About this episode

Isaac Simpson discusses the implications of Spencer Pratt's election loss and critiques the media's portrayal of his situation.

On the timeline this week, I was DESTROYED Spencer Pratt and EVISCERATED by Christopher Rufo. This implicates by response (above) to Spencer Pratt’s recent 9 minute video describing what happened in his election loss (below): Several people have asked me to address this question, and what I meant by my comments, so I expand in the video above. My position is basically that Spencer is being turned into the character from the Daniel Kaluuya character in the all-time great Black Mirror episode Fifteen Million Merits . He’s a slave who competes in a American Idol type competition, but it so fed up with him oppression that he threatens to slit his throat on stage. His protest is turned into its own media property, in which the regime capitalizes on his simulated and controlled voicing of grievances. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Isaac Simpson

Topics covered

• politics
• media critique
• election commentary
• cultural analysis
• societal issues

Keywords

• Spencer Pratt
• Christopher Rufo
• Curtis Yarvin
• Fifteen Million Merits
• media critique
• election loss
• cultural commentary

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Books & works: Fifteen Million Merits

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