Happy birthday! Also, damn, one would think you would be a bigger fan of Plato.

I think you give Nietzsche way too little credit and that with his common experiences with illness he would be more embracing of suffering. Or at least that he would be able to handle a little spice.

Nah, they'll just think the Americans are dumb. They will then either cooperate with the Chinese more or they will actually support Americans because they are easier to manipulate.

This should be a crime.

great argument against radical freedom tbh

and he would be right

A "free thinker" is usually just someone too dumb to know where they got their ideas from.

But the beginning is gone and the middle is fleeting.

I like non pierced ears. Not that it matters, of course.

Do you?

the colour scheme of that collar makes him look like Scooby Doo.

hard to maintain though

It's spiced so it actually has some flavour.

So is it time to try to listen to his advice and get rid of liberal democracy?

Every thesis leads to its negation. Modern fascination with authorship brought about the death of the author. It makes sense that the death of the author will lead to its own death as well. Just as it is precisely the development of capitalism that brings about the proletarian revolution.

He wasn't fascist.

I wish all the best to the DPRK and all other enemies of the US!