I don’t pay any conscious attention to the news propaganda anymore – at this point it consists almost entirely of opinion rather than matters of fact. And these are the blatantly manipulative opinions of people whose opinions don’t warrant any attention. Almost without fail, it seems the news propaganda exists…
Month: February 2024
Lyrical Analysis – You’re Beautiful
Lyrical Analysis – You’re Beautiful This one is gonna be pretty scathing. Actually I think it’s the meanest thing I have written here so far! PLEASE TAKE HEED!!! If this song is genuinely important to you, PLEASE DON’T READ ANY FURTHER. I have zero interest in taking from you something…
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Failure to Thrive
Failure to Thrive Bad Animal I make for a pretty lousy animal. Animal survival – species survival – is fundamentally nothing more than ruthless competition for scarce resources. Those animals and species insufficiently motivated to compete, die. It’s quite simple. Now, I’ve never been in a genuine life or death…
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In Which the Earnest Philosopher is Waylaid upon his Course by Reflections on “Rugged Individualism”
Reflections on Rugged Individualism I’ve thought of making business cards. They would read simply – DIRTSMITH Anthropologist It should probably be “Philosopher” instead. But that feels too obnoxious. (Actually I want to make several with different descriptions – Artist, General Laborer, etc. – so that I could provide the proper…
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My Favorite Poison Drinker
I love Caitlin Jonstone. I admire her passion and compassion, her perception, and her real actual “Rugged Individualism.” I am saddened by the parts of her work that I consider futile self-torture. And I’m disappointed with her often completely counter productive polemic diatribes and ad hominem attacks. Not that I…