EP 030 The Red Carpet Ritual: Occult Symbolism and Symbolic Programming in Hollywood Conspiracy


When Fashion Becomes Symbolic Programming | occult symbolism | historical patterns
Episode Summary
Explore how Hollywood's biggest events use occult symbolism and systematic symbolic programming to influence mass consciousness. This episode dives into coordinated ritualistic imagery seen across red carpets, Grammy performances, and prestigious galas, unveiling how fashion turns into a tool for symbolic manipulation. Discover the deep historical patterns connecting ancient civilizations, secret societies, and modern entertainment, and learn how repeated exposure to these symbols normalizes powerful cultural conditioning. Gain insight into how entertainment serves as a subtle mechanism for mass influence and why recognizing these patterns empowers you to be a conscious consumer of media. Join us as we decode the hidden history behind the red carpet ritual and its impact on culture and perception.
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Key Points
- Coordinated Symbolism: Red appears systematically across Grammy performances, Met Gala appearances, and Super Bowl shows with mathematical precision
- Ritualistic Elements: Horns, masks, wings, claws, gender-bending fashion, and occult-inspired silhouettes appearing simultaneously across different artists
- Historical Patterns: Ancient civilizations, secret societies, Nazi rallies, and Hollywood's early development all used coordinated symbolic communication for mass influence
- Fashion House Coordination: Designers with elite connections creating outfits that carry specific symbolic meanings beyond aesthetic choices
- Normalization Process: Repeated exposure making shocking imagery familiar and acceptable without conscious understanding
- Resistance Networks: Artists refusing symbolic participation, researchers documenting patterns, audiences consuming entertainment consciously
Critical Questions
- Are these artistic coincidences or systematic symbolic programming?
- Why do the same symbols appear across disconnected artists and events?
- How does entertainment serve as a delivery system for symbolic influence?
Notable Quote
"They turned the red carpet into a ritual procession and called it fashion. They embedded systematic symbolic programming in mass consciousness and called it artistic expression. The coordination is too precise to be coincidental."
Call to Action
Become a conscious consumer of entertainment. Recognize that symbols carry meaning and repeated exposure to symbolic content can influence consciousness. The goal isn't paranoia about every symbol, but awareness that entertainment can serve manipulation as well as artistic expression.
red carpet ritual, occult symbolism, Hollywood programming, symbolic coordination, entertainment manipulation, ritualistic imagery, mass consciousness programming, fashion symbolism, ceremonial displays, cultural conditioning
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Beneath the headlines.
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Behind the timelines, there is a
story no one wants you to find.
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Welcome to some unapproved thinking where
forgotten truths, buried patterns, and
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invisible systems rise to the surface.
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You weren't crazy, you were just early.
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Let's begin.
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There's something strange happening on
the biggest stages in entertainment.
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The Grammys, the Met Gala, and
even the Super Bowl halftime shows.
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Everywhere you look, celebrities
appear in outfits that feel less
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like fashion and more like symbols.
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I remember one of the first times I
really actively noticed this pattern.
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It was after seeing a clip of Sam
Smith's Grammy performance head
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to toe red leather dancers with
horns, fire imagery everywhere.
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My wife showed it to me and said, that
doesn't look like a music performance.
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That looks like a ritual.
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And you know what?
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She was right.
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Colors, repeat shapes, repeat.
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Even themes, repeat.
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And when you line them all up across
all the different events, the different
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artists and the different years, it
looks less like coincidence and way
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more like organized choreography.
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Red appears everywhere, full red outfits,
long red capes, half and full masks,
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horns of various shapes and sizes,
boots, and even gowns shaped like flames.
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Oh, remember the girl on fire
in the movie Hunger Games?
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Yeah, you see it in there too.
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You see it at the Grammys, the
Met Gala movies, and even in music
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videos released the same week.
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When millions see the same symbols over
and over, they stop questioning them.
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They stop noticing them.
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And when that happens, once those symbols
blend into entertainment so seamlessly,
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that's when they become part of culture.
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Tonight we ask when the red carpet becomes
a ritual procession disguised as fashion.
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Who's directing the ceremony?
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This is some unapproved thinking.
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Now back to the show.
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We live in an age where every single
image we see is engineered for maximum
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psychological impact, where fashion
becomes messaging, where entertainment
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events reach billions of viewers at
the click of a button simultaneously.
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Then that same event even gets
rebroadcasted on repeat, on demand.
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Where symbols can be embedded in the mass
consciousness through that repetition,
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which was being disguised as creativity.
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I've spent years inside corporate systems
where we'd craft visual narratives for
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brands, watching how easily imagery
could be shaped, coordinated, and made
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to serve interests that had nothing
to do with artistic expression.
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Back then, I thought we were just doing
marketing, trying to get the end user
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to press that ever elusive buy button.
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I didn't realize I was watching the
blueprint for something much bigger.
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The post-digital world has made this
symbolic communication even more powerful
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and more subtle than ever before.
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A single image from the Met
Gala reaches more people than
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a beautifully crafted piece of
medieval religious art has reached.
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In centuries since being created, a
Grammy performance is seen by more
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viewers than viewers that attended all
of the Roman Gladiatorial games combined.
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When the same symbolic themes
appear repeatedly across different
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artists, across different events,
across different years, the question
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isn't whether these symbols exist.
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It's whether their coordinated appearance
represents just an artistic coincidence or
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perhaps signal systematic communication.
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When red carpets become ritual,
processions and award shows become
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ceremonial theater, understanding the
symbolic language becomes essential for
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recognizing what messages are being pushed
and embedded in the mass consciousness,
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all without your awareness or consent.
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Let me walk you through what happens
when you start really seeing and paying
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attention to the symbolic patterns in
all these major entertainment events.
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Because trust me, once you
see it, you can't unsee it.
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Let's start with the color
red, which seems to appear with
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mathematical precision across
major entertainment events.
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Not occasionally, not even
randomly, methodically.
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I've looked back to track this after that.
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Sam Smith performance I mentioned earlier.
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Head to toe red leather with dancers
wearing horns and all that fire imagery.
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But guess what?
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It wasn't just that one performance.
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No, no.
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That very same night.
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At other events, the same
themes kept appearing.
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Doja Cat at the Met Gala was covered
in thousands of red crystals,
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like she was transforming her
entire body into a living symbol.
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But here's what made me
pay even more attention.
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It wasn't just individual appearances.
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Again, the same night, multiple
celebrities appeared in horns,
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masks, wings, claws, and dare I
say, OC cult inspired silhouettes.
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It looked like a ritual
procession dressed up as a fashion
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statement In my humble opinion.
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This level of coordination is far
too precise to just be coincidental.
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Look, I've been in enough of those
corporate marketing meetings to recognize
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coordinated messaging when I see it.
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I do not think this was just
artistic inspiration and expression.
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Nope.
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This was the implementation
of a visual strategy.
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The patterns extend
beyond just single events.
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Many music videos released during
award season echo the same symbolic
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themes as the events themselves.
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Fashion shoots mirror
the ceremonial imagery.
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Social media posts amplify
the symbolic content.
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The repetition creates a multimedia,
symbolic environment that literally
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saturates the mass consciousness.
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The Met Gala provides the clearest example
of systematic symbolic communication.
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The official themes change each year.
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One year it was Heavenly
Bodies Camp, another year,
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then in America another year.
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But the underlying symbolic
patterns seem to remain consistent.
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Regardless of the stated theme, the
same occult inspired imagery appears,
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horns, masks, ritualistic poses,
symbolic colors, and ceremonial
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arrangements of people and items.
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We have all watched this pattern for years
now, consciously or not, the Grammy Awards
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follow the same script Every few years.
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There will be a performance that sparks
huge controversy because the symbolism
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becomes just a bit too obvious to ignore.
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Red robes, crown like horns, fire
imagery, inverted symbols, and
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even ritual style choreography.
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Millions will see it, only a few will
question it, and that allows the symbolic
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content to become normalized through
that repetition and lack of questioning.
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Super Bowl halftime shows
represent one of the most watched
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symbolic events in America.
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These performances tend to consistently
include symbolic wardrobe elements
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that follow very recognizable patterns.
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Red outfits, black outfits, masks,
blindfolds, long cloaks, military
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style arrangements of dancers and
symbolic staging that conveys themes
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of submission or even ascension.
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The show called The Weekends had
a halftime show that featured
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dancers in red jackets and full face
masks that looked like bandages.
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Many folks interpreted the costumes
as a commentary on the cosmetic
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surgery culture while others
saw something a little deeper.
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Pause and picture that for a moment.
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A collective of faceless figures,
perhaps a bit zombified, moving in
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synchronization behind a central star.
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This is symbolism that could
represent conformity, ritual,
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identity, or even controlled personas.
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Then there's Rihanna's performance
that featured her in a red outfit
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contrasted with all the dancers in white.
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This is a classic symbolic pattern
seen in many ceremonial contexts.
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One central figure in power colors,
red in this case, standing above
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those dressed in neutral colors,
representing purity or servitude.
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Okay, so how about the animal symbolism
appearing consistently across events,
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horns, wings, claws, masks shaped like
predators, serpent themes, bird imagery,
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and even the classic goat references.
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These symbols have specific meanings
in various esoteric traditions
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related to power transformation
and spiritual hierarchies.
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Then let's not forget when men
appear in feminine clothing.
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Yeah.
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You know what I'm talking about here?
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Lace, skirts, corsets,
even elaborate gowns.
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This creates yet another layer
of symbolic communication.
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Harry styles, wearing
dresses, Jared Leto and gowns.
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Machine Gun Kelly and corsets Billy Porter
in elaborate dresses with enormous wings.
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These choices reflect
ritualistic themes of identity
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transformation and role reversal.
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For me, the most unsettling aspect
is not any individual symbol.
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It is the level of coordination,
the same themes appearing across
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all those different artists, all the
different events and all different
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media platforms simultaneously.
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The mathematical precision
suggests planning rather than
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spontaneous artistic expression.
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Let's not forget about the fashion
houses who play a crucial role in
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all this symbolic coordination.
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Many have longstanding connections
to wealthy elites who understand
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symbolic communication.
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Designers create outfits that communicate
specific messages through color,
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shape, and those symbolic elements.
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Celebrities wear them because
they're told it's fashion, but the
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imagery carries meanings that extend
far beyond just aesthetic choices.
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When you strip away the brand names
and celebrity personalities, the
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symbolic patterns become unmistakable.
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Given all this, it seems the red
carpet has become a ritual procession
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where symbolic messages are
embedded into the mass consciousness
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through repetition disguised as
entertainment and artistic expression.
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But let's turn our heads back to
the past because this pattern of
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using entertainment and ceremony
for symbolic communication runs
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deeper than most people realize.
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I've spent some time looking at how
those who understood the power of
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symbols have used public spectacles to
embed messages in mass consciousness.
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Ancient civilizations used elaborate
ceremonies and symbolic displays
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to communicate power structures
and spiritual hierarchies.
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Egyptian pharaohs wore specific
colors, symbols, and regalia that
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communicated their divine authority.
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Roman emperors used ceremonial processions
to displace symbolic messages about
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power conquest, and the social order.
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Medieval religious ceremonies
were just sophisticated exercises
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in symbolic communication.
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Every color, every gesture, and
every single ritual element carried
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specific meanings that reinforced
religious and political hierarchies.
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The masses participated in
these symbolic rituals without
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necessarily understanding their true
meaning and deeper significance.
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The royal courts throughout history
have used fashion and ceremony as
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tools of symbolic communication.
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Specific colors were reserved for royalty.
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Certain symbols indicated
rank and allegiance.
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Court ceremonies were carefully
choreographed symbolic displays
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that reinforced power structures
through visual repetition.
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I've studied how secret societies
have always used symbolic
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communication to identify members
and convey hidden meaning.
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Masonic symbols, Rosa Ian imagery and
other esoteric traditions developed
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sophisticated symbolic languages
that could communicate complex
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ideas through visual elements.
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Let's not forget the Nazi regime, who kind
of perfected the use of mass spectacle
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for symbolic and populous programming.
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Their rallies, their parades, and their
ceremonies weren't just political events.
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They were symbolic rituals
designed to embed specific
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messages in mass consciousness.
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Their coordination of symbols, colors,
and ceremonial elements created powerful
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psychological effects on their citizens.
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Even Hollywood's early development
included significant influence
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from people who understood the
intricacies of symbolic communication.
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The studio system, the process of creating
a star and ceremonial events like award
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shows were designed to create symbolic
environments that could influence mass
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consciousness through entertainment.
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The counterculture movements of the
1960s used symbolic communication
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extensively, but their symbols were
often co-opted and redirected by
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commercial interests like hip hop music.
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What perhaps began as authentic
expression, symbolic and otherwise
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became manufactured symbolic content
designed to serve different purposes.
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MTV and the music videos of the 1980s and
1990s began incorporating increasingly
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sophisticated symbolic content artists
like Madonna Prince and Michael
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Jackson used symbolic imagery that
drew from various esoteric traditions.
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Though the meanings and intentions
behind these symbols remained ambiguous.
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The pattern that emerges
from this history is clear.
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Symbolic communication through
public spectacle has always been
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a tool of influence and control.
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The methods have just been
refined over centuries, but
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at their core, the fundamental
principles still remain the same.
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Today's modern entertainment
events represent the perfection
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of this ancient practice today.
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However, the reach is global.
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The repetition is constant, and
the symbolic content is embedded
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in the consciousness through the
pleasure and distraction of the
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very entertainment it presents.
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I think understanding this history
helps explain why contemporary
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entertainment events follow such
consistent symbolic patterns.
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It's not coincidence or
artistic inspiration.
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It's just the ongoing application
of proven methods of symbolic
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influence that have been developed
and refined over millennia.
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Let me show you the recurring mechanisms
of symbolic communication and how they're
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being applied In our modern entertainment
events, the pattern always seems to begin
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with repetition, creating normalization
without our conscious awareness.
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When the same symbols appear repeatedly
across different contexts, they become
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familiar and acceptable without people
understanding their real significance.
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Thus, the red carpet becomes a
delivery system for this symbolic
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content that can literally bypass
our critical thinking color.
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Symbolism also follows consistent patterns
across different events and artists.
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Red represents power,
sacrifice, and transformation
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in various esoteric traditions.
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Black represents authority,
mystery, and hidden knowledge.
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White represents purity, submission,
or spiritual transformation.
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The same color meanings appear
consistently across different
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entertainment contexts.
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I've reviewed this
across dozens of events.
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The precision is remarkable.
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It's not random artistic choice.
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It's systematic implementation
of the symbolic meaning.
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Even animal symbolism carries specific
meanings that appear repeatedly.
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Horns represent power
and spiritual authority.
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Wings represent ascension
and transformation.
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Serpents represent wisdom
and hidden knowledge.
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Predator imagery represents
dominance and control.
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These symbols, again, appear
consistently across different
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artists and different events.
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Next is gender inversion.
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Symbolism appears frequently
in more modern entertainment.
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When male performers wear feminine
clothing or female performers adopt
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masculine imagery, it represents themes
of transformation, role reversal, and the
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dissolution of traditional boundaries.
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This symbolism again appears
across different artists and
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events with remarkable consistency.
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The coordination across different
entertainment platforms suggests
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organized rather than coincidental,
symbolic communication when the same
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symbolic themes appear simultaneously
in award shows, music videos, fashion
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shoots, and social media content, it
indicates planning and coordination
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rather than any one or even a
few independent artistic choices.
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As we have already discussed, the
fashion houses serve as vehicles
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for this symbolic coordination.
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Designers with connections to wealthy
elites create the outfits that carry
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the specific symbolic meanings.
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Then the celebrities wear these designs
because they're presented as high fashion,
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but the symbolic content serves purposes
beyond just their aesthetic expression.
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The timing of symbolic displays
often coincides with significant
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cultural or political moments.
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Major entertainment events featuring
intensive symbolic content frequently
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occur during periods of social
change, political transition,
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or cultural transformation.
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The symbolic programming appears
designed to influence mass
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consciousness during vulnerable moments.
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The most insidious aspect is how symbolic
content gets embedded in consciousness.
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Through pleasure and entertainment,
people absorb symbolic messages
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while enjoying performances,
fashion and celebrity culture.
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The entertainment value provides
cover for the symbolic programming.
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Media amplification ensures that symbolic
content reaches maximum audiences.
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Award show performances
get replayed endlessly.
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Fashion choices get analyzed
and shared across social media.
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The symbolic content gets
distributed far beyond the original
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events through media repetition.
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This pattern also extends into
how questioning symbolic content
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gets dismissed or ridiculed.
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When people notice the coordination
and consistency of these symbolic
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themes, they're told that they're
reading too much into the fashion
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choices or the artistic expressions.
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This very dismissal prevents a deeper
analysis of the systematic symbolic
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communication that is being questioned.
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The most concerning pattern is how
quickly symbolic content becomes
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first normalized and then accepted.
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What would seem quite shocking initially,
like say a few years ago, becomes all
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too familiar through the repetition,
symbolic themes that would have been
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controversial decades ago are now
accepted as normal entertainment content.
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Go ahead and pause for a moment.
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Think about it for my older listeners.
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Would some of these scenes have even been
allowed in the eighties, the seventies,
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or even the love filled sixties?
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That is not too long ago.
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If you really think about it, this
pattern suggests that modern entertainment
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events aren't just spectacles.
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But instead, there are organized
exercises in symbolic programming
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designed to embed specific messages
into the mass consciousness, through
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the repetition disguised as artistic
expression or even as entertainment.
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Of course, as we know, not everyone
in the entertainment industry has
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participated in or even accepted this
organized use of symbolic programming.
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Throughout the industry's history,
artists and observers have actively chosen
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authenticity over symbolic manipulation.
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Some artists have explicitly refused to
participate in symbolic displays despite
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industry pressure and career consequences.
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They understand that their
artistic expression should serve
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their own vision rather than some
others' external symbolic agendas.
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These artists prioritize authentic
creativity over symbolic conformity.
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I've met people in the industry
who've walked away from
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opportunities because they recognize
what was being asked of them.
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They understood that wearing certain
symbols or participating in certain
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ceremonies meant more than fashion,
or just the mere performance, that
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it meant participation in something
they couldn't honestly support.
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Independent researchers have documented
the patterns of symbolic content and
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entertainment events, and have analyzed
their potential meanings and effects.
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Their work provides evidence for
systematic symbolic communication that
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goes beyond coincidental artistic choices.
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Religious and spiritual communities
have maintained awareness of
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symbolic communication and
have developed guidelines for
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evaluating entertainment content.
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They understand that symbols
carry power and meaning that can
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influence consciousness in ways
that bypass rational analysis.
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Some fashion designers have
refused to create symbolic content
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despite commercial pressure.
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They prioritize aesthetic beauty and
authentic expression over symbolic
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messaging that serves interests
beyond their artistic vision.
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Cultural critics have analyzed the
symbolic content in entertainment
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events and have raised questions
about its coordination and purpose.
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Their work faces marginalization,
but provides important analysis
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of how symbolic programming
operates in modern media.
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There are even some celebrities that
have spoken about feeling pressured
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to wear certain symbolic outfits or
participate in particular ceremonial
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displays that made them uncomfortable.
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While few speak publicly about these
experiences, their private accounts
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suggest that symbolic coordination is
more systematic than it appears outwardly.
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But as always, I believe the most
important resistance comes from us as
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the audiences who've learned or are
learning to recognize this symbolic
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programming and who we're choosing
to consume entertainment far more
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consciously rather than just passively.
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We understand that symbols carry
meanings, and that repeated
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exposure to this symbolic content
can influence our consciousness in
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subtle but highly significant ways.
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In these outliers, we can see a
demonstration that participation
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in symbolic programming isn't
inevitable or even necessary for
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one to have artistic success.
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Every artist who chooses authentic
expression, every observer who documents
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symbolic patterns, every audience member
who consumes entertainment consciously
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helps maintain the awareness of how this
symbolic communication actually operates.
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Our resistance to it also reveals
the scope of symbolic programming
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in modern entertainment.
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The fact that conscious resistance is
necessary indicates that systematic
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symbolic communication is occurring
and that it serves interests
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beyond artistic expression alone.
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Okay, so what some of you may
ask, what does this change?
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Well, I believe that understanding how
systematic symbolic programming is woven
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into our entertainment can actively
change how we or you consume media.
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Evaluate artistic expression and
recognize when these symbols are being
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used to influence our consciousness.
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Every major entertainment event becomes an
opportunity to observe symbolic patterns
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rather than just enjoy the performances.
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When you see repeated symbolic themes
across different artists and different
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events at different times, you will start
asking whether these patterns represent
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just simple artistic coincidence or a more
aligned and organized communication even.
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The fashion choices you see will
take on new significance when you
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understand how the symbolic content
gets embedded in our mass consciousness
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through the celebrity culture, the
outfits aren't just aesthetic choices.
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They're vehicles for the symbolic
messages that reach millions of
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viewers daily and simultaneously, the
phrase, it's just fashion will become
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an insufficient explanation for these
methodical, symbolic coordinations.
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Real fashion serves aesthetic expression
and individual creativity, period.
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Symbolic programming serves
external agendas while
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appearing to be artistic choice.
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Award shows and major entertainment
events become recognizable as
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ceremonial displays rather than just
celebrations of our artistic achievement.
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The symbolic content often matters more
than the stated purpose of the events.
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Color symbolism becomes a language
worth understanding when you realize
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how consistently certain colors appear
in entertainment contexts, red, black,
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white, and other colors carry specific
meanings that appear repeatedly
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across different symbolic displays.
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The importance of conscious media
consumption becomes clear when you
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understand how symbolic programming
operates below the threshold of awareness.
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Paying attention to symbolic content
helps you distinguish between
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authentic artistic expression and
systematic symbolic manipulation.
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Pattern recognition becomes more
important than individual symbol
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analysis when the same symbolic
themes appear across multiple
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entertainment platforms simultaneously.
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Recognizing the pattern helps you
understand that you're experiencing
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systematic programming rather than
coincidental artistic choices.
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But most importantly, you begin to
realize that entertainment isn't just
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entertainment anymore, especially
when it carries such deeply rooted
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and structured symbolic content all
designed to influence your consciousness.
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The pleasure and distraction of your
entertainment can provide cover for the
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subtle symbolic programming that serves
interests far beyond the very artistic
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expression you were hoping to enjoy.
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Look, the goal here isn't to stop
enjoying your favorite music artist
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or movie start or entertainment, or
to become paranoid about every symbol.
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The goal here is to get you to
consume entertainment more consciously
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and to get you to understand
that these symbols carry meaning.
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You need to be aware that repeated
exposure to those symbolic meanings
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in the content you consume can and
will influence your consciousness
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in ways you might not recognize if
you aren't actively aware of it.
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So.
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When you understand how symbolic
programming operates through
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entertainment, you can then begin
to make more informed choices about
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what content you choose to allow into
your consciousness and how you can
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protect your mental autonomy from these
systematic attempts to influence you.
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They turned the red carpet into a ritual
procession and called it high fashion.
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They transformed award shows
into ceremonial displays
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and called it entertainment.
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They embedded systematic symbolic
programming into the mass consciousness
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and called it artistic expression.
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We have all watched this coordination
from our bedrooms to our living rooms.
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We have seen how the same techniques
used to create brand recognition got
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scaled up to create symbolic programming.
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The precision isn't accidental.
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Nope.
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It's engineered.
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The same symbols keep appearing across
different artists, different events, and
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even different years with a mathematical
precision read for power and sacrifice.
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Horns for authority and transformation,
masks for identity dissolution, gender
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inversion for boundary destruction.
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The level of coordination we have seen is
far too precise to just be coincidental.
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When millions of people see the
same symbols over and over, they
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simply stop questioning them.
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They stop even noticing.
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And once these symbols blend into
their entertainment, they become part
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of the culture, allowing the symbolic
programming to bypass your critical
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thinking and embed itself directly
into your consciousness through
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the pleasure of your entertainment.
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So as you can see, the MET Gala isn't
just a fashion event, it's a parabolic
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ritual broadcast to global audiences.
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The Grammy Awards aren't just
music celebrations anymore.
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Nope.
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They're ceremonial displays
of metaphoric content.
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That Super Bowl halftime show.
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Yeah.
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It isn't just entertainment anymore.
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It's the most watched, symbolic
programming event in America today.
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They didn't just capture
the entertainment industry.
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They turned it into a delivery system
for their suggestive influence.
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Every red carpet becomes
a ritual procession.
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Every award show becomes
a ceremonial display.
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Every major performance becomes
an opportunity to embed symbolic
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content in the mass consciousness
without question or oversight.
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But here's what they can't
control your awareness for.
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Once you see these elusive
patterns, you can't unsee them.
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Once you understand that entertainment
carries suggestive, symbolic
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programming, you can then choose to
consume it consciously rather than
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just passively being programmed.
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The official story is that celebrities
wear symbolic outfits because they're
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creative and artistic and fashionable.
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The real story is that systematic
symbolic programming is being embedded
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in our mass consciousness through the
entertainment events that reach billions
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of viewers simultaneously and repeatedly.
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The red carpet ritual is happening
whether you recognize it or not.
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The question is, are you going to
participate unconsciously or are
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you going to observe it consciously?
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The symbols are there if
you know how to see them.
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The pattern is there if you
know how to recognize it.
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I think it's time we recognize it and
take back control of our own minds.
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Tracy out
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if this story didn't sit right with you.
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Good.
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You are not here to be comforted.
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You are here to see what others overlook.
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Thanks for exploring
some unapproved thinking.
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Learn more@someunapprovedthinking.com.
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New episodes, drop weekly.
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Subscribe, share, and keep questioning
because the pattern's still playing out.
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And next time we're going deeper.