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This may be the most absurd political statement I've ever heard, delivered with such apparent sincerity. The modern political conservative is (and I don't even this is a controversial statement), entirely soulless and hence, without anything but material and reputation-derived desires. Their wants can always be seen as essentially economic in nature, if not to do primarily with prestige or respectability.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” -Sun Tzu
“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
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