EL BARTO ANTI-WORK

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Imagine if, after two volumes and 800+ pages, that was the long and short of it lol

thanks to @elbarto.bsky.social's reading group i now understand that all my enemies, though they do not say it, are motivated by a perpetual irrational fear of castration.

That is why the fundamental problem of political philosophy is still precisely the one that Spinoza saw so clearly, and that Wilhelm Reich rediscovered: "Why do men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation?" How can people possibly reach the point of shouting: "More taxes! Less bread!"? As Reich remarks, the astonishing thing is not that some people steal or that others occasional-ly go out on strike, but rather that all those who are starving do not steal as a regular practice, and all those who are exploited are not continually out on strike: after centuries of exploitation, why do people still tolerate being humiliated and enslaved, to such a point, indeed, that they actually want humiliation and slavery not only for others but for themselves?

Reich is at his profoundest as a thinker when he refuses to accept ignorance or illusion on the part of the masses as an explanation of fascism, and demands an explanation that will take their desires into account, an explanation formulated in terms of desire: no, the masses were not innocent dupes; at a certain point, under a certain set of conditions, they wanted fascism, and it is this perversion of the desire of the masses that needs to be accounted for

"The astonishing thing is not that some people steal or that others occasionally go out on strike, but rather that all those who are starving do not steal as a regular practice"

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Black and white border collie mixing laying down on the couch, barely keeping her eyes open she's so sleepy

Wow!

Footage showing the impact of an Iranian ballistic missile moment ago on Tel Aviv, Israel.

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In spite of the Maoism, he's a really good dude

I think states will regret weakening the taboo on heads of states not being targets during war

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

I agree with you but also you do watch JFK's brains get blown out in this

Call me a raving radical but I literally do not care whether your imperialist massacre of children is “constitutional” or not.

This has got to be one of my favorite pieces of art of the decade thus far.

HATE AMERIKKKA TYPE BEAT (2020)

wow!

Israel, immediately after vaporizing a bunch of little girls:

US military base in Bahrain is currently under attack by Shahed kamikaze drones.

ICE bad and also, around half of people killed by police have a disability. Their final moments are usually spent in frantic terror trying to "comply" with commands before cops shoot. Not opening a door or answering a question fast enough in this country can be a death sentence.

For my fellow line goes down sickos, the specialized Vicky warning scale has gone from occasionally checking market indicators to keeping financial news streams open in a second window

iirc Strauss would have been a major influence on the Annales school so that makes sense.

He comes up so regularly in other stuff I read that I figured I really should just go through some his work.

I read his first book a couple of years ago for kicks and it's not only bullshit, but it's also boring and poorly written. I know we're spoiled by having unlimited erowid trip reports to read, but I can't imagine how that book became culturally important

In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship Among the Songhay of Niger by Cheryl Olkes and Paul Stoller

Totally wild text. An anthropologist gets inducted into sorcery and discovers magic is sort of real (he's conscious of the obvious comparison to Carlos Castaneda and wants to stress that, unlike Don Juan, his subject's are real). Very fun and filled with some absolutely bizarre anecdotes.

Preach

Condolences/Congratulations

the kansas trans license revocation/bounty hunt law is the bill they introduced and passed through both chambers all in the same day, even! you'd think capitol beat reporters would be all over it for that novelty if nothing else. but trans, i guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Two Essays on Analytical Psychology by C. G. Jung

I probably thought "come on, man" twice as much as I found something that felt really valuable, but this was an extremely good primer on Jung's whole thing which was exactly what I was looking for.

I am often triggered by what I see and/or what I hear, and this part of the condition is called echolalia. For example, when the chair of BAFTA started speaking on Sunday, I shouted, "Boring." On Sunday, Alan Cumming joked about his own sexuality and, when referencing Paddington Bear, said, "Maybe you would like to come home with me, Paddington. It wouldn't be the first time I have taken a hairy Peruvian bear home with me." This resulted in homophobic tics from me and led to a shout of "pedophile" that was likely triggered because Paddington Bear is a children's character.

I would appreciate reports of the event explaining that I ticked perhaps 10 different offensive words on the night of the awards. The N-word was one of these, and I completely understand its significance in history and in the modern world, but most articles are giving the impression I shouted one single slur on Sunday.

StudioCanal were working closely with BAFTA, and BAFTA had made us all aware that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast. I have made four documentaries with the BBC in the past, and feel that they should have been aware of what to expect from Tourette's and worked harder to prevent anything that I said - which, after all, was some 40 rows back from the stage - from being included in the broadcast.

As I reflect on the auditorium, I remember there was a microphone just in front of me, and with hindsight I have to question whether this was wise, so close to where I was seated, knowing I would tic.

okay what the fuck was the BBC doing with that broadcast? because at this point it could be mistaken for intentional… variety.com/2026/film/aw...

I will sleep soundly knowing this is going to be a haunting memory, a wraith of a regret wherein they endlessly imagine all of the things they could done to stand up to our bafoonish, pedophile president, a specter that never leaves these pathetic people for the rest of their miserable lives.