Part 2 -- Paine Goes to War w/ the Phony Religious Grifters who Monetize Jesus; Plus Open Phones & More
Thomas Paine Podcast
mike moore
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Uh, we, um, not only the depiction of class struggle and human suffering that asks whether the true revolution comes from, uh, changing the world or changing you. |
| 0:16.5 | That's one fucking thing. |
| 0:18.5 | But the fact. |
| 0:20.9 | And like I said, I have no idea why this popped into my head. |
| 0:24.5 | It's like, it's crazy. |
| 0:26.2 | It's madness on its own. |
| 0:28.5 | The entire premise, |
| 0:30.5 | this is a play performed by inmates of a French asylum, right? |
| 0:39.3 | The play is a play inside of a play, |
| 0:42.7 | dramatizing assassination of a revolution's radical figure, right? |
| 0:50.3 | And there's an aristocratic audience watching? |
| 0:57.0 | What does that sound like? |
| 0:59.1 | The elites, the haves, right? |
| 1:01.8 | They're watching the have-nots. |
| 1:03.1 | Oh, we're so entertained by the have-nots. |
| 1:06.4 | Oh, did you see that lunatic? |
| 1:09.4 | Right? |
| 1:12.7 | The play within a play format allows for social commentary. |
| 1:16.4 | That's like social media. |
| 1:20.0 | Aristocratic audience is watching and the inner performance marked by inmates' |
| 1:25.0 | is increasing agitation. |
| 1:26.5 | That's us. |
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