For thus you speak: ‘Real are we entirely, and without belief or superstition.’ Thus you stick out your chests – but alas, they are hollow! – Nietzsche The phrase “men without chests,” originally coined by C.S. Lewis, is taken from a chapter in Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man. Much of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘devolution’
Zombie ritual
The narrator fumbled in his backpack for the small heavy box. He flung it onto the table in haste, digging among the golden shells for a great handful, which he then began to push into the spring-loaded clip with his thumb, flipping the rounds that faced the wrong way. He was grateful, he realized, for [...]
Straight to Hell
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.– Arthur Schopenhauer (Why) Everything is going to hell. These days we have armies of “experts” investigating the causes of our misbelonging. Of our unexpected freight and intangible unease. The face of yet another famous sociologist, media-specialist or [...]
The Vicious Cycle
Today a woman told me: “America is, was and always will be the Greatest Nation On This Planet and once we get that idiot out of our White House and get a true born red blooded republican American Patriot voted in, we will be on the right track once again.” Both the faith in Obama [...]
The End of the World Anthem
After a long, intensive, exhausting survey of history, politics and philosophy, I have finally figured out how civilization will end. I could have used a wide array of quotes to pump this article up, but I have decided not to, so that this message could be as simple, concise and accessible as possible. Everywhere around [...]
Euro or Drachme?
“One of her major points is that while conservatives attempt to use logical argument, liberals jump to slogans, pictures, jokes, metaphors and threats.” – ‘Demonic, by Ann Coulter‘, Brett Stevens, June 2011 This is most definitely true. Take today for example, with Liberal parties and politicians declaring: “We must give money to Greece! If we do [...]
Meritocratic victimhood
For the past few decades, people have often asked a question perfectly fit for an age of pretend equality and forced tolerance. Where are our heroes? The archetypal eternal hero and villain in our midst have been replaced with social and biological group categories. The historically downtrodden groups are exalted and it is to this [...]
The meaningless life of a pet
Everywhere in modern civilization we find our societies getting drunk on all kinds of useless freedoms; one of the most useless is that of owning pets which neatly follows from the undeniable ‘human rights’. The reason why many people buy pets these days may be familiar to what Ted Kackzynski called the power process. In this it [...]
2081 (or Harrison Bergeron): Film Adaptation on the Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Classic Short Story
2081 I look forward to this movie, but undoubtedly Hollywood will change something or make it all about the relationship between the two extraordinary dancers instead of focusing on the actual point of the story. Still, I’m surprised Hollywood would ever allow this to be produced. Should be an interesting film when compared to the [...]
Breeding a generation of narcissists
The growing expectation placed on schools and parents to boost pupils’ self-esteem is breeding a generation of narcissists, an expert has warned. Dr Carol Craig said children were being over-praised and were developing an “all about me” mentality. She said teachers increasingly faced complaints from parents if their child failed a spelling test or did [...]
