Thick Desires, Political Atheism, and Living an Anti-Mimetic Life
The Art of Manliness
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Dead Fish Swim Downstream (Thin vs Thick Desire)
The fact that something is hard could be a sign that it's not a thin desire and that we should take it seriously. In a world dominated by thin desires, most things that lead to fulfillment require swimming against the current. If something feels hard, it's probably anti-mimetic with a thick desire. Uselessness is also a sign of a thick desire. C.S. Lewis noted that useless things are often the most valuable, which goes against our materialistic and utilitarian mindset.
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