Headcase Kultkrit
the steel and glass towers of the city are this way for a reason. too much sheer immensity to reflect the work of a human hand. you need to fall prostrate before them, in raptest awe of God
-
To Lead, Not Learn From
Introduction “All social life is essentially practical. All mysteries which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of this practice.” Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach, VIII The red line for every single socialist has historically been: actually organising the working class. In practice, this simply means: It…
-
Where Ideas Matter
before we start this piece, i would like you to regard the introduction to this 1995 edition of “the ego and its own” i’m using, to properly get the scope of what’s being laid down. Max Stirner’s The Ego and Its Own has been called ‘the most revolutionary [book] ever written’. First published in 1844,…
-
The Historical Ley Line
a common theme in my writing about how silly the idealists are is the honest, consistent belief that history has a ley line. that there is a noospherical reality behind it all, which represents perfect order, and history is a ley line running through it. and people then try and characterise the ley line. a…
-
The History of Ideas
let’s do history like an idealist. long ago, before the monad was a glimmer in leibniz’s eye, there was the dark times. human beings did not have Souls and this was why they did not Think, and also why they did not have civilisation. if they had Souls, they would Think, and they would realise:…
-
A Modest Proposal: Gulags For Fichteans
alternative title image hegelian immanent critique is a very complex philosophical system, but the sparknotes are: the real critique of a social system lies inside of it. hegelian dialectics are characterised by this: negation of systems from within. this is pretty self-evident to us meat-people. yeah, man, i guess critiques of society aren’t just slammed…
-
There Is No Britain
when the talking heads of the British Media argue about which group they want to eliminate first, the top contenders are transgender people and muslims. as it stands, both groups are under an intense amount of scrutiny and it is considered politically acceptable to talk about either in unfavourable terms. you can’t outright call for…
-
Bongcloud Camus, and Giving Up
i decided to do something drastic and finally read the myth of sisyphus. for the uninitiated, the myth of sisyphus is this essay by albert camus. i have long known about camus and indeed i have long known that he was a very articulate and prosaic proponent of this thing, human freedom, which he found…
-
The Idealists Are Gaslighting You
as we all know, the idealists are gaslighting you. the object-level policy Wonks of xitter fame have adopted a language, the ruling orthodoxy of written thought, and prioritisation of that language is Moral. this is the language of sensible policy proposals, of real things, so they speak, of the Issues, bread-and-butter stuff. you know, the…