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Philosophy

The Absurd Mechanism

Once you accept that the current crop of wickedness, grift, juvenile cosplay machismo, narcissistic greed and open betrayal of the public is not an aberration but the operating system, something else steps forward with a kind of horrifying slapstick clarity. The whole thing is absurd. Not metaphorically, not as a clever literary flourish, but structurally. […]

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politics

An Idiot’s Mandate

From outside the United States, the Republican Party’s collapse into moral and intellectual bankruptcy is not just a domestic farce—it’s a global hazard. They’ve thrown their weight behind Donald Trump, a conman who turns every institution he touches into a casino of self-interest and spectacle. This isn’t leadership; it’s theatre for idiots, and the actors […]