Sunday 31 January 2016

Thought 116: Police State



A police state is a state
where police, the enforcers
of the status quo, are in power.

Saturday 30 January 2016

Thought 115: Anarchism as Elitist


Anarchist researchers
and their audience
are an elite
all of their own.

Friday 29 January 2016

Thought 114: Corporations as Incorporators



Corporations incorporate human and natural
resources for the sake of numbered capital.


Thursday 28 January 2016

Thought 113: The Meaning of Justification


To justify is to make right,
according to one's
will to power.

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Thought 112: The Royal Arch of Politics




Established power
(narcissism)

v

Emerging power
(revenge)

Tuesday 26 January 2016

Thought 111: Reality and Perception


What is reality?

Reality is what
imposes itself
upon us.

What is perception?

Perception is
what impresses
itself upon us.


Addendum: 111



How many fingers 
are being held up?

Monday 25 January 2016

Thought 110: What State?


Welfare state, police state, corporate state,
fascist state, communist state, totalitarian state?

Sunday 24 January 2016

Saturday 23 January 2016

Thought 108: Resentment and Politics


Conventional politics as the orchestration, 
redirection, and management of resentment.

Friday 22 January 2016

Thought 107: Collectivism v Individualism


Collectivism: the collective
takes precedence over the
individual.

Individualism: the individual
takes precedence over the
collective.

Thursday 21 January 2016

Thought 106: The Dangerous Quest for Political Consistency


Political consistency can
lead to totalitarian
abomination.

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Thought 105: What Makes a Conspiracy Theorist


In so far as we do not exclude the possibility that
human beings collude in secret to do harm for
personal gain, and that we take this possibility
and apply it to political and social reality,
then we are conspiracy theorists.

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Thought 104: Language Perception in the Philosophical Divide


Analytical philosophy: language is to communicate.
Continental philosophy: language is to signify.

Monday 18 January 2016

Thought 103: Brain as Muscle


The brain is a muscle that can be
strengthened and developed 
or left to weaken and atrophy.

Sunday 17 January 2016

Thought 102: Comfort Zone


Yes please.

Saturday 16 January 2016

Thought 101: The Occult Properties of 9


Now you see
me, now you
don't:

9 + 1 = 10 ⇢ 1 + 0 = 1
9 + 2 = 11 ⇢ 1 + 1 = 2
9 + 3 = 12 ⇢ 1 + 2 = 3
...

9 x 2 = 18 ⇢ 1 + 8 = 9
9 x 3 = 27 ⇢ 2 + 7 = 9
9 x 4 = 36 ⇢ 3 + 6 = 9
...

In addition:

9 ⇢ 18666

(18 being 
equivalent
to Adolf Hitler,
the 1st and the 8th
letters of the alphabet.)

Friday 15 January 2016

Thought 100: Anarchism


Anarchists
are the same
will to power
as statists.

Thursday 14 January 2016

Thought 99: Trauma


Trauma is a wound in the psyche.
Wounds need disinfection, 
protection, and support 
in order to heal.

Wednesday 13 January 2016

Thought 98: Parental Political Parties


Political parties reflect traditional
parental roles for abandoned children:
nurture and discipline,
caregiving and defence,
welfare and austerity.

Tuesday 12 January 2016

Thought 97: Control as Self-Control


Self-control
leads to being
less controlling.

Monday 11 January 2016

Thought 96: Wellfair


Welfare: well fair.

Sunday 10 January 2016

Thought 95: In-formation


Information in-forms us. 

Saturday 9 January 2016

Thought 94: Tellavision


Television: tell-a-vision.

Friday 8 January 2016

Thought 93: Holy and Unholy Trinities


The unholy 
trinity: 
statecraft, 
capital, 
entertainment.

The holy 
trinity:
care,
wisdom,
discipline.

Thursday 7 January 2016

Thought 92: Goods and Money


Goods: the wealth of facility and commodity.
Money: the claim on facility and commodity.

Wednesday 6 January 2016

Thought 91: Refusing to Play the Chess Game


Just because 
life is allegedly
a game of chess
between various
powers, does it
mean we have
to play it.

Yet,
unfortunately,
we do.

Tuesday 5 January 2016

Thought 90: Art v Technicity




Art is creative,
whereas technicity
is productive.

Monday 4 January 2016

Thought 89: Internet as Skynet


The internet, 
hooked into 
everything, 
is Skynet, the new
order of intelligence.

Sunday 3 January 2016

Thought 88: Superman Is a Jewel


Superman was invented by Jewels.
And just like Jewels, he is an
outsider trying to fit in
despite being
superior.

Saturday 2 January 2016

Thought 87: Scarcity and the Politics of Lack


Scarcity enables
a social control
that abundance
doesn't.

Friday 1 January 2016

Thought 86: Conflict in Politics


Conflict in politics
is due to the fact
human beings trust things
that are incompatible
because they are
incompatible.