The Shift Episode 116: Dialogue and Democracy with Joe Atwill

In this episode of The Shift, host Doug McKenty discusses the long history of cultural and social manipulations in favor of upper-class interests with author and activist Joe Atwill. Joe's first book, "Caesar's Messiah”, details the possibility that much of modern Christianity actually began as a form of Roman propaganda designed to neutralize Jewish messianic revolutionary movements. His later work describes how this penchant for social control has evolved into the modern-day through psychological operations influencing such major cultural events as the "archaic revival" of the 1960's. This conversation includes an overview of this long lineage of social control, applies it to current events, then posits critical thinking and Socratic dialogue as the path toward liberation. Find out more about the work of Joe Atwill at www.caesarsmessiah.com. Read "Manufacturing the Deadhead" at https://postflaviana.org/manufacturing-deadhead/. Find Joe's previous interview on The Shift here: https://theshiftnow.com/the-shift-episode-10-joe-atwill/ As always, find hours of free content, sign up for the newsletter, or subscribe for feature-length episodes of the show at www.theshiftnow.com Please consider making a one-time donation to help make The Shift happen: https://bit.ly/3nlIIQl