How Progressivism Took Over Our Stories - Louise Perry...

How Progressivism Took Over Our Stories - Louise Perry (@Louise_m_perry) (full discussion)

Timestamps:
00:00 – Coming up
01:13 – Introduction
01:27 – Progressivism and the Subversion of Fairy Tales
05:56 – How World War II Shaped the Revolutionary Story
08:23 – Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and the Return of the King
12:02 – The “Secret” of the World War II Narrative
14:15 – Hitler as the Symbol of Absolute Evil
18:42 – Why We’re Attracted to Evil Characters
21:00 – Wicked and Making the Villain the Hero
22:56 – Diversity Without Unity
24:10 – How Fairy Tales Balance Opposites
27:42 – What Are Fairy Tales For?
30:50 – Modern Life, Screens, and Alienation From Reality
35:05 – Fairy Tales as the Product of Natural Selection
38:12 – Archetypes and the Trickster
41:33 – Christianity’s Influence on Fairy Tales
43:26 – Christ, Parables, and the Ultimate Story
47:54 – The Other Lesson We Could Have Learned From World War II
52:01 – Hollywood, Mass Media, and Manufactured Stories
55:24 – Returning to the Christian Story
56:00 – Why Did Christianity Lose Its Cultural Power?
59:10 – How Progressivism Borrowed From Christianity
01:01:30 – The Antichrist as a Pattern
01:04:52 – What Conservatives Get Wrong
01:08:44 – The Center, the Margin, and Carnival
01:12:44 – Is Progressivism Self-Destructive?
01:14:08 – Communism, the Family, and Subsidiarity
01:16:30 – Why Memes Became a Right-Wing Weapon
01:20:31 – Why Progressivism Struggles With Archetypes
01:23:18 – What Conservative Storytelling Could Look Like
01:24:39 – Conclusion