This is more easily seen in politics - connect with dissatisfaction and you can get elected, you don't have to address the issue once elected, mission accomplished. And I say this as someone who enjoys politics. It's simply monumentally easier/more fun to raise hell and express that sentiment by supporting an election - much more work/not fun to get elected people to do something.

I haven't finished watching it, about 11 minutes in - interesting discussion. I would say that there's some truth to this, but I don't see it the same way. The problem with statements ( bp ) like capitalism -> unacceptable income disparity -> pop culture quashes revolution is the subtext that it's by design. Our increase in our standard of living can account for that just as easily. Freedom of speech can as well ( we can freely see we all disagree - revolution requires cohesion to flame ). Plenty of "poor" kids in this country wearing brand new $1,000 shoes. Which came first - the demand for popular culture or the design/selling of popular culture. We're going to see all kinds of patterns in complex connected systems for which modern democracies have grown up to be. Patterns can be organic, circumstantial or simply perceived falsely - conspiracy is a common conclusion of the those "interested" but not interested enough to round out their research.

Anyways - I'm going to finish it and spend more time on my thinking, just wanted to jot this down so I don't forget my first impressions. It's good stuff, I'm not being "critical", just adding to the conversation that many observations on our culture/reality have some truth and interesting insights, but none seem to capture the whole picture - maybe because we honestly don't agree, honestly can't see the same things and the complexity of life is simply too much for any one "capture" to be accurate - and even if/when someone does "speak truth", change makes it harder still ( what's true today may not be tomorrow ). I think it would be a more powerful presentation without judgement ( don't use words like bleak, etc ).

Even if it's all true - maybe worth it to have a life with decreasing civil violence, stability, time for family, etc. I would happily throw all of this in the trash for time with my family, etc.

EDIT: aaah, now that I've finished it ( stupid of me to comment before doing so ), it's end point is excellent - the catharsis of watching social justice stymieing social justice. that is pretty good.

Apologies for being unkind, but His Dark Materials is a weird fucking show.

Yes, I love this stuff. I don't always have the time to read if life sweeps me away, but I have been able to check out most of what's posted here.

I could see all of the above in a Non-dualist sense, where Awareness is the juxtaposition "between" and "around" Form and Formlessness...

That might be closest to how I think of things...

Interesting - can you describe or give examples of what you're saying? Like "what" is formlessness.

So we don't know where thoughts come from. What is your best guess? Select "You" if you think you ever, even just once in your lifetime, create your own thought(s).

I clicked on the link ... don't understand it, what's the deal?