We Are Their Rats In A Cage…If We Allow It ~Epi-020

We are rats in a cage…if we allow it.

Today’s episode is about learning to recognize and step back from narratives that pit us against an “other”. I will go over how to identify them, what the real purpose of such a narrative is (HINT – it ain’t in your best interest!), and, most importantly, how to take right action amidst the engineered conflict that would have you spend your life energy on things that don’t better your life.

We’re going to start by talking about “shock-induced aggression” in rats – and some of the very important findings that shed some light on what we’ve been living though in recent times, especially in the last three years during the manufactured CoVID scare. We’ll cover what Mass Formation is and the conditions required for it to emerge at scale in a population; 1) isolation and poor social bonds, 2) reason and sense-making in short supply, 3) free-floating anxiety (a “fear” climate), and 4) rage (anger directed at an “other”).

Then we’ll talk about what we should be doing instead of squaring off against the “other”, and that is focusing our energy on things we can control and influence (i.e. things that are much closer to home than anything the TV says you should be outraged about) that are generative – meaning they compound in their ability to help us live a high quality of life.

Show Resources

• Rats In A Cage – Peak Prosperity
• Rat Study 1971
• Rat Study 1964
• Rat Study Diagram
• Influence of Supine Posture on Rat Aggression
• Influence of Isolation on Rat Aggression
• Mattias Desmet interview w/ Chris Martenson

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Music by Alex Grohl

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