<p>I discuss Ari Aster's "Midsommar" and despair.  In this sense it is, in a Hannah Arendt understanding, political despair.  That means that human beings do not have the ability to minimize suffering.  I rage against the idea that "life is suffering" and that human beings do not have the power to minimize suffering and bring about healing.  </p>

I discuss Ari Aster's "Midsommar" and despair. In this sense it is, in a Hannah Arendt understanding, political despair. That means that human beings do not have the ability to minimize suffering. I rage against the idea that "life is suffering" and that human beings do not have the power to minimize suffering and bring about healing.

<p>I discuss Ari Aster's "Midsommar" and despair. &nbsp;In this sense it is, in a Hannah Arendt understanding, political despair. &nbsp;That means that human beings do not have the ability to minimize suffering. &nbsp;I rage against the idea that "life is suffering" and that human beings do not have the power to minimize suffering and bring about healing. &nbsp;</p>

S2 E4: Midsommar and Despair

This is the Trace.  Here you will hear conversations with a wide variety of guests about religion, politics, movies, music, and more.  We get into the personal and the political here so beware; all of those things that we are told not to talk about are on the table here. Who is it that doesn't want us talking about sex, politics, class, and religion anyways?  Here we will talk openly about all of those topics and more.  I am Andrew Hackett.  Welcome to The Trace.

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This is the Trace. Here you will hear conversations with a wide variety of guests about religion, politics, movies, music, and more. We get into the personal and the political here so beware; all of those things that we are told not to talk about are on the table here. Who is it that doesn't want us talking about sex, politics, class, and religion anyways? Here we will talk openly about all of those topics and more. I am Andrew Hackett. Welcome to The Trace.

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