Introduction
Recap of previous episodes on the mimetic desire.
Rene Girard's model of scapegoating.
2:33 How do we prevent mimetic desire?
One way to solve mimetic desire and scapegoating.
The dispute plan to prevent future luxury.
4:42 What do you do after the revolution?
Government ineptitude and bureaucracy is what the people actually want.
What to do after the revolution, or after the orgy.
The French army became the first to create a dedicated camouflage unit.
Art as an artificial art.
8:54 Fiction is artifice that becomes truth.
Imitation is natural to man from childhood.
Art is the lie that makes us realize truth.
11:17 Three ways to hide; camouflage in nature, military and politics.
The three main purposes of camouflage.
Three ways to hide camouflage via nature.
Blending or hiding in nature, military and politicians.
Blending in politics.
16:02 Dazzle Camouflage.
Dazzle in the animal kingdom.
Trump is a dazzler like AOC.
18:53 Dissembling and dazzle.
The third type of camouflage, obfuscation, is dissembling and dazzling simultaneously.
Obscure and dazzle.
21:28 Mimicry of the actor.
Mimicking a skunk to endear yourself with someone unlike you.
Mimicry and mimicry.
The pantomime of the mime, mimicry of the mimic.
Art vs art.
26:15 Camo as a symbol of confusion.
The role of camo in the city.
How camo has evolved in the modern world.
28:40 Turning camouflage into a threat.
The reversal of utility in camo and dazzle.
A densely packed spiral of signals and motivations.
30:44 Simulating media into the real.
The seduction by aesthetics and ideology.
Camo as a tactic for minimal distance