Michael Phillips
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I mean, and the irony, of course, that you could call someone, you know, disabling an oil pipeline, a nihilist extremist when the act they're doing is precisely for the purpose of ensuring the continued existence of human civilization on a large scale.
I mean, and the irony, of course, that you could call someone, you know, disabling an oil pipeline, a nihilist extremist when the act they're doing is precisely for the purpose of ensuring the continued existence of human civilization on a large scale.
You know, and I consented to it. You've extracted a part of my soul and put it into a cosmic toilet today. I know more than I've known before. As a human, as an American, as a parent, I'm terrified on every front.
You know, and I consented to it. You've extracted a part of my soul and put it into a cosmic toilet today. I know more than I've known before. As a human, as an American, as a parent, I'm terrified on every front.
You know, and I consented to it. You've extracted a part of my soul and put it into a cosmic toilet today. I know more than I've known before. As a human, as an American, as a parent, I'm terrified on every front.
And, you know, my simple guy takeaway here is, yeah, like the idea that this is going to both let some of the worst folks off the hook or at least make it harder to classify them with the groups they should be classified with, while also making it easier to lump in forms of what many of us would consider more reasonable political activism under that umbrella. is quite bad.
And, you know, my simple guy takeaway here is, yeah, like the idea that this is going to both let some of the worst folks off the hook or at least make it harder to classify them with the groups they should be classified with, while also making it easier to lump in forms of what many of us would consider more reasonable political activism under that umbrella. is quite bad.
And, you know, my simple guy takeaway here is, yeah, like the idea that this is going to both let some of the worst folks off the hook or at least make it harder to classify them with the groups they should be classified with, while also making it easier to lump in forms of what many of us would consider more reasonable political activism under that umbrella. is quite bad.
And I think, of course, for me, due to my pet interest, all of these instances of continuing to pervert and misuse philosophical terms that have meanings developed over hundreds and thousands of years for these political ends is very upsetting.
And I think, of course, for me, due to my pet interest, all of these instances of continuing to pervert and misuse philosophical terms that have meanings developed over hundreds and thousands of years for these political ends is very upsetting.
And I think, of course, for me, due to my pet interest, all of these instances of continuing to pervert and misuse philosophical terms that have meanings developed over hundreds and thousands of years for these political ends is very upsetting.
Yeah. I mean, a really simple one that I talk about way too much is Kierkegaard's The Present Age, which you find in this book called Two Ages that's easy to buy. It's normally really cheap or you can just read it online someplace that kind of describes a society in which people get caught up in media and reflection and the BS they are told rather than developing their subjectivity for themselves.
Yeah. I mean, a really simple one that I talk about way too much is Kierkegaard's The Present Age, which you find in this book called Two Ages that's easy to buy. It's normally really cheap or you can just read it online someplace that kind of describes a society in which people get caught up in media and reflection and the BS they are told rather than developing their subjectivity for themselves.
Yeah. I mean, a really simple one that I talk about way too much is Kierkegaard's The Present Age, which you find in this book called Two Ages that's easy to buy. It's normally really cheap or you can just read it online someplace that kind of describes a society in which people get caught up in media and reflection and the BS they are told rather than developing their subjectivity for themselves.
I think that one's really great in terms of more contemporary stuff. I've been very Frederick Jameson-pilled recently. Nice, nice. I mean, I've read Jameson before on and off, but recently dove in more deeply. And there's one... Okay, I have it at arm's reach so I can say the title correctly. that I've really been enjoying.
I think that one's really great in terms of more contemporary stuff. I've been very Frederick Jameson-pilled recently. Nice, nice. I mean, I've read Jameson before on and off, but recently dove in more deeply. And there's one... Okay, I have it at arm's reach so I can say the title correctly. that I've really been enjoying.
I think that one's really great in terms of more contemporary stuff. I've been very Frederick Jameson-pilled recently. Nice, nice. I mean, I've read Jameson before on and off, but recently dove in more deeply. And there's one... Okay, I have it at arm's reach so I can say the title correctly. that I've really been enjoying.