Book · 1962 · bible
A Clockwork Orange
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I like things that were a little subverse and radical and weird Like Clockwork Orange that kind of stuff.
Robert Greene · This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · May 2024 Listen at 1:54:51 The best things said about it
Ultramaga kind of reminded me of of Clockwork Orange yeah Ultra violence sure I wonder if that was intentional.
Tommy Vietor Pod Save America · May 2022 Where and when it comes up
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is a dystopian novel exploring free will, violence, and the ethics of state-sponsored behavioral modification through its iconic protagonist, Alex. Robert Greene discussed the book on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, identifying it as one of the subversive, radical, and weird literary works that captivated him during his youth. Tim Pool referenced the narrative on Timcast IRL while drawing parallels between real-world proposals for using neural implants to suppress criminal behavior and the controversial conditioning methods depicted in the story. Furthermore, Tommy Vietor brought up the novel on Pod Save America during a conversation about political rhetoric, comparing the phrase ultra-maga to the book's invented slang for extreme brutality. The novel continues to spark vital cultural and political conversations about state control over the human mind, the nature of morality, and whether coerced goodness is truly preferable to the freedom to choose evil. Its enduring legacy lies in its bleak yet dazzling exploration of youthful rebellion, societal decay, and the ultimate cost of eliminating human choice.
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Robert Greene I like things that were a little subverse and radical and weird Like Clockwork Orange that kind of stuff 1
“I like things that were a little subverse and radical and weird Like Clockwork Orange that kind of stuff”
Tim Pool I think it's like A Clockwork Orange 1
“I think it's like A Clockwork Orange”
Tommy Vietor ultramaga kind of reminded me of of Clockwork Orange yeah Ultra violence sure I wonder if that was intentional 1
“ultramaga kind of reminded me of of Clockwork Orange yeah Ultra violence sure I wonder if that was intentional”
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“Like Clockwork Orange”
“Kyle found this BBC um uh documentary on the bomb squads working in Northern Ireland at the time um from 1974 and everything has a real Clockwork Orange look to it”
“- Like from Clockwork Orange. (laughs) - Yeah, yeah. Is that top three Kubrick film for you? - Clockwork Orange, it's pretty good. I mean, it's demented. Jarring, I'd say.”
“that's like out of clockwork orange when they pin the guy's eyes open and they make them watch like horrible stuff that's happened in the world on video”
“this was like your clockwork orange”
“but i watched a bunch of stuff that i couldn't stop watching it's really weird it's like some dystopian like remember in clockwork orange they pinned his eyes open totally it's just like that”
“I mean he he made he made Lolita Doctor Strange Love is an adaptation of a of a novel by Terry Southern Barry lyen Clockwork Orange you know the majority maybe of of Kubrick's features”