
1107
01:01:56,964 --> 01:01:58,934
If you look at it from that
theoretical framework,
1108
01:01:58,968 --> 01:02:00,938
(Garrigus) Like, uh... Sci-Ops.
1109
01:02:00,972 --> 01:02:03,176
Yeah, and it definitely is
1110
01:02:03,209 --> 01:02:04,779
partially that.
- Right.
1111
01:02:05,013 --> 01:02:06,750
I mean, it's just propaganda.
1112
01:02:06,783 --> 01:02:07,986
- Yeah, but it's...
- Basically. One side of it.
1113
01:02:08,019 --> 01:02:09,054
Sure.
1114
01:02:09,088 --> 01:02:12,060
But it's the very--
most modern, pinnacle form,
1115
01:02:12,094 --> 01:02:13,429
And that's kinda the point.
It's...
1116
01:02:13,463 --> 01:02:15,935
It's like warfare
in the sense that...
1117
01:02:15,968 --> 01:02:17,739
[calm music]
1118
01:02:17,772 --> 01:02:20,945
You've gotta focus on the new--
new tactics that work
1119
01:02:20,978 --> 01:02:24,886
at-- for a particular time and
a particular circumstance, so...
1120
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:27,892
The reason why the US is able to
project so much military power
1121
01:02:27,926 --> 01:02:29,228
if you don't count things
like nukes,
1122
01:02:29,261 --> 01:02:30,865
is because of air superiority.
1123
01:02:30,898 --> 01:02:33,503
Our entire military doctrine
is based around
1124
01:02:33,537 --> 01:02:36,309
setting up conditions where
you can use that airpower.
1125
01:02:36,342 --> 01:02:38,246
Now if--
1126
01:02:38,279 --> 01:02:40,417
Without that airpower, we're no
different than any other--
1127
01:02:40,450 --> 01:02:43,323
It's not like our ground troops
are superior people
1128
01:02:43,356 --> 01:02:44,726
to the ground troops
they're fighting against.
1129
01:02:44,759 --> 01:02:47,164
The troops they're fighting
against can't even fire back
1130
01:02:47,197 --> 01:02:49,536
because they're getting shot at
by planes that are, like,
1131
01:02:49,569 --> 01:02:50,538
up there.
1132
01:02:50,571 --> 01:02:51,773
You can't even fight.
1133
01:02:51,807 --> 01:02:53,076
It doesn't matter how good
of a soldier you are.
1134
01:02:53,109 --> 01:02:54,278
You're gonna get beat.
1135
01:02:54,311 --> 01:02:57,317
Well, this is what's going on
with memes.
1136
01:02:58,921 --> 01:03:01,827
(Garrigus) I remember the first
Skype call we had,
1137
01:03:01,860 --> 01:03:05,534
and you said, isolation
breeds mutation.
1138
01:03:05,568 --> 01:03:07,437
- Yeah.
- And that was sort of
1139
01:03:07,471 --> 01:03:10,443
your experience in-- in...
1140
01:03:10,477 --> 01:03:13,984
transmitting that--
those experiences
1141
01:03:14,018 --> 01:03:17,290
into this world
that you created.
1142
01:03:17,324 --> 01:03:20,430
Or not even created,
that you tapped into.
1143
01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:23,871
Yeah, and the reason
is because I'm
1144
01:03:23,904 --> 01:03:25,841
not necessarily an outsider
by nature.
1145
01:03:25,875 --> 01:03:29,114
I like to be social
like everybody else.
1146
01:03:29,148 --> 01:03:31,018
But I've kinda been forced
to the edges.
1147
01:03:31,052 --> 01:03:32,822
So when I find people that
1148
01:03:32,855 --> 01:03:34,391
see the world
somewhat the same way,
1149
01:03:34,425 --> 01:03:36,329
it's always a shock to me,
because most of the time,
1150
01:03:36,362 --> 01:03:39,602
people are like,"You're not
really seeing that.
1151
01:03:39,636 --> 01:03:40,838
You're being paranoid.
They don't care about you
1152
01:03:40,871 --> 01:03:41,973
one way or another."
1153
01:03:42,007 --> 01:03:44,278
Well, sure they do. Everybody
cares about everybody.
1154
01:03:44,311 --> 01:03:45,848
Particularly if
you're intelligent.
1155
01:03:45,881 --> 01:03:48,086
I'm judging every single person
1156
01:03:48,286 --> 01:03:49,923
that we walk by.
1157
01:03:50,190 --> 01:03:51,593
Just quickly, you know, but...
1158
01:03:52,127 --> 01:03:55,133
So, and if you're intelligent,
that's what you gotta do.
1159
01:03:55,534 --> 01:03:58,507
[haunting ringing tone]
1160
01:04:03,917 --> 01:04:06,923
[synthy music builds]
1161
01:04:39,254 --> 01:04:41,927
(Packwood) Yesterday I attended
my mom's funeral.
1162
01:04:41,960 --> 01:04:44,164
I've been ideologically opposed
to funerals
1163
01:04:44,198 --> 01:04:45,935
for the last ten years.
1164
01:04:45,968 --> 01:04:47,137
I think what's most important
1165
01:04:47,170 --> 01:04:49,108
is how to treat a person
when they're alive.
1166
01:04:49,141 --> 01:04:50,544
I think it's less important
1167
01:04:50,578 --> 01:04:53,149
how you treat a person
after they've passed.
1168
01:04:53,182 --> 01:04:54,986
However, respect for those
who have passed
1169
01:04:55,019 --> 01:04:56,957
is important as well.
1170
01:04:56,990 --> 01:04:58,994
The death of my mom
was a tough experience
1171
01:04:59,027 --> 01:05:02,167
However, I realize now that it
doesn't really matter so much
1172
01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:03,704
if it was a tough experience
for me.
1173
01:05:03,737 --> 01:05:06,275
I'm being selfish,
even making the claim
1174
01:05:06,308 --> 01:05:08,914
"the death of my mom
was a tough experience."
1175
01:05:08,947 --> 01:05:11,452
The person for whom
the experience was tough
1176
01:05:11,485 --> 01:05:12,855
was my mom.
1177
01:05:12,889 --> 01:05:15,493
There's a lot I could say
about my mom and her passing.
1178
01:05:15,528 --> 01:05:17,330
Most of it, I'm not
going to say.
1179
01:05:17,364 --> 01:05:18,967
Even what I'm going to say
might be
1180
01:05:19,001 --> 01:05:21,038
the wrong course of action.
1181
01:05:21,071 --> 01:05:22,942
Our society and humans,
in general,
1182
01:05:22,975 --> 01:05:24,411
are very unforgiving of weakness
1183
01:05:24,445 --> 01:05:27,250
both at a conscious
and subconscious level.
1184
01:05:27,284 --> 01:05:30,390
By expressing my feelings, I am,
in part, demonstrating
1185
01:05:30,423 --> 01:05:32,494
weakness. Thus, I open myself up
1186
01:05:32,528 --> 01:05:34,231
to potential attacks, just
1187
01:05:34,264 --> 01:05:37,572
by talking about my feelings
and experiences.
1188
01:05:38,507 --> 01:05:44,586
[customers chatter]
[dreamy music builds]
1189
01:05:45,320 --> 01:05:48,159
I only tell my mom's brother
about this, and no one else,
1190
01:05:48,192 --> 01:05:50,396
because this is the sort of
thing I can't even talk about
1191
01:05:50,430 --> 01:05:51,700
with people I know.
1192
01:05:51,733 --> 01:05:54,271
But after my mom passed,
for two days there were--
1193
01:05:54,304 --> 01:05:56,710
there's real
poltergeist activity
1194
01:05:56,743 --> 01:05:59,949
apparent in our residence,
particularly around me.
1195
01:06:00,216 --> 01:06:01,686
It's not the first time
I've noticed
1196
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:04,726
after a hugely charged
emotional experience,
1197
01:06:05,260 --> 01:06:07,665
poltergeist phenomenon
occuring around me.
1198
01:06:07,698 --> 01:06:09,301
I don't know why
it was happening,
1199
01:06:09,334 --> 01:06:11,740
but I think my mom was
trying to communicate with me.
1200
01:06:11,773 --> 01:06:13,744
Because the messes were
happening to me
1201
01:06:13,777 --> 01:06:15,446
and are happening around me,
and as far as I know,
1202
01:06:15,480 --> 01:06:16,716
not anyone else.
1203
01:06:16,750 --> 01:06:18,987
Perhaps she was trying
to tell me she was alright,
1204
01:06:19,021 --> 01:06:22,093
but I'm not really sure
what she was trying to tell me.
1205
01:06:22,127 --> 01:06:23,764
I'm not really sure
what the messages were,
1206
01:06:23,797 --> 01:06:27,070
but I saw the messages,
and that's been kind of a...
1207
01:06:27,103 --> 01:06:29,341
dynamic that's been going on
with most of my life.
1208
01:06:29,374 --> 01:06:33,216
I have these spirtual gifts, but
nobody-- nothing is telling me
1209
01:06:33,249 --> 01:06:36,255
why I have them, or what they're
supposed to be used for.
1210
01:06:38,794 --> 01:06:41,800
(Packwood) They probably have
six or eight good statues
1211
01:06:41,833 --> 01:06:44,037
out there in the rain too,
but, um...
1212
01:06:44,071 --> 01:06:45,406
but they change their stock.
1213
01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:47,512
(Garrigus) Why do you like
the statues?
1214
01:06:48,547 --> 01:06:50,416
(Packwood) Honestly, they've
got spirtual power in them
1215
01:06:50,450 --> 01:06:51,452
at this place,
1216
01:06:51,485 --> 01:06:55,059
and I think it channels
from the plants into the
1217
01:06:55,093 --> 01:06:57,464
statues, and it's also
the arrangements
1218
01:06:57,497 --> 01:07:00,503
Just an artistic arrangement,
if you look at this stuff.
1219
01:07:01,238 --> 01:07:03,342
I think it all combines
1220
01:07:03,844 --> 01:07:05,748
to make that spirtual power.
1221
01:07:06,716 --> 01:07:09,154
It also suggests whoever
owns this place
1222
01:07:09,187 --> 01:07:12,193
probably has some kind
of connection with that.
1223
01:07:12,494 --> 01:07:16,101
And I know that sounds strange,
but it's based on
1224
01:07:16,135 --> 01:07:19,408
genuine observation
over fifteen years.
1225
01:07:20,109 --> 01:07:21,513
So...
1226
01:07:21,546 --> 01:07:23,684
Let's say 30% of everybody
1227
01:07:23,717 --> 01:07:25,554
that uses Kek actually believes
in the magic.
1228
01:07:25,821 --> 01:07:28,059
And there's another 20--50%
1229
01:07:28,092 --> 01:07:29,562
that thinks, "Wow,
that was weird,
1230
01:07:29,596 --> 01:07:31,733
but I really don't believe
in magic."
1231
01:07:32,234 --> 01:07:34,438
And that's because society's
taught them not to believe in it
1232
01:07:34,471 --> 01:07:35,574
But they still saw it.
1233
01:07:35,608 --> 01:07:38,212
That's why they're thinking,
"That was kinda weird."
1234
01:07:38,246 --> 01:07:39,849
And they won't realize that
1235
01:07:39,882 --> 01:07:42,220
it's really real until ten to
fifteen years down the line
1236
01:07:42,254 --> 01:07:43,624
when they deprogram themselves.
1237
01:07:44,458 --> 01:07:47,464
[driving electronic beat]
1238
01:07:48,734 --> 01:07:51,472
(Garrigus) Whether Trump
was running a con all along,
1239
01:07:51,506 --> 01:07:53,644
or has simply been ineffectual,
1240
01:07:53,677 --> 01:07:56,148
more and more people
are starting to conclude
1241
01:07:56,181 --> 01:07:59,187
that the Trump train
has badly derailed.
1242
01:08:00,156 --> 01:08:02,160
Andrew Yang, a long shot
1243
01:08:02,193 --> 01:08:04,364
Democratic candidate
from New York,
1244
01:08:04,732 --> 01:08:07,337
acquired a band
of enthusiastic supporters
1245
01:08:07,370 --> 01:08:09,274
among the internet memelords
1246
01:08:09,308 --> 01:08:10,844
and underground influencers
1247
01:08:10,878 --> 01:08:14,151
that provided fuel
for the Trump candidacy.
1248
01:08:14,184 --> 01:08:16,388
Their support for him
was an anomaly
1249
01:08:16,422 --> 01:08:18,760
because of his
Democratic position.
1250
01:08:19,629 --> 01:08:23,169
But the fact that he mentioned
issues affecting white people,
1251
01:08:23,202 --> 01:08:25,507
was extremely validating to
shunned members
1252
01:08:25,541 --> 01:08:27,110
of the dissident Right
1253
01:08:27,143 --> 01:08:29,616
who want the interests and needs
of white America
1254
01:08:29,649 --> 01:08:31,720
to be addressed.
1255
01:08:32,420 --> 01:08:36,128
In despair, that the chance for
Trump to save the Republic
1256
01:08:36,161 --> 01:08:38,567
from liberal progressiveness
has failed,
1257
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,205
they concluded that
America was dead,
1258
01:08:41,238 --> 01:08:44,411
and therefore should pick
over the carcass.
1259
01:08:44,646 --> 01:08:46,448
We saw memes of Pepe
1260
01:08:46,482 --> 01:08:50,123
being showered with money
by a smiling Andrew Yang.
1261
01:08:50,824 --> 01:08:53,664
Rather than plug the holes
in the sinking ship,
1262
01:08:53,697 --> 01:08:57,170
they lit small fires onboard
to sink it faster.
1263
01:08:58,607 --> 01:09:01,278
The attempts to replicate
the effects of the Kek movement
1264
01:09:01,312 --> 01:09:02,648
with Yang failed.
1265
01:09:02,682 --> 01:09:04,585
By the beginning of 2020,
1266
01:09:04,619 --> 01:09:07,658
meme magic seemed like
it had run its course.
1267
01:09:07,692 --> 01:09:10,698
Any attempts at creating
something like 2016
1268
01:09:10,731 --> 01:09:13,269
seemed facile.
1269
01:09:14,404 --> 01:09:17,377
But what emerged was a monster.
1270
01:09:19,281 --> 01:09:22,722
Kek has re-emerged on the forums
after a long dormancy.
1271
01:09:23,890 --> 01:09:24,926
Hello friends!
1272
01:09:24,959 --> 01:09:27,197
And a special hello
to all the witches out there
1273
01:09:27,230 --> 01:09:30,771
that are doing magical work to
protect protestors and you know,
1274
01:09:31,338 --> 01:09:32,742
hex white supremacy.
1275
01:09:32,775 --> 01:09:35,179
Um, a word of warning.
1276
01:09:35,213 --> 01:09:37,350
So I mentioned in
one of my videos last night
1277
01:09:37,384 --> 01:09:39,454
that you're kidding yourself
if you don't think
1278
01:09:39,488 --> 01:09:42,160
that the other side has people
doing magical work for them.
1279
01:09:42,427 --> 01:09:44,899
I got my ass handed to me
last night.
1280
01:09:44,932 --> 01:09:45,868
So as you can see
1281
01:09:45,901 --> 01:09:47,605
all the candles are burning
pretty well now.
1282
01:09:47,638 --> 01:09:49,709
That doesn't really have
much bearing on the spell,
1283
01:09:49,742 --> 01:09:50,944
but when I did these two...
1284
01:09:50,978 --> 01:09:52,180
This one was for protection,
1285
01:09:52,213 --> 01:09:55,754
and then this one was for a call
for change and road-opening.
1286
01:09:55,788 --> 01:09:57,525
Both of those
when I did the energy release
1287
01:09:57,558 --> 01:09:59,595
and lit the candle,
they landed super well.
1288
01:09:59,829 --> 01:10:01,566
But when I did this one,
1289
01:10:01,599 --> 01:10:04,271
which is the hex
for the guilty parties,
1290
01:10:04,304 --> 01:10:07,477
it was like running headlong
into a brick wall.
1291
01:10:07,511 --> 01:10:08,914
I instantly got slapped
with a migraine,
1292
01:10:08,947 --> 01:10:09,782
and I woke up this morning
1293
01:10:09,816 --> 01:10:11,720
feeling like I'd been
hit by a car.
1294
01:10:11,753 --> 01:10:13,924
Whoever is doing this work
for the other side,
1295
01:10:13,957 --> 01:10:15,894
it is a group of people
that are very powerful,
1296
01:10:15,928 --> 01:10:17,631
practicing magic
that is very old.
1297
01:10:17,665 --> 01:10:18,700
Be careful.
1298
01:10:20,436 --> 01:10:22,942
(Garrigus) What would you
see the future
1299
01:10:22,975 --> 01:10:25,981
application of meme magic being?
1300
01:10:26,816 --> 01:10:28,720
Or evolving into?
1301
01:10:29,822 --> 01:10:31,492
Uh, I kind of...
1302
01:10:31,526 --> 01:10:34,331
in a general, abstract sense
I see it
1303
01:10:34,364 --> 01:10:37,872
eventually evolving into
a situation where you--
1304
01:10:38,740 --> 01:10:41,478
like you see in sci-fi books,
like,
1305
01:10:41,513 --> 01:10:44,384
At some point, there's gonna be
1306
01:10:44,418 --> 01:10:47,424
much more intense forms of
1307
01:10:47,658 --> 01:10:50,931
thought, mind control
coming through propaganda,
1308
01:10:51,432 --> 01:10:54,004
and media transmissive channels.
It's already pretty intense.
1309
01:10:54,605 --> 01:10:57,277
Hey witches. Let's use
white supremacy,
1310
01:10:57,310 --> 01:10:58,613
and police brutality to learn
1311
01:10:58,647 --> 01:11:00,450
a little something
about magic today.
1312
01:11:00,483 --> 01:11:02,555
So you probably see these
numbers and this acronym
1313
01:11:02,588 --> 01:11:03,623
thrown around a lot here
on Tik Tok
1314
01:11:03,657 --> 01:11:04,959
and other social media.
1315
01:11:04,992 --> 01:11:06,696
But have you ever considered
that these are formulas
1316
01:11:06,729 --> 01:11:07,998
for evoking an idea?
1317
01:11:08,399 --> 01:11:09,802
So Trump
1318
01:11:09,836 --> 01:11:11,906
and the government have
their own witches at hand.
1319
01:11:11,940 --> 01:11:15,514
They have their own people
spirtually protecting them.
1320
01:11:15,547 --> 01:11:17,450
Whether it be practitioners,
witches,
1321
01:11:17,484 --> 01:11:19,555
or even a religion
protecting them.
1322
01:11:19,589 --> 01:11:20,958
They have something behind them.
1323
01:11:20,991 --> 01:11:22,995
They're a strong position
of power.
1324
01:11:23,028 --> 01:11:25,601
Of course, they'll have someone
that will protect them.
1325
01:11:26,335 --> 01:11:27,605
(Garrigus) The Left has started
to respond
1326
01:11:27,638 --> 01:11:28,807
to the magicians of the Right,
1327
01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:31,946
and have been using magic
in their own way.
1328
01:11:31,980 --> 01:11:33,884
The manifestation
and representation
1329
01:11:33,917 --> 01:11:35,119
of magic on the Left
1330
01:11:35,153 --> 01:11:38,560
makes sense in the context
of the liberal image.
1331
01:11:38,593 --> 01:11:40,329
Counterculture witches
that adher
1332
01:11:40,363 --> 01:11:42,066
to the same occult aesthetic.
1333
01:11:43,002 --> 01:11:44,972
There is no chaos.
1334
01:11:45,006 --> 01:11:47,778
Witches on the Left have
also gathered online.
1335
01:11:47,812 --> 01:11:49,615
There's a small presence
on the boards
1336
01:11:49,649 --> 01:11:51,986
that meme magic originally
sprung from.
1337
01:11:52,020 --> 01:11:55,026
But mostly we see them
on Instagram and Tik Tok.
1338
01:11:55,694 --> 01:11:58,900
Similar to the attempt in 2016,
following Trump's election,
1339
01:11:59,401 --> 01:12:02,407
and again in 2019
against Brett Kavanaugh,
1340
01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:05,012
The Black Lives Matter protests
gave them another chance
1341
01:12:05,046 --> 01:12:07,518
to hex Trump
and police brutality.
1342
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:12,060
Which they did en masse for a
very concentrated amount of time
1343
01:12:12,695 --> 01:12:14,899
There were candles burned
and a choreographed call
1344
01:12:14,932 --> 01:12:16,936
to protect those
fighting in the streets
1345
01:12:16,970 --> 01:12:20,476
and to bring the perpetrators
into the light of justice.
1346
01:12:20,511 --> 01:12:21,646
[sirens]
1347
01:12:21,679 --> 01:12:23,783
But as soon as those calls
for magic came,
1348
01:12:23,817 --> 01:12:25,419
they soon quickly went.
1349
01:12:26,021 --> 01:12:29,361
As go the short cycles
of outrage online.
1350
01:12:29,394 --> 01:12:31,533
Merely weeks later,
the witches of Tik Tok
1351
01:12:31,566 --> 01:12:34,572
or Witch-Tok, were calling
on each other to hex the moon.
1352
01:12:34,939 --> 01:12:36,743
Once again,
divided and distracted
1353
01:12:36,776 --> 01:12:39,782
by their drive for individuation
within their merlu.
1354
01:12:41,519 --> 01:12:43,389
Without the same level
of detachment
1355
01:12:43,422 --> 01:12:45,627
can the Left be as effective.
1356
01:12:46,529 --> 01:12:49,535
[foreboding music]
[police chatter]
1357
01:12:50,771 --> 01:12:52,808
(Packwood) I can remember
at 26,
1358
01:12:52,841 --> 01:12:55,012
I went through some intense
stuff then,
1359
01:12:55,046 --> 01:12:57,083
and it took a real intense shock
1360
01:12:57,116 --> 01:12:59,387
to really shake me
out of my belief.
1361
01:12:59,421 --> 01:13:01,659
Um, out of my programming,
1362
01:13:01,693 --> 01:13:03,763
as a mainstream person,
to believe in
1363
01:13:03,797 --> 01:13:05,734
the kind of stuff I believe in
now. I mean,
1364
01:13:05,767 --> 01:13:07,470
It would-- took a shock.
1365
01:13:07,503 --> 01:13:09,709
And I'm sure a lot of them
went through
1366
01:13:09,742 --> 01:13:11,713
the same sort of things.
I think on the Right,
1367
01:13:11,746 --> 01:13:13,883
you've got a combination of
people that were drawn to it
1368
01:13:13,917 --> 01:13:16,823
or already real occultists.
1369
01:13:16,856 --> 01:13:20,396
And you've got people who've
experienced enough to know
1370
01:13:20,864 --> 01:13:22,935
that this stuff is real
to some degree.
1371
01:13:24,104 --> 01:13:27,076
It's not very controllable,
but it's pretty real.
1372
01:13:27,477 --> 01:13:29,749
And the Left, I think,
1373
01:13:29,782 --> 01:13:32,988
is starting where the Right
started before.
1374
01:13:33,556 --> 01:13:36,562
[spacy electronic music]
1375
01:13:40,002 --> 01:13:42,040
(Garrigus) 2016 was a shift
in consciousness,
1376
01:13:42,073 --> 01:13:45,079
and now we're seeing
the consequences played out.
1377
01:13:45,514 --> 01:13:47,785
The figurehead is
no longer important.
1378
01:13:48,485 --> 01:13:49,855
What came out of this journey
1379
01:13:49,889 --> 01:13:51,960
was the realization that
the true power laid
1380
01:13:51,993 --> 01:13:53,563
in the collective.
1381
01:13:53,596 --> 01:13:55,834
Though with that power
comes consequences.
1382
01:13:55,867 --> 01:13:59,140
And what we've seen is that
we can't be trusted either.
1383
01:14:03,717 --> 01:14:05,988
You have to have those warriors.
1384
01:14:06,021 --> 01:14:07,958
I feel like I'm a warrior
because
1385
01:14:07,992 --> 01:14:09,562
I'm going to tell people
the truth,
1386
01:14:09,595 --> 01:14:11,699
and I'm gonna go out
and make some changes.
1387
01:14:11,733 --> 01:14:12,935
And I think everyone should.
1388
01:14:12,968 --> 01:14:14,605
Yes, I will meditate.
1389
01:14:14,639 --> 01:14:16,041
Yes, I will send out
love and light.
1390
01:14:16,074 --> 01:14:18,913
But I'm not gonna sit on my butt
and not do anything
1391
01:14:18,947 --> 01:14:20,984
like a lot of
the spirtual people do.
1392
01:14:21,018 --> 01:14:22,921
Any spirtual people
that are listening,
1393
01:14:22,955 --> 01:14:24,992
you have to do something too.
1394
01:14:25,026 --> 01:14:28,132
Yes, improve yourself.
Send out love and light.
1395
01:14:28,165 --> 01:14:30,604
Forgive people.
Work on yourself.
1396
01:14:30,637 --> 01:14:33,710
Um, you know,
imagine a perfect future.
1397
01:14:33,743 --> 01:14:36,683
Um, I always say... I--
1398
01:14:36,716 --> 01:14:38,653
live in a beautiful,
perfect world
1399
01:14:38,687 --> 01:14:40,256
full of abundance, prosperity
1400
01:14:40,289 --> 01:14:42,226
peace, happiness,
love, joy.
1401
01:14:42,260 --> 01:14:43,730
Love, love, love.
1402
01:14:45,634 --> 01:14:48,640
[dreamy electronic music]
1403
01:14:52,213 --> 01:14:54,585
I'll guess I'll, sort of,
put this sort of on.
1404
01:15:08,012 --> 01:15:09,247
This was--
1405
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:10,917
(Nick) It really didn't put me
down that much.
1406
01:15:10,951 --> 01:15:12,755
I'm just like kind of
hurt and annoyed about
1407
01:15:12,788 --> 01:15:14,892
the abruptness of
how this played out.
1408
01:15:20,236 --> 01:15:23,242
[people chatter]
1409
01:15:31,759 --> 01:15:34,765
Let's say, the truth
is at level one.
1410
01:15:35,934 --> 01:15:37,303
I've talked to you at around
1411
01:15:37,336 --> 01:15:39,174
level three,
occasionally dipping--
1412
01:15:39,207 --> 01:15:40,744
rarely dipping into level two.
1413
01:15:40,777 --> 01:15:42,748
I just can't go to level one
with anyone.
1414
01:15:42,781 --> 01:15:45,019
Because if I do, I'm afraid
1415
01:15:45,052 --> 01:15:46,923
you're just not gonna
want to associate with me
1416
01:15:46,956 --> 01:15:48,325
because you're going
to be scared that I'm
1417
01:15:48,358 --> 01:15:51,733
genuinely lunatic, or that--
1418
01:15:51,766 --> 01:15:53,837
You just won't believe it.
You'll think I'm...
1419
01:15:53,870 --> 01:15:55,907
hyping it out, so...
(Garrigus) I believe it.
1420
01:15:56,876 --> 01:15:58,680
Well, it's true.
1421
01:15:58,713 --> 01:16:01,619
and most people,
I won't go below
1422
01:16:01,652 --> 01:16:02,521
level seven.
1423
01:16:02,554 --> 01:16:04,224
- Yeah.
- I've been a level three
1424
01:16:04,257 --> 01:16:05,694
three and two with you, so
1425
01:16:05,727 --> 01:16:08,198
you know more than anybody,
besides me.
1426
01:16:08,232 --> 01:16:10,637
But even with you,
I couldn't go to one.
1427
01:16:10,670 --> 01:16:12,240
I just couldn't do it.
- Right, right, right.
1428
01:16:13,041 --> 01:16:15,881
Um, it's too much, and
- Mhm.
1429
01:16:15,914 --> 01:16:18,720
secrets like this have a very
good way of hiding themselves
1430
01:16:18,753 --> 01:16:20,189
because...
1431
01:16:20,222 --> 01:16:22,226
as you can see how hard
it is for me to talk about it.
1432
01:16:22,260 --> 01:16:23,930
Even with someone
who's willing to listen.
1433
01:16:23,963 --> 01:16:26,067
Even with someone who showed
support and believed in it.
1434
01:16:26,101 --> 01:16:28,138
I still am not doing it.
1435
01:16:28,172 --> 01:16:30,309
Secrets hide themselves.
1436
01:16:30,342 --> 01:16:32,748
I can't talk about it, so
1437
01:16:32,781 --> 01:16:35,219
that's why it stays a secret.
- Right, right.
1438
01:16:35,954 --> 01:16:37,858
- Alright.
- It was good to meet you.
1439
01:16:37,891 --> 01:16:39,895
Have fun in, um,
1440
01:16:39,929 --> 01:16:41,231
Houston?
- Houston, yeah.
1441
01:16:41,264 --> 01:16:43,903
- 70 degrees.
- 70 degrees.
1442
01:16:43,937 --> 01:16:46,141
- I kinda like Texas.
- It'll be nice.
1443
01:16:46,174 --> 01:16:49,280
- Well, see what you think of it
- Yeah, well...
1444
01:16:50,750 --> 01:16:52,286
- I will see you.
- I'll see you.
1445
01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:53,823
- Bye.
- Terrible at goodbyes,
1446
01:16:53,857 --> 01:16:55,292
but goodbye.
[laughs]
1447
01:16:56,896 --> 01:16:59,635
[chill electronic music]
1448
01:16:59,835 --> 01:17:01,371
(Garrigus) By way
of devoted practice,
1449
01:17:01,404 --> 01:17:05,379
Pepe unified and codified a set
of values yet unspoken,
1450
01:17:05,412 --> 01:17:07,751
and has changed the instruments
of influence
1451
01:17:07,784 --> 01:17:10,055
far longer than
its own relevance.
1452
01:17:10,456 --> 01:17:12,059
An influence that
can be harnessed
1453
01:17:12,093 --> 01:17:13,963
by anyone who wishes to.
1454
01:17:14,999 --> 01:17:16,869
What was being learned in 2016
1455
01:17:16,903 --> 01:17:19,073
has now become
standard practice.
1456
01:17:19,809 --> 01:17:21,913
The Kek movement didn't
just produce a meme.
1457
01:17:21,946 --> 01:17:25,286
But a model on how to obtain
power in the online century.
1458
01:17:25,887 --> 01:17:28,192
A model that has proved
infinitely mysterious
1459
01:17:28,225 --> 01:17:29,862
and bountiful.
1460
01:17:30,329 --> 01:17:32,433
There's a force, a magic,
1461
01:17:32,466 --> 01:17:35,807
that is being wielded by
both the Right and Left
1462
01:17:35,841 --> 01:17:38,011
to tip the scales of power.
1463
01:17:38,913 --> 01:17:41,686
The effectiveness of this power
comes down
1464
01:17:41,719 --> 01:17:46,127
to the devotion to a real,
rigorous magical practice.
1465
01:17:48,098 --> 01:17:50,202
You cannot say it isn't real
1466
01:17:50,236 --> 01:17:52,240
or it isn't happening.
1467
01:17:52,273 --> 01:17:53,977
But you can share
that these voices
1468
01:17:54,010 --> 01:17:56,147
are part of
a consensual reality.
1469
01:17:58,887 --> 01:18:01,859
[electronic hum]
1470
01:18:05,232 --> 01:18:07,003
Unfortunately,
1471
01:18:07,771 --> 01:18:10,075
a reality we all have to share.
1472
01:18:10,109 --> 01:18:12,213
[thuds]
1473
01:18:14,117 --> 01:18:17,123
[silence]
1474
01:18:28,312 --> 01:18:32,253
[menacing music]