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What is Money and Government? A Gateway Opportunity for Low Lifes

“Nakiketas said: ‘There is that doubt, when a man is dead—some saying, he is; others, he is not. This I should like to know, taught by thee; this is the third of my boons.’ Death said: ‘On this point even the gods have doubted formerly; it is not easy to understand. That subject is subtle. Choose another boon, O Nakiketas, do not press me, and let me off that boon.’ Nakiketas said: ‘On this point even the gods have doubted indeed, and thou, Death, hast declared it to be not

Conversation Deraillers

Feb 2714 min read

How To (Non-Violently) Overcome Capitalism: A Short Guide

From https://publicdelivery.org/banksy-flower-thrower/ A fair criticism of progressives is that we tend to point out socio-economic issues and immoralities and tell people to ‘get involved,’ but then rarely give advice of how to begin overcoming things like capitalism, imperialism, inequality, etc., unless it’s to repeat more or less useless platitudes like ‘vote harder’ or ‘think local, act global.’ And people (correctly, mostly) assume that if they just go out into the stre

Feb 2316 min read

Apologize? Me?

The Apology of Socrates is one of two philosophical works (the other being Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition ) that I would argue are about as close to being mandatory reading in a person’s education as anything could be. I’m fully aware that these are works by two Western Europeans (although calling Socrates European will probably make more than one historian histrionic), but I nevertheless strongly believe they are universal in their relevance to people wishing to liv

Feb 2040 min read

Gas, Grass, or Ass(umptions)

Over the years I, being the type to point out and loudly question a pile of bullshit when I see one, have begun several essays (or rants) with generally the same question: What the fuck are people thinking? Sometimes—particularly when I’ve worked myself into a towering snit—the question is closer to, How the actual fuck can everyone be this fucking stupid ? I never get very far with these questions. Generally I end up writing (or smoking) myself calm, trailing off as I o

Feb 1318 min read

Parable of the Crust Punks

The Rainbow, 1878, by George Innes This is the first post of a series I'm calling Conversation Deraillers. Each post will consist of two or more quotes and/or passages from various works, from books to scripts to lyrics. These quotes are generally topical or interesting, and are guaranteed to derail (or even end) any conversation when said, shouted, or sung aloud, as desired or required. The series as a whole (which I'll probably collect into an ePub file once it gets long e

Conversation Deraillers

Feb 139 min read

World 1-1

Welcome to OVERBURDEN! I’m really fluffed chuffed you’re here. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and it’s taken me a lot of work to get this going (not least of which is the work I had to do on myself), so it genuinely means a whole lot to me that you’re taking even just a little of your time to check it out. Allow me to give a quick tour, so to speak. OVERBURDEN is a blog focused on expanding what you might call your philosophical perspective. Now, I don