ERP #37 - The Holiday Blues, Psychedelic Santa, Anti-capitalist Attitudes

Welcome to Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 37 where I talk about:
- how the Christmas holiday can be tough for people for various reasons
- briefly touching on the loss of loved ones
- job loss & layoffs (executive snakes, exploitation, unions, loyalty, equality, etc.)
- charities that exploit peoples' goodwill
- The Ideal vs The Reality
- anti-capitalist attitudes in a capitalist society (consumerism, commercialism, etc.)
- reasons to love & hate the Christmas holiday
- the real story of Santa Claus and the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom
link: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/flyagaric.shtml
- Ari Aster's horror movies Hereditary and Midsommar

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