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Still the best use of this meme I've come across haha

The pastries were delicious and kid charlemagne made for wonderful company.

I know right? It’s great and I thought of it all on my own, being the man of culture that I am.

Totally agree, I think this goes unrecognized in a lot of the discourse, what with the perennial doomerism and anxiety.

The Century of the Self ?

Yeah I was surprised to hear about those comments he made. I actually thought he was good in that role, given what the role required, in my opinion. edit: oh wait I'm thinking of The Brutalist, I thought his comment was about his role in that.

So you're leaving NYC the day I arrive?

Monsieur Tea, your woke alter ego

lol is that baudrillard? Similar argument to the end of history, I reckon.

The likes of Machiavelli would say this is a civilization in decline, but I also think there might be a bit of a step function, some paradigm shift where market maximalist logic can result in strangely resilient societies.

I mean obviously some people understand these things, but would life just go on? Lately I think that is one of the hallmarks of late stage capitalism, a sort of cultural metastability that can withstand considerably more than yesterday’s political theory may think possible.

Another consideration is if, in a late stage capitalist hyperreality like ours, we would even notice a coup.

His weakness is salt? Some axe murderer.

This is what I’m optimistically suspecting could happen. I do think this could plausibly turn out pretty well: Trump over-capitalizes on popular disillusionment and ends up overplaying his hand with gutting public institutions, and pushing the Overton window back toward the center (just like we...

You’re not an axe murderer right?

Going to see a movie Thursday night, TBD, probably at IFC center or Angelika, you around then? Maybe Soundtrack to a Coup Detat

At the airport now

i think he’s actually dangerous, more dangerous perhaps than even he knows.

Great thread, really proud of everyone's contributions so far, especially Corpsey, really convincing sense of rage.