If you have stumbled across Movie Bob in your online ventures, there's no doubt he has already graffiti-tagged awesomeness on the inner chasm of your consciousness. With Great Power is but one of a strong catalogue of excellent online lectures which utilises the acute lens of popular culture to explore the world today.
In this particular installment, Bob investigates the transformation of mainstream culture in the past 30 years, taking aim at the rise of the the nerd and the proliferation of the internet. Geek culture has been normalised, according to Bob. But rather than spreading the tale of oppression so emblematic of the nerd/jock dichotomy, this new mainstream culture has simply maintained the underpinning morals of abuse which have historically characterised power.
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