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European Disneyland
The perception of Europe in the United States has, over the past few decades, shifted and evolved into some jarringly disfigured homunculus. This is, of course, in response to the question of a “white identity” within America, specifically in attempt to find (or invent) a cultural distinction between white Americans and their non-white cocitizens. For…
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Why are goods more expensive in wealthy nations than in developing nations?
When traveling overseas, I’m always amazed at just how much cheaper certain goods and services are compared to the States. In Jordan, I can get a taxi ride into town for a dinar and a half (approximately two American dollars), a haircut for two or three dinar (about three to four dollars), and a whole…
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Violence
There are four major kinds of violence, ordered from most human to least, or in ascending inhumanity. The first, and most understandable, violence is tragic violence. Tragic violence includes violence on accident, unintentional harm imposed unto others. Children hurting one another in play, a traffic collision, a work accident. It may also be deliberate, as…
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The Virtualization Singularity
In the virtual sphere, twitch streamers debate with academics, comedians converse with the president, adult film stars do stand up, every single sphere has converged into a single point. There are no longer the categories of comedy, political, advertisement, pornography, etc. Everything has collapsed into one point, a simultaneous and continuous consumption of the virtual.…
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Spotify Wrapped and the Social Panopticon
Today the Spotify Wrapped playlists have been rolled out on the app (as well as the analogous thing for Apple music I guess, if you use that). Of course, being the beacon of taste and sophistication that I am, mine is beyond reproach. I have listened to the exact calculated permutation of songs, at exactly…
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan
The destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan is often cited as a modern catastrophe, an unforgivable destruction of invaluable cultural heritage by machine gun toting Luddite savages. How could these psychopathic extremists destroy such a culturally significant site, one which was protected under international status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Could they not see…
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The French (Lack of) Republican Ideals
I wrote this in October of 2023 and left it unfinished. Due to the victory of the National Rally in the French European Parliament election, I will publish this in its unfinished state, as I feel that the current events make further analysis trite, it can be seen clearly in what has occurred. I…
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Racialist Delusion
Racism fundamentally attracts the lowest dregs of human society, insecure and ineffectual rejects who find solace in their caustic views. Racism itself differs from other forms of discrimination, as the social concept of race is formulated such that it is believed to be individually unchangeable, a physical characteristic determined by genetics, deterministic and devoid of…
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Visualization of Asymmetric Warfare
In attempting to visualize the state of warfare on the grand scale, we generally use maps, and thus symbolic markers along these maps, in signifying troop movements, front lines, etc. The symbols used in our visualizations have changed in accordance with the difference in grand strategies of the times. In wars prior to the conventional…
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