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“The satisfaction of desire occurs through coming up against the object’s absence. It is easy to realize how unsatisfying the object’s presence would be if we imagine Citizen Kane depicting the reporter quickly discovering the sled as the secret of Kane’s desire a few minutes into his search.”
— Feb 14, 2026 12:49PM
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Bob Wake
is 75% done
"Those insisting on the absolute danger that immigrants pose to a social
order indulge in a national fantasy. This fantasy posits the immigrant as the
source of the loss that undermines the nation, and the elimination of immi-
grants becomes a pathway to restoring what the nation has lost, even though the nation has no former greatness to recover."
— Feb 24, 2026 06:28AM
order indulge in a national fantasy. This fantasy posits the immigrant as the
source of the loss that undermines the nation, and the elimination of immi-
grants becomes a pathway to restoring what the nation has lost, even though the nation has no former greatness to recover."
