‘If Trump Were A Market Maker, He Wouldn’t Last A Week’: Deresponsibilization And The Politics Of Escape
“The underwriter of this transaction, the American public, would be exposed to a pure downside with no upside”.
Author: Bjarne Knausgard
‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, Flat-Earthers And Intravenous Clorox Theory
The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe. (a tweet posted by The Flat Earth Society)
Dark Enlightenment
Society cannot function without myths.
America At 400: 1619-2019
“America has turned its back on some of its best achievements, and never showed the courage (or desire) to completely distance itself from some of the worst practices of its past”.
Degenerate Matter And The Mathematics Of Poverty
“20th century capitalism is a spectacular confirmation of this mathematical result”.
Recontextualization Of Crime
“There is some method, albeit a shallow one, to his apparent madness”.
Amusement Parks For Angry Citizens
“The arrival of Trump was an extension of Fox’s vision beyond media”.
Since WWII, The Number Of Mass Killings Has Been Growing Exponentially
“This is how crazy the world has become”.
Fourth World War And The Rise Of Political Infantilism
“Happy 4th. Enjoy the fireworks.”
The Ecstasy And The Agony Of Power
“2016 — the big bang of the right wing populism — was a septic shock to the system with compromised immunity.”
The Simulated Devil’s Playground
“Camouflaging liminality as an escape route from marginality in today’s America has the sole purpose of reconciling the interests of billionaires with those of the marginalized sector of its population.”
We Need To Learn To Speak Again
“Why does it appear impossible to dispute obvious lies and falsehoods with simple and self-evident truths?”
The Genesis Of Governmentality And The Great Flood Of Arbitrariness
“At the end, it is down to a binary choice between two alternatives, neither one of which would have been found acceptable if they had been subjected to free (and/or intelligent) choice.”
The Gods Must Be Crazy: The Rise Of The Primitive Society Of The Future
Modernity in its later phase reads like mankind’s love affair with authority.
The Number Of Mass Killings Has Exceeded The Number Of Calendar Days
“Since WWII, the number of mass killings (defined as an idiosyncratic, not state-sanctioned, killing spree with multiple victims) has been growing exponentially at a rate of 5% every year. This means that every 20 years or so, the number of mass killings triples (1.0520 = 3).”