Cy Canterel Videos

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  • Epstein, Elite Power Networks, and The Utility of Disgrace
    by Cy Canterel on November 24, 2025 at 9:19 pm

    The documents released via Jeffrey Epstein's estate show that at a certain level of wealth and power, traditional maps of how the world works stop making sense. We're no longer dealing with institutional affiliations or national allegiances, we're dealing […]

  • The Deep Financial System is Cracking
    by Cy Canterel on November 8, 2025 at 12:09 am

    In mid-October 2025, the Federal Reserve discovered something shocking: Cayman Islands hedge funds were holding $1.8 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds—three times more than anyone realized. These funds have now absorbed 37% of all new U.S. debt issued since […]

  • The Crumbling of the AI Colossus
    by Cy Canterel on October 16, 2025 at 1:17 am

    OpenAI's pivot to adult content isn't about innovation; it's a desperation signal. In October 2025, OpenAI announced ChatGPT would allow erotica and companion-style interactions for verified adults. CEO Sam Altman framed it as "treating adults like adults." […]

  • Things Fall Apart: Understanding America's Cascading Economic and Political Crisis
    by Cy Canterel on October 3, 2025 at 2:57 pm

    A deep dive into complex systems theory and why the United States may be approaching a critical threshold known as a "mixed transition", when accumulated systemic failures trigger rapid, cascading collapse. In this video, I break down: - How complex systems […]

  • Blackpill Aesthetics: A Crash Course in Meme Extremism
    by Cy Canterel on September 13, 2025 at 3:13 pm

    This video breaks down why two often-confused factions on the right are not the same thing: hardline Christian nationalism (“builders”) vs. the Groyper, black-pilled accelerationist scene (“burners”). I unpack how meme aesthetics, irony, and shock […]

  • Midnight in the Garden of Forking Paths
    by Cy Canterel on September 2, 2025 at 6:41 pm

    As Trump fades, this will be the maze Vance enters: collapsing legitimacy, an uncertain base, a hobbled economy, entrenched civilian and state-level resistance, and a coalition comprised of compromised, power-hungry elites who sharpen their knives in the […]

  • The Bullsh*t Jobs Apocalypse
    by Cy Canterel on August 15, 2025 at 1:11 am

    The tragedy we’ve seen play out repeatedly in previous technological revolutions, from the cotton gin to the Internet, is happening again: AI's potential for supporting human flourishing is being twisted back to benefit only those who already have the most […]

  • The Tragedy of Muskbeth
    by Cy Canterel on February 22, 2025 at 11:56 pm

    Hubris, complex systems, and failure drift: an allegory of Elon Musk.

  • Technofascism/Neoreactionism: An Overview
    by Cy Canterel on February 22, 2025 at 11:49 pm

    Neoreactionism (NRx) is a right wing movement that has had wide influence on many in Silicon Valley and US politics, including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and JD Vance. It advocates for a variety of solutions to neoliberalism that may seem innovative at first […]

Cy Canterel is a media theorist and technologist who writes Abstract Machines, which decodes systems of power and meaning. She is based in New Orleans.