Hundreds of thousands of civilizations have existed. We know about maybe .01 percent. The most powerful at their peak all thought they were eternal empires without end.
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Hundreds of thousands of civilizations have existed. We know about maybe .01 percent. The most powerful at their peak all thought they were eternal empires without end.
Even if Harris/Walz wins, I have begun to reckon with the idea that my country as I’ve known her is dying, if not dead already. That America cannot overcome its original sin. That the center cannot hold.
With Trump/Vance now at the head of the venomous snake that is the white supremacist project, who is in opposition? I wish it could say it is the Democratic Party but to believe that the American system is founded on the basic inequalities outlined previously necessitates a different conversation than left vs. right.
Let’s unravel this racist/property bullshit, starting with the word “Aryan.” READ Part I and Part II. Now associated solely with the white supremacist project (i.e. the Aryan Brotherhood), the Proto-Indo-Iranian word was at its root an ethnic self-designation used by various peoples in Iran and India thousands of years ago, when…
“Property” is not a naturally-occurring phenomenon. Some human had to invent the notion. More importantly, others had to agree to it.
It’s racism and white supremacy. It’s misogyny and colonialism.
But really what it boils down to is property.
Why is choice the single most important part of stories? Because choice reveals character. Static characters make the same choices and react the same way. That’s fine if you’re a procedural network show or sitcom (think Law & Order or Seinfeld, where the maxim of “no hugging, no learning” was…
What began as a simple Slog update has unsurprisingly morphed into another long-winded reflection. I’m (overly) introspective by nature. I reflect (too) often. Before I can fully move forward (clears throat) in LOST parlance . . . Reason being, I am addressing some writings floating on the Internet where I…