Leave the World Behind: Obama’s Critical Conspiracy Theory on Netflix

If the streaming charts are true, then there’s a good chance you’ve watched the collapse of America in Netflix’s new film "Leave the World Behind." The film is many things, including pretty good, but most notably, it’s a conspiracy theory built on racial division, brought to you by former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama.

On one level, this is a classic disaster movie. There’re some great set pieces, it’s stylish and cinematic, and the whole thing feels pretty believable, but at another level, it’s a perfect manifestation of America’s cynical, elite nihilism. It’s an uncomfortable mix of warning and wish-fulfillment about national collapse that just happens to be executive produced by the Obamas.

It’s important for us as adults, and especially as parents, to confront this vision and understand where it goes deeply wrong so that we and our kids can escape its siren call to nihilism, disempowerment, and despair.

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Outline:
[0:00] America’s race to collapse
[2:29] ‘Leave the World Behind’ is cynical elite nihilism
[4:22] Believable characters or American caricatures?
[5:57] A confusing metaphor for climate catastrophe
[9:53] How to topple a government in three easy steps
[12:07] The film's most destructive conspiracy theory
[15:02] What happened to "hope and change"?
[16:12] Obama's fringe, simpleton explanation of reality
[18:34] The "anti-racist" Ibram X. Kendi is just racist
[20:44] Conspiracy theories of invisible racism
[22:33] The George Floyd story was a lie
[24:52] How did this conspiracy go mainstream?
[27:54] Coleman Hughes’s case for black optimism
[32:50] Claudine Gay destroys a race optimist
[36:21] The message we should give our kids

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