Episode 120: Emmanuel Goldstein on Surviving Communism, A Gnostic Cult, and A War On His Mind

Subscribe for free at 1984today.substack.com for weekly dystopian news and more!This episode was a surprise. After releasing Episode 119, I received the following message from a listener who goes by the name Emmanuel Goldstein:Just listened to your podcast with Jerry Barnett and loved it, but now I feel like kinda HAVING to offer to be you next guest (if you are interested). I can mainly talk about socialism and how I experienced it growing up in East Germany and then later through the communes my mother joined afterwards.The fact that his pseudonym is taken from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four made it all the more intriguing.How could I turn that down?We set up a date and time, and I went in basically blind, with almost no idea of what he would share with me.The result was a startling, spontaneous, and deeply personal conversation, about the impact of parental ideology on a child’s development, living with trauma, and learning to think independently after dealing with indoctrination.From being the privileged child of a Communist Party official in East Germany to living on a Gnostic commune in Bavaria, from being forced to live as a girl to growing into a man, what Emmanuel shared is enough for several lifetimes, of both experience and therapy.I hope you find it as fascinating and as moving as I did.Enjoy.https://www.1984.todayhttps://1984today.substack.com@1984TodayPod on X This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1984today.substack.com

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