"Whoever owns social validation..." Performance addiction and how the masses have become junkies gorging on validation's dopamine stream. How various influencers, including podcasters, have monetized validation in the name of "brand building". Propaganda, validation, dopamine, and Ellul's "conditioned response." How social momentum works: Tony McAleer on Your Undivided Attention. Also, how ideological boldness is a surefire sign of a propagandee.
Listen to "Your Undivided Attention" here: <a href='https://humanetech.com/podcast/'>https://humanetech.com/podcast/</a>
 
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdLR140l--HufeRSAnj91A'>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdLR140l--HufeRSAnj91A</a>
<a href='https://toddzillax.substack.com'>https://toddzillax.substack.com</a>
<a href='https://www.twitch.tv/toddzillax'>https://www.twitch.tv/toddzillax</a>
<a href='http://www.escaping'>https://www.escapingthecave.com/</a>
 
Music by Yellow Pills!  <a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rDvBzvGcNPV3BYZ1n5VdZ'>https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rDvBzvGcNPV3BYZ1n5VdZ</a>

#65 - Conform Or Be Cast Out

A blunt, unsentimental dive into propaganda, ideology, and the contemporary cult of belief.
Host Todd Thompson dissects how both corporate and collectivist power structures manipulate guilt, fear, and identity to keep the herd in line. From Ellul and Chomsky to Didion and Camus, the show fuses political philosophy, field experience, and gallows humor to expose how revolutions become religions, and how “progress” often hides new forms of control.
The X-Pod is an autopsy of the narratives that shape us: digital Marxism, moral theater, and the algorithmic priests of the new faith. Expect philosophy with scars, historical context with teeth, and the rare luxury of an honest sentence.
