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The major difference seems to be, that ritual magic is more focussed on the inside of the users, while progressiv neoliberalism in most examples leads to expressing yourself as some kind of brand to the outside world. It is pretty much about presenting the world an idea about yourself via social media, in applications and so on. But this is not necessarly contradictional to the ideas of ritual magic. | The major difference seems to be, that ritual magic is more focussed on the inside of the users, while progressiv neoliberalism in most examples leads to expressing yourself as some kind of brand to the outside world. It is pretty much about presenting the world an idea about yourself via social media, in applications and so on. But this is not necessarly contradictional to the ideas of ritual magic. | ||
https://julienhimself.com/about/ | |||
Julien Blanc seems to be the perfect example of an individual between both ideas. He is advertising self improvement through meditation, using is own scandalous story as a pick up story to present himself as reformed, by staging the manifest evidence for his businees model. | Julien Blanc seems to be the perfect example of an individual between both ideas. He is advertising self improvement through meditation, using is own scandalous story as a pick up story to present himself as reformed, by staging the manifest evidence for his businees model. | ||
He also is very much a metaphora for capitalism itself – change is only giving in to, when no other way of growth seems possible. He pulled back from the public after he got critisized for his appearences as a pick up artists. Then he changed is business model, but there is hints that he barely changed; just the way global capitalism reacts to contemporary critisism by environmental activists, feminists and minorities, but does not its basic modus operandi. | He also is very much a metaphora for capitalism itself – change is only giving in to, when no other way of growth seems possible. He pulled back from the public after he got critisized for his appearences as a pick up artists. Then he changed is business model, but there is hints that he barely changed; just the way global capitalism reacts to contemporary critisism by environmental activists, feminists and minorities, but does not its basic modus operandi. | ||