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by Fahran » Sun May 31, 2020 3:43 pm
by Cekoviu » Sun May 31, 2020 3:53 pm
Fahran wrote:In a similar vein of thought, Hannah Arendt and Franz Kafka were basically correct about the warped industrialized hell-scape that swallowed humanity beginning in the late nineteenth century. We've been reduced increasingly to the status of automata functioning like replaceable cogs in the machine of a regimented and arbitrary society where moral imagination has progressively become a rarity and where the divine and the aesthetic have become contemptible to so-called civilized people who seek to sate only their wanton appetites. Kierkegaard's knight of the faith would be indistinguishable to many from a terrorist fanatic.
by Hanafuridake » Sun May 31, 2020 6:27 pm
Joohan wrote:I'm gonna be honest with you guys, i've been pretty fed up with just forum politics recently. Posting witty comments or putting up meme's on r/pcm really isn't doing it for me anymore. I an genuinely frustrated with the society I live and genuinely want to take action in changing it now. The problem being my job, in that as I am a soldier, it would be wrong of me to come off as overly political while in Uniform. I've only got two more years in my contract, but I've effectively gone stir crazy. I can wait another two years, but it's hard because I recognize that I am currently living at a pivotal moment in history. Feels bad man...
Suriyanakhon's alt, finally found my old account's password李贽 wrote:There is nothing difficult about becoming a sage, and nothing false about transcending the world of appearances.
by Exalted Inquellian State » Sun May 31, 2020 6:28 pm
by Salus Maior » Sun May 31, 2020 6:33 pm
Exalted Inquellian State wrote:Ok, so what are your thoughts on Karl I/IV/III of Austria and a bunch of other places?
by Hanafuridake » Sun May 31, 2020 6:38 pm
Exalted Inquellian State wrote:Ok, so what are your thoughts on Karl I/IV/III of Austria and a bunch of other places?
Suriyanakhon's alt, finally found my old account's password李贽 wrote:There is nothing difficult about becoming a sage, and nothing false about transcending the world of appearances.
by Salus Maior » Sun May 31, 2020 6:45 pm
by Deacarsia » Sun May 31, 2020 9:18 pm
Salus Maior wrote:An incredibly good man who came to the throne at the worst possible time.
“Emperor Karl is the only decent man to come out of the war in a leadership position, yet he was a saint and no one listened to him. He sincerely wanted peace, and therefore was despised by the whole world. It was a wonderful chance that was lost.”
by The New California Republic » Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:33 am
Joohan wrote:I'm gonna be honest with you guys, i've been pretty fed up with just forum politics recently.
[...]
On another note, I am considering setting up a subreddit; r/AuthoratativeSource.
A subreddit dedicated to analyzing MSM stories for misinformation and propaganda. Any tips or ideas y'all might have?
by Fahran » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:22 am
Salus Maior wrote:Exalted Inquellian State wrote:Ok, so what are your thoughts on Karl I/IV/III of Austria and a bunch of other places?
An incredibly good man who came to the throne at the worst possible time.
“Emperor Karl is the only decent man to come out of the war in a leadership position, yet he was a saint and no one listened to him. He sincerely wanted peace, and therefore was despised by the whole world. It was a wonderful chance that was lost.”
by Fahran » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:27 am
Cekoviu wrote:You know, this idea of the automatization of humanity and workers was really well-captured by Charlie Chaplin and the original Sonic the Hedgehog (the latter albeit alluding to it less explicitly). The fact that we've been parodying this for years really makes you think about the selfishness of the ruling class and the failings of capitalism. :^|
by Bear Stearns » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:37 am
by Diopolis » Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:04 am
Fahran wrote:Cekoviu wrote:You know, this idea of the automatization of humanity and workers was really well-captured by Charlie Chaplin and the original Sonic the Hedgehog (the latter albeit alluding to it less explicitly). The fact that we've been parodying this for years really makes you think about the selfishness of the ruling class and the failings of capitalism. :^|
I'd argue that it extends well beyond the ruling class and capitalism, however. The problem is hegemonic and occurs no less frequently among the dregs and anti-establishment segments of society or in many of the modern challenges to the capitalist order. Socialism, in particular, earns my contempt on that front because it still discusses man solely in terms of his labor in many cases and such narrow discussions, even when animated with quasi-religious zeal, do not raise us above the level of Sisyphus. Some socialists went and still do go beyond this but that requires a break with the conventional talking points and theory.
Bear Stearns wrote:Trump's winning Minnesota this November. I'll throw out my Venmo and bet on it.
by Cekoviu » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:28 am
Fahran wrote:Cekoviu wrote:You know, this idea of the automatization of humanity and workers was really well-captured by Charlie Chaplin and the original Sonic the Hedgehog (the latter albeit alluding to it less explicitly). The fact that we've been parodying this for years really makes you think about the selfishness of the ruling class and the failings of capitalism. :^|
I'd argue that it extends well beyond the ruling class and capitalism, however. The problem is hegemonic and occurs no less frequently among the dregs and anti-establishment segments of society or in many of the modern challenges to the capitalist order. Socialism, in particular, earns my contempt on that front because it still discusses man solely in terms of his labor in many cases and such narrow discussions, even when animated with quasi-religious zeal, do not raise us above the level of Sisyphus. Some socialists went and still do go beyond this but that requires a break with the conventional talking points and theory.
by Taihei Tengoku » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:50 am
by The New California Republic » Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:32 am
Diopolis wrote:Probably. Although it does depend on how quickly he puts down the riots.
by Aclion » Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:24 pm
Washington Resistance Army wrote:NS staff is a good example of the failings, incompetency, bias and general shortcomings inherent to solely private and volunteer ventures and is a good test case for right libertarian views on a micro scale. What say you fellow right wingers?
by Nilrahrarfan » Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:37 pm
United Muscovite Nations wrote:I'm gone for fucking twelve hours and you retards managed to get Questers banned and Nap Deated. Good job, RWDT.
by Joohan » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:31 pm
by Nilrahrarfan » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:33 pm
The New California Republic wrote:Joohan wrote:I'm gonna be honest with you guys, i've been pretty fed up with just forum politics recently.
[...]
On another note, I am considering setting up a subreddit; r/AuthoratativeSource.
A subreddit dedicated to analyzing MSM stories for misinformation and propaganda. Any tips or ideas y'all might have?
Going from the forums to Reddit is not an improvement.
by Bear Stearns » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:36 pm
by Taihei Tengoku » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:43 pm
by Salus Maior » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:44 pm
Joohan wrote:I've always been a real bloomer but... I dunno man, the race riots have got me feeling bleak. It's never been this bad before. It's LA 1992, but everywhere. I remember Ferguson and all the other smaller incidents that have happened before, but those never really dampened my optimism.
What absolutely slays me as of recent, is how people all across social media are justifying and supportive of the murder and mayhem. I'm a generally chill guy, but that so many people are not only okay with the anarchy and violence but supportive of it astounds me! Like it were that people just gave up on civil society because violence seemed more cathartic and convenient. People are even trying to compare the butchery in the streets to the Boston Tea Party.
There is no coming back from Lord of the Flies. You don't just go back to normal after cheering on looters as they burn down your neighbors business and beat him senseless in the streets. If anarchy and barbarism was the great American democracy that the founding fathers had conceived of, then American democracy was a mistake.
by Bear Stearns » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:46 pm
Salus Maior wrote:Joohan wrote:I've always been a real bloomer but... I dunno man, the race riots have got me feeling bleak. It's never been this bad before. It's LA 1992, but everywhere. I remember Ferguson and all the other smaller incidents that have happened before, but those never really dampened my optimism.
What absolutely slays me as of recent, is how people all across social media are justifying and supportive of the murder and mayhem. I'm a generally chill guy, but that so many people are not only okay with the anarchy and violence but supportive of it astounds me! Like it were that people just gave up on civil society because violence seemed more cathartic and convenient. People are even trying to compare the butchery in the streets to the Boston Tea Party.
There is no coming back from Lord of the Flies. You don't just go back to normal after cheering on looters as they burn down your neighbors business and beat him senseless in the streets. If anarchy and barbarism was the great American democracy that the founding fathers had conceived of, then American democracy was a mistake.
America has had riots before.
Probably way worse ones during the Civil Rights era.
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