This episode of Strange Attractors rips open the curtain on the unsettling reality of societal sacrifice, daring to ask: what if our deepest connections are being weaponized, and who truly pays the price for "progress"?

Prepare for a mind-bending journey as we revive Barbara Ehrenreich's provocative Blood Rites, suggesting ancient sacrifices weren't just ritual—they were a desperate response to humanity as prey.

Then, buckle up as this historical lens snaps onto our present, revealing how social reproduction theory exposes the invisible, feminized labor keeping capitalism afloat as a modern-day blood offering. But the rabbit hole goes deeper: are current political policies, from the Georgia Guidestones' chilling population control agenda to the Rockefeller legacy of eugenics, merely the latest iteration of this age-old, insidious practice?

Finally, the episode plunges into the disorienting world of simulacra, where we're sacrificing our well-being for manufactured needs, and offers Deleuze's concept of becoming as a possible escape from these fixed, sacrificial traps. This isn't just a podcast—it's a wake-up call to the hidden costs of our civilization.

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