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@Catherine_Dana

6 ай бұрын

*Kubrick's wild genius envisioned this global insidious patriarchally driven imbued with lustful toxic masculinity archetype of psychological sadomasochism encircling & squaring group think or worse mass hysteria driven like formation, collective prejudices, automatic trance & ideological psychosis then possibly lethal quite dumb founded blind obedience to neofascistic pseudo intellectual prideful evil chauvinistic faux authorities...*

@aWomanFreed

6 ай бұрын

Can’t we just attend Tavistock directly

@TheGritherr

4 ай бұрын

You seem "giddy" about all of this, you wouldn't have a touch of sociopathy would you?

*Kafka once said, “I was ashamed of myself when I realized that life was a costume party, and I attended with my real face...“*

@intellectually_lazy

6 ай бұрын

you ever hear that real famous part of the bhagavad gita? sometimes the real face is even scarier

@amanofnoreputation2164

6 ай бұрын

"You, sir, should unmask." "Indeed?" "Indeed it's time. We all have laid aside disguise but you." "I wear no mask." "No mask? No mask!" -- _The King in Yellow,_ Act 1, Scene 2

@qwerty975

6 ай бұрын

​@@amanofnoreputation2164Yellow King mentioned lessgo

@janparadowski4894

6 ай бұрын

This vaguely connects with his fondness for Dostoevsky, especially The Idiot.

@JayTX.

5 ай бұрын

" Y'all are playing for money I'm playing for real , playing for keeps " - Manson

just imagine being reasonable, moral, respectful, honor based, and having to deal with clown world....

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Luckily I am completely unreasonable, so I don't have to worry about such things

@freakinccdevilleiv380

6 ай бұрын

Maddening

@ericringer597

6 ай бұрын

I mean I already do.

@veryhuman7472

6 ай бұрын

​@@unsolicitedadvice9198figures, you're a gen Z (?) making Kafka videos. that's no insult btw

@Diamond-vp9je

6 ай бұрын

Life

"When madmen rule the world, the sane will be called crazy."

@fanboy1148

4 ай бұрын

It's terrifying that this is now reflecting our world, becoming more and more true over the years.

@seankelly8906

3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of that song Alright by Breaking Benjamin, (good song otherwise, but this bothers me intensely) which seemingly mplies wise men are weak, just wondering, not even doing anything good. I prefer to be like Owen during one of the dreams in Maniac, a tough guy who is also smart. (Technically there's a difference between smart and wise, but also wise here)

I suffer from an anxiety disorder and OCD, and honestly living with a constant feeling of dread, fearing that something terrible is going to happen, and the constant worry that people are judging you or keeping things from you… is just very accurate.

It seems like it could also be interpreted as a metaphor for the absurdity of the human condition, i.e. that we’re all sentenced to death and we don’t know when or why

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

It definitely could! I think it is a very sensible reading of the novel to see it this way

@seankelly8906

3 ай бұрын

Nah, people actually do this to each other. Well, at least to me specifically. And Tiktokers tell me I'm not special, so then it should be experienced by others. Tho I know they haven't experienced anything close to what I have even if it was slightly similar conceptually

@nicolasdelaforge7420

Ай бұрын

It seems to me that the human mind is absurd. Existing in an unintelligible universe. But when you love someone singularly, the mind is good enough a thing to have come into existence. You can even die and it's OK. Seek only love.

Most people may be too wrapped up in their own lives to notice and pass judgement, but enough are interested/obsessed with passing judgement even just by their not-so-subtle gaze to keep us in a Kafkaesque teetering between the threat of mild neuroticism and the abyss of madness. Some of us certainly succumb....

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Yes I know what you mean, it’s the ubiquity of casual judgement that can slowly eat away at us

I definitely feel like a prisoner to “the gaze of the other” imagined criticism makes me so paranoid and it’s the root cause of my social anxiety. I miss being carefree but in times of constant surveillance I feel like I can’t be myself without being judged or ridiculed by others.

@iloveeggs75

6 ай бұрын

"hell is other people"

@julianwarren__

3 ай бұрын

Makes me act even more autistic

@seankelly8906

3 ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely my man. Frankly tho I really doubt you experience it as much as I do, but either way it's bad

@seankelly8906

3 ай бұрын

​@@iloveeggs75only if all/most are bad. Or all/most interacting with you are

@iloveeggs75

3 ай бұрын

It's from Sartre's "No Exit." Look into it.@@seankelly8906

I think that the majority of people develope a sense of learned helplessness and you can pick it up from your own family dynamics, school, job market and whatever system surrounding you. Most of us who don't like the system believe we can't change it and live in a quiet desperation hopeless. It's not we don't want to change the world but how doing it and finding no way possible.

@alena-qu9vj

4 ай бұрын

So long untill we realize that the one thing we can and should change is US, not the world. And then we realize that the (mirror) word changes with us.

Sometimes, I break the rules because the listed consequences are minor. Then I find out, the punishment is completely made up on the whim of some authoritarian that didn't read their own rule book!

I really hope your channel blows up one day. You’re very well-spoken, concise, and very good at discussing the topic at hand in regards of the story, the lesson, and on top of all that, making it interesting! Keep it up!!

@bazhumke4040

6 ай бұрын

honestly can't believe it hasn't already blown up except that people prefer nonsense to intellectual content ig

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! And I’ll certainly keep posting :)

@zah936

6 ай бұрын

I think it's already growing fast. Look at the number of videos. Most channels don't get this many subscribers after just this many videos.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Haha! I don't think I am particularly intellectual, but I do promise that I am both "some random guy" and have read the books

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

That’s okay! It just sounds like you are sick of the format. I try to give applications through much of my videos and it may not come across that well. As in all things it is a careful balance. Ultimately you strike me as someone who is passionate about these ideas - and I can’t help but have great respect for that :)

Kafka, Camus and Dostoyevsky are some of my favourite authors.

@nicolasdelaforge7420

Ай бұрын

In The Stranger it is not that the world is absurd: it is only unintelligible. It is the human mind that is absurd.

@NotInMYName_AntiZionistJew

Ай бұрын

💯 Those authors have influenced me more than any other. Kafka’s The Trial is like my bible. 😂

@brettjohnson6374

24 күн бұрын

All 3 in my top 10 most influential

i never would have read half the things you've covered on this channel, thank u for exposing me to this stuff i love this shit 🙏

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! That’s very kind of you to say and I am really glad you are enjoying the videos. I’ll hopefully have one on some Kierkegaard next

@VaporwaveMusic1998

6 ай бұрын

damn gigasus is here, quite great

@sulm9370

6 ай бұрын

Didn’t expect to see you here 😳

I must read this book. From what you described here it’s basically everything I’ve gone through in going deaf and dealing with hearing aid companies that just want to make money. What I’ve been through. I can relate to everything you’re describing about this book. This is the way it feels to me.

@LittleKitty22

6 ай бұрын

I know, I'm disabled too. I get treated as if I were mentally retarded, confused, violent and all sorts since becoming disabled. I'm physically disabled (a rare movement disorder) - not mentally!

Kafka’s stories always resonate strongly with me, and the story of his own life too. It's pity that he died so young. Again sometime the world doesn't make sense, especially the world of mine, all the time.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

He has one of the most potent expositions of confusion, frustration, and bewilderment I have ever read

@LittleKitty22

6 ай бұрын

He was only 24 when he died! He had incredible talent.

There is one key feature in Kafka's story that is missing. All this is preventable, or more soothing to the person afflicted by the injustice, if the surrounding people would have intervened, lessened the sentence, etc. pp. Life may be a one way trip between birth and death but in between we got people and being truly lonely throughout this journey is the most horrifying terror of it all.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

An excellent point! I’m hoping to touch more on this aspect of Kafka’s philosophy in my video on Metamorphosis

@seankelly8906

3 ай бұрын

Well exactly, but that's the point of it. It wouldn't even happen without them; they're the ones doing it! You don't seem to understand

@centocerez

Ай бұрын

Actually the point I've got is the opposite. It's said at a point in the novel that the trial is going bad BECAUSE he's relying too much on outside help.

@serijas737

Ай бұрын

@@centocerez When it comes to society you are in some way always dependant on others & their influence over you. There are degrees. Nobody is truly "independent." Example: In medieval times, if you were a christian who lives in a muslim society you'd be prompted to convert to Islam and if you didn't, you'd be killed. If you do not make yourself dependent on that society by submitting to their norms of "a person has to be muslim to exist" you are not allowed to exist and therefore you are technically self-terminating through the acts of others. Your belief is your life, therefore you are dependent on your belief. Your belief however is also making others dependent on it, too Through these dependencies, society has a certain standard to go by "muslims help each other out especially in situations like X." This is a core(-belief) dependency. Another example would be a societal dependency through social or justice systems, for example backdrop help in case of unemployment trying to get you back into the job market. This is an outside help you technically rely on because those systems are usually enforced or mandatory to work with in the case of unemployment. In these varying degrees you're able to "play around" with your options as part of a member of a society. In the trial's case - even if you are not relying on their help, you are judged and lose the case anyway. Your dependency is overwritten by the rule of others over you through establishments of violence and force. Society is indifferent towards case-to-case situations.

@rossgopicotrain4042

11 күн бұрын

@@serijas737 last point: shades of Foucault's idea of, 'Knowledge & Power' (aka, biopolitics) me believes!

I read "The Last Messiah" earlier today for the first time, and it made me feel uneasy and anxious for the rest of the day. Your video helped me calm down, thank you!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! And I always have a comedy book on hand for when I am done with Kafka otherwise I spend the whole day incredibly jittery

Thank you so much for making this video. I finished reading The Trial three days ago, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. This was such a wonderfully terrifying exploration into the world of Joseph K. Excellent analysis!

You made this point in the video, but kafkas theme of the absurdity of bureaucracy really hit home with me. K's dealings with the legal system are disturbingly close to those that i have had with my employer, government, and even peers in social settings. When things become overly systematized, such as the proliferation of formulaic social interactions ("lovely weather today"), it dehumanizes those involved. I think it's our evolutionary hardware as pack animals, and our aversion to using judgement as it is mentally (and therefore metabolically) taxing. Great video btw you're a natural.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed

You put into words and state literature proof to all the ideas I always think about society. Thanks man. Sometimes I do feel crazy. People look at me crazy for looking at dead bearded men that wrote books about philosophying and society.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m really glad you enjoy the videos

@intellectually_lazy

6 ай бұрын

the only crazy thing about that is to think you gotta be any of those things to philosophize. come join the conversation. it's free (in theory, not here, we all paid something, even if not directly in money, to be online)

Beautifully put mate. Going through a tough time at the moment and this helped me realise that I can only control my responses to absurd ways people act.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed

I've never read this book but always wanted to . Your commentary was excellent. Thanks for making my day.

8:05 Thank you for clarifying there is more to it than mentioned, it helps knowing there is more to it than what we have just heard don't know if I was able to explain it well enough but thank you. also thanks for sharing such books, their authors and your thoughts on them it truly helps better oneself as well as understanding things.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I am glad you are enjoying the videos! Ah yeah I like to put those disclaimers there because sometimes these ideas can be oversimplified. Like Sartre's idea of "The Other" is sometimes told as "Sartre hates people" which is not quite right. But at the same time, it can be helpful to draw upon the parts of his philosophy that deal with our friction with others. I am just keen not to misinform anyone (though I am sure I will certainly end up making some mistakes as time goes on, and no doubt have made many already)

@hemantjain2387

6 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 You are absolutely right, love you and thank you for putting in the effort and not mislead people with vague, oversimplified or unnecessary and misleading superlative degrees just for views. While I agree that there might be mistakes sometimes, I am truly Glad to have found your channel where you bring out what is likely the author or philosopher might be trying to convey but don't force it as an absolute truth and leave more room for imagination and growth with your words all while conveying the message that you found and the writer probably intended. Thanks again.

That was really intense dude. Thanks for the video man.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I have been told before I am a little bit full-on

Excellent video! I finished the book yesterday and needed to listen some opinions and ideas of it. Kafka was a really tormented and blue lad. Remarkable novel!

The world isnt difficult to understand. Its insane. Psychotic people wormed their way into power, people either play along for "benefits", survival, or entertainment. We are all meant to pretend everything is in a good state as they slowly prepare to weed out dissent.

Thanks for the video. I REALLY needed it.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed ❤

I needed this right now, thank you.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed 💯/💯

Potent speech as always!

Incredible video, some valuable, helpful insight. Thank you!

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed

Such an interesting concept, thanks for making this video

Дякую, дуже детальний та цікавий розбір! Thank you!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I’m glad you liked it

Amazing. Thanks for the lessons. This is so relatable

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed ❤❤❤❤❤

WOW. You explain things so well. Thanks for the video.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed 💯/💯

Thank God I found your channel🖤👌👌,,,,you're too good at explaining

Love this channel. Commenting to boost you in algorithm so others too can learn.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed 💯/💯

You offer a brilliant analysis and excellent entertainment. Kudos!

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed 💯/💯

Listening u just one of the best time of my day ❤ amazing insight of the novel

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed 💯/💯

Gold mine of a channel here, I was here before you hit 1 million

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Maybe one day

I am not an english native and u made me understand the book better than some spanish channels. I love your perspestive, thank u for this video!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind of you to say

Kafka eerily has reflected my life back to me in several books. Even in my dreams I have learned helplessness. I try to resist OCD and when I give into compulsions, I fear that I am not even the master of my own house. It is me continually refusing to give in to it that gives me a feeling of freedom. It is paradoxical because compulsions are trying to do the opposite, but with the illusion that if something small is controlled by that compulsion, anxiety will go away, finally feeling like we are not helpless. I suppose it is basically the myth of Sisyphus . But I can’t imagine him being happy, it is mere copium

You're remarks are quite thought provoking and makes me see the book from a new perspective ! Great video mate. I think this book describes how most of the people live their lives including me in a constant fear of judgements which are not based on rationality but sometimes pure emotion which is quite frustrating but is a reality which we must accept and forgive/let go as we do to a child saying things about others where he knows nothing about the other. Salvation sometimes sure seems like a lie and the pursue of it is meaningless but sure teaches you something I believe.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it! One of my favourite things about Kafka is how everyone takes something slightly different from it, but it is still cohesive enough to form a general direction

Near the end of my Master's Degree in Education, I began noticing several of the things my lecturers were doing did not make sense. So, innocently, I questioned them, and was promptly expelled. Not really sure why. All of the feedback I got was paradoxical. One Supervisor said I was the best Teacher they'd ever seen. Another said I was the worst. My family sued the university. During the trial, a representative of the education department claimed there was a super secret report detailing all the terrible things I'd done over the course of the Degree. When we asked to see it, the representative told the judge we could not, otherwise the report wouldnt be super secret anymore. We won the court case. And I promptly quit the industry immediately after. I read a lot of Kafka in this period. Nothing made sense. Still doesn't. Lol. Great video.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Blimey! That truly is “Kafkaesque”. I hope things have got better now

@DJTS1991

6 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 I now work for a Mining Company as a videographer. They send me underground to film the workers for marketing material. The only thing more boring than laborious mine work is watching others do it through the lens of a camera. How I got here from Education, I'm unsure.

Thank you for this

I completely agree. Well done, I enjoyed it.

Its been traveling 22 years to get here, and now its here, and its either heads or tails. And you have to call it

Using this to learn for my finals in Germany, thank you for the greeat content!

Amazing video as always

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I’m so happy young ppl are learning rather than living mindlessly. That’s the only hope our future has

@Jsmoove8k

6 ай бұрын

The american dream is the biggest brainwashing illusion ever, actively made people think there is only one true system to believe in

this is SO AMAZING

Very good video. As a person with Aspberger's Syndrome/autism 1:1, some of these things are applicable to me, while others are not. I do not seek the approval of others, but because I genuinely attract attention for "weird" things I do (like stimming by looking intently at my hands, my cap &c, rubbing my thumb and forefinger over an over on the underground &c.) and when people because of this start staring and laughing, I find their reactions embarrassing. I dress in a 1940s hat and trenchcoat, and this draws attention, and because I didn't crave attention to begin with and only dressed thus for myself, I find it taxing. The world of the Trial as you describe it I have come to realise just during the last couple of days is to a great extent how the world functions on an individual level (and not societal, which in my opinion can be described largely through historical materialism). I have made my piece with it and this has set me free (I am financially somewhat independent, and this has definitely helped). In D&D terms it can perhaps be described as a move from lawful good to chaotic good. I realised I don't have to care (for most reasons) what people think about me. The universe is erratic and people are fickle anyway, and for me as a person with Aspberger's Syndrome/autism 1:1 to try to figure out future scenarios and outcomes and then worry about them is utterly futile.

@alena-qu9vj

4 ай бұрын

Respect. This is the right way: "I have made my piece with it and this has set me free..". This is the answer to all the selfimposed prisons. The freedom is ALWAYS inside us, not out there. But for most people it is more easy to blame everything outside than to try to change themselves.

Great video!

Loved all the Kafka i read... peering into reality from a different perspective

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

He has a really unique mind

Thanks for saving me from hundreds of pages of boredom.

OMG This is perfect, I just finished reading this book and desperately needed a summary cause about halfway through the book it just felt like word vomit and i couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

Amazing video as usual

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you liked it!

My favorite novel of all time. I carry a copy of it in my backpack. Someone must have traduced Joseph K…

Thanks for the video!! Regards from Ásgeir in Iceland.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!

This is the first time I've ever commented on a KZread video. Perhaps due to some of stuff you've laid out ? Anyway, Thanks for the unsolicited advice. Truely inspiring work.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Awesome channel man

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you. I don't feel so alone now.

Subscribed! Excellent stuff.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Simply brilliant

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I just love your videos. You’re so well versed in your research thus your conclusions are insightful and introspective. You explain things clearly and concisely and the videos themselves are a perfect length. Top man

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! That’s very kind

you should do a crime and punishment video sometime-- maybe an analysis on svidrigailov's POV section? i'd be stoked to see that sort of thing from you

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

It is on the cards! I am struggling to do it justice in my current scripts

Thank you for creating these videos. You are truly smart. This is the first time I've ever said this to anyone on the internet.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! That’s very kind!

that was great i really needed this thank you 🖤

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I am really glad you enjoyed it

@emmasnow2335

6 ай бұрын

:)

great video

wow, this came when it was needed. this is my current life. i was cruising along and then had 3 notable back-to-back life changing experiences, not positive. it’s turned me into a creature of neurosis. like joseph k, a blind appeal for a sense of justice and even rationality has become consuming. it swallowed me whole and the more i try to get out from under my problems, the more problems this obsession for understanding causes. all of my usual coping strategies were failing. i am falling behind far worse than if i’d just let go of it without letting go of hope. i have always loved reading, especially things that challenge my own thoughts about life, and this title was a siren call in its relatability, and it is what is helping me realize that now (that acceptance is the only form of freedom i have.) facing my death today sir, and you are the reason. thank you for piloting me towards the best possible outcome just doing something you enjoy. 🫡

“We can end up in a situation at least SLIGHTLY better than Joseph K.” 😂😂👍

@tarico4436

6 ай бұрын

They harness such a positive outlook, then expect more production out of you. Go git 'em, Tiger!

00:00 🤖 Franz Kafka's "The Trial" highlights the absurdity of life and the disconcerting feeling of being in situations that don't make sense. 01:26 🛡 Kafka's novel explores the idea that disasters can strike suddenly, and obsessing over them can be more painful than the actual events. 04:42 💼 Albert Camus' philosophy, like Kafka's, encourages acceptance of life's inherent meaninglessness and embracing the absurdity. 05:53 🤔 The trial illustrates the arbitrary nature of people's decisions, often driven by emotional impulses rather than reason. 08:00 👁 Kafka's portrayal of constant observation and judgment reflects the human tendency to feel like others are always watching. 11:01 😞 Helplessness, a feeling of lack of control, is a significant predictor of depression, and Kafka's protagonist, Joseph K, illustrates the despair it can cause. 13:46 🌟 Acceptance of aspects of life beyond our control and seizing control where possible can help improve our outlook and well-being

I think that's one of the most important videos i watched , thank you for this summary!!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind!

You are going places. I wish more of your courage for me and the people in my life.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate the kindness. Although I am sure you are far more courageous than I am

I read at least two collections of Kafka's short stories, and decades later still find myself musing on "The Great Wall of China" and "The Starving Artist" and others from those collections. Read "The Trial" and was of course amazed, floored, blown away, stuff. But then tried to read "The Castle" and found that it was soooooo similar to "The Trial" that I got halfway through and stopped, never to return. It was like reading "The Trial" all over again, and I know: I'm in effect repeating myself. But that's what he did. So, do you get my point? Anyway, here's my question. Tell me you've read all of both, then tell me why I should return to "The Castle" and read it all. (Most of us started with "Metamorphosis," myself included.)

@LittleKitty22

6 ай бұрын

I wonder if the scripts for The Trial and The Castle got mixed up after his untimely passing. Apparently they found a lot of his scripts all over the place. The Trial was unfinished by the way, hence the strange ending. Maybe The Castle is the end? It's very similar indeed, I read The Castle many years ago, nearly forgot about it. Both are very dark but describe the modern world accurately.

@tarico4436

6 ай бұрын

@@LittleKitty22 I read all of "The Trial" and half of "The Castle" over 20 years ago. From what I recall they were different enough in how the plot unfolded that neither could be the other's sequel. I have also heard that "The Trial" was unfinished, but SPOILER ALERT if having the main character be executed is not a logical place to end, then I don't know what would be. What do we need, like a denouement? Anyway, thanks loads for responding.

I wonder what Kafka would make of today's society?

There's a very strange but beautiful book: The master and Margarita ❤

Good lesson

Great work on this channel. You're very good and still a young man. May I ask a question? Is anything of this sort operating in Kafka: "I assumed that my innocence was obvious when I reported a crime of abuse to the police. The police did not believe me. The abuser had gaslit the police. The police thus stated that I had lied to the police and had disturbed them for no reason. They charged me. Though I was innocent, I was now guilty. First, I experienced shock and disbelief: I had turned to the authorities whom I trusted for help and protection. That protection had now been withdrawn. The reality of who I was vanished. I was someone else. This imaginary person was me. But it wasn't; it was maddening. I fought to restore my innocence - my being - but it was not possible. Everyone believed the authorities, not me. I never thought that something so perverse could happen to me. I realized that there was nothing I could do to make people see the truth, it was all tied up in the dominant narrative (that of the policed society). The lie was the truth as far as society is concerned. Had I not gone to the police, I would have fared much better, merely being abused. I became alienated from society. I began to fear it; I began to fear going out lest someone see me, recognize me, and accuse me. When I did go out, I looked in every direction to see if it was safe. I became physically ill. I expected to be approached and accused at every moment. I looked to the front door of my house expecting authorities to arrive and arrest me. Or that I might have missed my summons. I await my trial." Are not some people guilty a priori or historically? Are we not all of us potentially guilty a priori?

I read this as a teenager and thought. Yup, it be like that. It made me not stress about authority for some reason.

K’s experience is similar to that of people with paranoid disorders. I worked for several years with chronically mentally ill adults and saw a lot of this way of experiencing the world.

In my opinion, and after reading around 200 novels, I can say that the trial is the most genius thing the human mind has created.

Just finished reading it. As someone who suffered from depression and anxiety (thankfully I'm getting better) to me it's clear this novel is about any struggle someone faces in life. The priest parable "Before the law" is the key of the whole novel. It's up to us to either face problems by our own strenght or learn to live with them. Either way is our only chance to aspire to the good in life. K doesn't and actually worsen his position though the novel, in the end getting killed like a dog for not having learned nothin.

All I think about when someone says “The Trial” is “TEAR DOWN THE WALL”

Our life is just like the trial . I fell like our consciousness has been imprisoned in our body without any explanation or any crime we have comitted .

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The situation about always feeling the gaze of the other sounds a lot like schizophrenia symptoms, so there may be a lot of people actually living like this.

I simply love this channel

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6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

it reminds me of the episode of harleyquin with bains hole prison thing .... verry good just what i needed

Sounds like an allegory for coming to terms with your own mortality.

I kinda got an extra lesson from this on top of the stuff you described. People have there own lives separate from you there constantly thinking or doing something and nothing ever remains the same even if said changes are small eventually someone due to experiences they've had will make a decision you wouldn't have expected with internal logic yiu aren't privy to and despite looking like a status quo everyday is a day devoid of order its all random.

Hello, Can you make a video about a guide to philosophy? 😅 I really want to learn about philosophy and you're really good at explainning this thing. ❤

as someone who bases my lifestyle and thought processes off the logic of certify experimentation, I would take a third route and simply not fear the unknown while constantly trying to understand why I wouldn't get it in normal circumstances. Humanity can't naturally see the surfaces of other planets or stars, but science has changed that, there's a reassurance in how experimentation with the unknown can bridge gaps between possibility and reality.

You don't just let yourself obsess; it happens. No way to stop it either, at least while the trial continues

7:48 Wouldn’t that be absolutely hilarious? A display of total and utter contempt for the humans watching. 😂

I like this video, I like your delivery. I am autistic, though, I dont necessarily think that my actions aren't well perceived. If I do something and then question why I did it I can most usually come up with an answer for my actions. However my outlook of others is definitely closer to a bad play or a caricature of how people actually are. They never think they act like this, but this is how they present themselves as viewed in The Trial, at least from my perspective.

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That’s such an interesting perspective! It is not often that people identify more with the court system than with Joseph K himself. It sounds like you have a unique mind

Thanks will try not to over think

Embrace the role and rise above the masses as a true man for all seasons. The pain is greatly reduced with a vision beyond this mortal life and a defiant willingness to walk through the fire. The martyrs role is not for the beginner. Ever see Angels and Insects? Solid movie about Brits, deconstruct that next friend.

Oh hey, that's what my childhood felt like.

So hearing the first part makes me want to know how this man his potentially been brought to this fate... Humans don't act without a reason unless the entire system is based on people in power who are schizophrenic

Its like being remanded in custody. Dead set done my head in..