Cȯsꭑọ ∴ ọꭑƨȯƆ @cosmiccitizen@schelling.pt

Given the tendency of academic reviewers to become less reliable with more leniency (as during lockdown), and the tendency of academic presses to make cooler book designs with more time, and given the delays involved in academic publishing...
We are probably near or in the historical nadir for unhinged books that look really cool.

Maritimism vs Continentalism

The emergence of a German nation-state is just output from Frederick the Great, who's basically following the response of Frederick the Soldier King after the Peace of Westphalia.

After the collapse of "universal monarchies," both France and Spain are out of the "continental superpower" business.

Between the Anglos' victory lap and the German consolidation, you basically have the table set for WWI. And so on and so on.

Most of history after 1700 just seems like follow-through to me. Like the American revolution, the Spirit of '48, and the march of liberalism just seems like a victory la(r)p for the Protestant Republics after the Glorious Revolution.

If you were the Onion writer who coined one of the classics, would it be more psychologically healthy to think that Apollo had cursed you with prophecy, or that your darkest moments of cynicism had actually ripped off the superfices of reality and exposed the cyclical and patterned qualities of human depravity?

@enkiv2 There's ultimate causes and then there's proximate causes, you know? Leave the ultimate and satisfy yourself with the proximate -- that's my advice.

@enkiv2 Like, my best friend went from being someone who was outrageous, adventurous, and curious into a shell of his old self -- alcoholic, self-harming, and suicidal. It's that fucking bad. And if you want to talk about it as a social issue, you're on a fast track to get lumped in with some of the worst people on the internet.

@enkiv2 It's a black hole out there. I'm not in this market so I feel that I can objectively say that I've never seen a social process grind up so many people and leave them feeling so worthless. I know a guy who's a handsome 6'4" doctor with ethics and money and lots of chill, and he endured 2 years of touch-starvation.

It honestly reminds me of the Great Recession, when I saw a lot of really smart, capable people denied the earliest opportunities to develop due to trivialities.

There is wonder-working power in the precious blood of the lamb.

There is power in the blood. Wonder-working power. Would you be free from your passionate pride?

@tootkoTootarov Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVg30U6O764&ab_channel=MenITrust

The Wilsonian premises of statehood are institutional cover for segregationist and eliminationist projects that proved useful to the grand strategy of north Atlantic powers during their 20th century struggle with a Central Eurasian power.

Orange crate art was a place to start.

https://www.openculture.com/2019/10/a-collection-of-vintage-fruit-crate-labels.html

OPEN ARE THE DOUBLE DOORS OF THE HORIZON
UNLOCKED ARE ITS BOLTS

@rime Ah yes, the Azkaban express. I have a commuter pass.

@tootkoTootarov Cthonic entity.

@samim It's all semiosis.