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"Precession of Simulacra:
Disneyland, Watergate, Reality TV, Nuclear Warfare
Simulacra: events or spectacles that hide the fact that behind them, there is no real. All working towards a social order with no discernible source of power. “Illegible violence.”
It’s tough to get through but exhilarating writing all the same. Just trying to swim through it." — Jan 19, 2026 12:47PM
"Precession of Simulacra:
Disneyland, Watergate, Reality TV, Nuclear Warfare
Simulacra: events or spectacles that hide the fact that behind them, there is no real. All working towards a social order with no discernible source of power. “Illegible violence.”
It’s tough to get through but exhilarating writing all the same. Just trying to swim through it." — Jan 19, 2026 12:47PM
“The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
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“One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“The complaint of the depressive individual, “Nothing is possible,” can only occur in a society that thinks, “Nothing is impossible.”
― The Burnout Society
― The Burnout Society
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