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What if modernity's original sin isn't colonialism or slavery, but something earlier and deeper—the looting of the Catholic Church? In this episode, I explore E. Michael Jones's claim that the Dissolution of Monasteries was a "looting operation" that financed the birth of capitalism, and I read it through René Girard's theory of the founding sacrifice: the idea that civilizations are built on blood they can't acknowledge. From Cain's murder of Abel to Romulus killing Remus to Brutus stabbing Caesar, the pattern repeats—and I argue that the Protestant destruction of Medieval Christendom fits the template exactly. The result is modern man: triumphant, progressive, moralizing, and haunted by a guilt he cannot name or confess. Nietzsche saw it: "God is dead, and we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us?"

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Dr. E. Michael Jones discusses how usury transforms economy and culture: conflict of usury and labor, the historical transition from feudalism to capitalism, sexual liberation and usury, and the psychology of usury. We discuss the denial of limit in the sexual and economic realms. Transition from feudalism to capitalism in the British Isles: dissolution of monasteries and the capitalist science and ideology that followed in the wake. The impact of usury today on inflation and education. And more.

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Marx promised workers had nothing to lose but their chains. But what if the real chains aren't economic—they're mimetic? In this final installment of The Anti-Manifesto, I lay out what revolution could never accomplish: a genuine escape from the tyranny of capital. Not by seizing the means of production, but by understanding that capital itself is generated by our converging desires—and that walking away is the one move the system can't counter. From the Ten Commandments read in reverse to the sadomasochistic logic of usury, from stumbling blocks that ensnare the innocent to the ascetic wisdom that breaks the spell, this is the counter-prescription to every manifesto ever written. You have nothing to lose but your idols.

The final, fifth part of a five-part series.

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Dr. E Michael Jones returns to Boreas Podcast to recount his personal history investigating and writing on the Medjugorje apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a history summarized in his 1998 book "The Medjugorje Deception: Queen of Peace, Ethnic Cleansing, and Ruined Lives." Dr. Jones communicated with highest-level representatives of US goverment and the Catholic Church during his investigative work. Our discussion touches on the suspect spirituality of the phenomena and morality of the individuals involved in promoting them to thousands of pilgrims over the decades, and on their connection to regional, global, and church politics and controversies.

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Marx titled his magnum opus Das Kapital, yet he completely botched what capital actually is. Here's the real definition: capital is the power to influence the behavior of others—and it's generated not by factories or machinery but by converging desires. The moment two people want the same fish, that fish becomes capital. If Elon Musk survives nuclear apocalypse alone in a bunker with mountains of gold and machines, his capital is exactly zero—because capital exists in relationships, not objects. This is why Marx, the ultimate "supply guy," couldn't see that the dainty lady shopping for dresses and the factory owner exploiting workers are caught in the same mimetic web. In this episode, I argue that capital has existed "since the monkeys," that both capitalists and communists worship the same materialist idol, and that the real escape isn't revolution or free markets—it's walking away from the fascination entirely.

Part 4 in a 5-part series.

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Marx got feudalism wrong. Medieval knights weren't cunning exploiters hoarding the means of production—they were sacrificial figures whose privilege was justified by their willingness to die in battle. In this episode, I trace the strange transition from sacred warfare to sacred shopping, revealing how European aristocrats literally traded away their power for diamond buckles (Adam Smith's words, not mine). What emerges is a picture Marx couldn't see: capitalism and communism aren't opposites but rival cults worshipping the same materialist idol through different rituals. The real story isn't class struggle—it's Christianity slowly weaning Western civilization off the violent sacred of war toward the (somewhat) less bloody sacred of economic competition. And the communists? They responded to this progress by lunging backward into the most archaic form of resolution: mob formation, scapegoating, and blood sacrifice on an industrial scale.

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In this conversation, Dr. E. Michael Jones and discuss themes from his book The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit, including the role of Christianity in shaping revolutionary movements. We explore points of the historical context of modern revolutionary rebellion. Dr. Jones contrasts righteous rebellion with sedition, critiques the impact of usury in modern society, and addresses the scapegoating of Jews. The discussion also touches on conspiracy theories, the end of the Third Republic (a concept Dr. Jones applies to the USA), and Hegel's philosophy, culminating in a reflection on faith and works in Christianity.

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Karl Marx wrote how the bourgoisie feishized commodities—but what if he was blind to his own deeper fetish? In this episode, I argue that Marx only went halfway: he scorned capitalist markets while remaining utterly entranced by the altar of production itself. His enchantment was of the archaic or violent-sacred kind, and so it lead to archaic mobilization, persecution, and aesthetics.

Part 2 of a 5-part series.

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Communism was an archaic way of dealing with and worshipping materialism, a chief ideology of 19th century and modern times. In this episode, I look at the text of The Communist Manifesto, the famous originary pamphlet of communist revolutions, and explain why it contains the elements of a hypnotic spell. If communism is an archaic religion, texts like the Communist Manifesto are its ritual incantations. All rituals end in a sacrificial act. In this case, it's the immolation of the "bourgeoisie" and victory of the "proleteriat."

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Continuing on the previous episode with the review of Stephen C. Meyer's book Return of God Hypothesis. This one goes over the impossible odds of assembling proteins or DNA to either begin or evolve life. Then, it goes over the digital or symbolic nature of information that encodes life and explains why natural laws in their ontological essence cannot produce such information. We distinguish orderliness of the type produced by natural laws with that produced by functional design seen in written language, computer code, or DNA code. We explain why the inference of intelligent design is the obvious conclusion arising from strictest standards of logic. This inference was the norm for the great founders of modern science, so why is it no longer the norm with us?

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