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Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or the only way to win. This Exploring the Psyche episode asks a harder question: what does that bargain do to the soul?
In Mythic Mind episode 192, Dr. Andrew Snyder takes up a live Right-wing temptation around redistribution, democratic appetite politics, and seizing power "for our side." He grants the real injustice (vote-buying, short-sighted majorities, a disenfranchised base), steelmans the classical and Lewisian fears about democracy's degeneration and spiritual leveling, then refuses the conclusion that remakes persons into instruments. The court can sentence Socrates. Only Socrates can harm Socrates.
Drawing on Plato and Aristotle, C. S. Lewis, Kierkegaard (and Gregory Beabout), Dostoevsky's Crystal Palace, and Tolkien on the Machine and coerced wills, the talk argues that envy baptized as entitlement, managed security without risk, and power that treats neighbors as tools all shrink the self before God. Freedom requires gratitude, courage, and faithful action. A managed win for any base is still a loss for the person.
Topics include democracy and demagoguery, envy and false entitlement, facticity and possibility, despair and the spiritless crowd, welfare soft slavery, Tolkien's Machine versus sub-creation, and why refusing the smaller victory is the psyche's first win.
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#MythicMind #ExploringThePsyche #Socialism #Kierkegaard #CSLewis #Tolkien #Philosophy #Theology #Psyche
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https://youtu.be/Juoxi8xM5eQ
Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or the only way to win. This Exploring the Psyche episode asks a harder question: what does that bargain do to the soul?
In Mythic Mind episode 192, Dr. Andrew Snyder takes up a live Right-wing temptation around redistribution, democratic appetite politics, and seizing power "for our side." He grants the real injustice (vote-buying, short-sighted majorities, a disenfranchised base), steelmans the classical and Lewisian fears about democracy's degeneration and spiritual leveling, then refuses the conclusion that remakes persons into instruments. The court can sentence Socrates. Only Socrates can harm Socrates.
Drawing on Plato and Aristotle, C. S. Lewis, Kierkegaard (and Gregory Beabout), Dostoevsky's Crystal Palace, and Tolkien on the Machine and coerced wills, the talk argues that envy baptized as entitlement, managed security without risk, and power that treats neighbors as tools all shrink the self before God. Freedom requires gratitude, courage, and faithful action. A managed win for any base is still a loss for the person.
Topics include democracy and demagoguery, envy and false entitlement, facticity and possibility, despair and the spiritless crowd, welfare soft slavery, Tolkien's Machine versus sub-creation, and why refusing the smaller victory is the psyche's first win.
Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:
https://mythicmindfellowship.com
Fellows receive Academy courses (including The Psychology of Søren Kierkegaard: Life in Anxiety and Despair, beginning the week of October 4), Inkwell essays, and the fuller life of the community. Since the fall season began, podcast downloads have nearly doubled. Membership is the deeper layer of the work you hear here.
Listen to and watch Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows
#MythicMind #ExploringThePsyche #Socialism #Kierkegaard #CSLewis #Tolkien #Philosophy #Theology #Psyche
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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[This episode is best as video. Watch at https://youtu.be/tFrz6G_Avg4.Starting at the beginning of August, we will begin transitioning away from Patreon to our new home at http://www.mythicmindfellowship.com! This is an exciting new chapter that will facilitate deeper fellowship, more opportunities…
Between podcasts with professionals in the field, discussions of philosophy, film, and video games, Inkwell articles, a course on Kierkegaard, and more, Mythic Mind will be "Exploring the Psyche" this fall!Join the Fellowship or otherwise keep up with us at mythicmindfellowship.comBecome a supporte…
C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength is a profound, still very underread story that provides penetrating insights into the growing forces of dehumanization that drive much of our culture.In 2025, the B.B.C produced an audio drama adaptation. Here is my review.To get access to all Inkwell readings, be…
Here are some quick updates about what is happening with Mythic Mind this month.If you are not already a Fellow or Companion and you would like access to Mythic Mind Academy and Readings from the Inkwell, go to https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership/Watch the video for this episode on YouTube…
In this episode, I discuss our upcoming Fellowship-wide seasonal theme and share a reading from the Inkwell.If you are not already a Fellow or Companion and you would like regular access to Readings from the Inkwell, go to https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership/Watch the video for this episode…
မသက်ဆိုင်ကြောင်းရှင်းလင်းချက်: ဤစာမျက်နှာပေါ်တွင် ထည့်သွင်းထားသော ပေါ့တ်ကာစ်နှင့် အနုပညာလက်ရာများသည် ၎င်း၏ပိုင်ရှင်၏ပိုင်ဆိုင်မှုဖြစ်သည့် Andrew Snyder မှဖြစ်ပြီး Listen Notes, Inc နှင့် ဆက်နွှယ်ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ထောက်ခံထားခြင်းမရှိပါ။
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