what are you reading right now?
>>3841why do I see so many posties read christian neo-platonism?
like genuine question, idk anything about st augustine
>>3846I should revisit this, I think I first read it when I was like 16 and thought wow le edgy, but I'm wondering if there might actually something of value in it.
Anyhow I'm reading Deleuze atm and Zhuangzi
>>3863last night you had a strange dream
this was not a coincidence
something important happened
you forgot again before you woke up
you cannot remember until you know the way
there is a place you must go
you will sense when you have arrived
>>3848"Sett took another long drag, crossing the threshold between anxiety relief and low-level psychedelic experience. The only weed available in Hell were mids with stupid names. That wasn’t particularly shocking or relevant, but something Ratty noted when it was said.
“Have you ever killed anyone before Miss Vermington?” Sett asked.
“It’s Ratty, please— and not to my knowledge. I talked a lot about killing Nazis as a kid but like— god, I hope not.” “Are you not supposed to remain unbiased as a reporter?” Sett asked.
“Nothing more unbiased than cracking some Nazi skull, ma’am.” Ratty winked, temporarily embodying a caricature of herself."
I'm dying of cringe
>>3853https://libcom.org/article/cotton-pickers-b-travenThis was pretty good too although the parts with the police made it a bit hard to believe.
I can't find more Traven online :(
>>3940He was a real one
Too bad the rona got him
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/daniel-colson-daniel-colson-anarchism-is-extremely-realistic-an-interview-with-ballast-review< You put forward the idea that anarchism is not a way of life, a state of mind, but a real ontology. What do you mean by this?> To speak of ontology is to speak of what is, of things, of facts - domination for example, hierarchy, exploitation, oppression, sadness (to stick to negative facts - but it is true that there are many). Contrary to what is often believed (including by some libertarians), anarchism is not an ideal or a utopia, "nice ideas" that we would see every day how unrealizable they are. Anarchism is extremely realistic. It speaks of things as they are: chaos, accidents, life and death, joy, but also pain and suffering, stress, relationships of force and power, the chance and necessity of our existence as well as of the world and the universe which are ours. In short, the "anarchy" of what is.inderesting
>>6107Beautiful book, will have to reread it. Thanks for the reminder.
>>3835Currently reading I and Thou, Against the Day. In and out of reading Nihil Unbound and a complete re-read of Baudrillard's oeuvre. Looking for recommendations on translations of Taoist texts.
Mostly putting this here because doesn't deserve its own thread.
I read the soulism (Anarcho-Antirealism) summary/explainer.
I'll freely admit that I am not post-left, haven't delved much into the psychoanalysis/philosophy side or at least the schizoanalysis parts definitely aren't clicking, so maybe I just "don't get it". But holy shit soulism is silly. It is, and I mean this is in a neutral psychological sense, a surrendering coping mechanism. And if someone's reality is so fucked up that they need something like this to get by to stop them committing sudoku, then fine, but it is an antisocial individualist resignation, destructive to the function of societies.
Look at the example they have for otherkin, people who self-identify as non-human species. If I insist you interpret me as a crocodile, then I'm self-identifying as a direct threat to your life, not unlike a Nazi does. Sure, you could could choose to interpret me as a very unusual unique and strange crocodile, but you aren't actually interpreting me as a crocodile the way that I intend, you've just transformed your reality to label or perhaps even classify me as a crocodile. But if I fall down and break my wrist, if you were to take me to a zoo vet and insist to them to stop pretending I have a wrist and that it's disrespectful to redirect me to a human hospital which specializes in this injury, then your reality (and perhaps mine) is directly and needlessly harmful to my health and therefore oppressive and must be dismantled. Hell, let's make it something life-or-death like a heart attack, to match the alleged benefit of these delusions (preventing potential dysphoria and suicide). What is the solution? To fluidly overhaul realities to be the least oppressive at any one time, identifying me as whatever category is the lesser evil at any point in time?
It's a botched utopian coping mechanism.
>>6127Who do I want to hurt?
>You made up a really nice fake scenarioThere are no real scenarios to use. That's why the text I'm criticizing also makes up fake scenarios.
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