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The Parallax View #53: Metamodernism is undead

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I Resist the Irresistible Desire to Be Murderous

Theory is still able to provide a framework to understand what's going on. On the other side of the spectrum, an idea about an ideal future has nothing to do with us. We are always looking for someone to blame for its own suffering and its own lack so it's going to choose a scapegoat. Itisto can civilization as a whole. I resist the ir the irresistible desire to to become murderous. But if you're in a mob, it's irresistible. You no longer have any agency. You're just part of the mob.

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