“The lesser of two evils is still evil.” Ancient English-language proverb. Even if one thing appears to be less bad than another thing, both of those things are still bad. Two things can be bad at the same time. Two things can be bad at the same time. Two things can be bad at the […]
Author: nakam
Incredulity, Incuriosity, and The Academy
I remember when I was in college taking an intro to philosophy course, the professor told us that Aristotle said that swallows hibernate at the bottom of lakes in the mud and it was just taken as canonical knowledge for like 2000 years. I laughed thinking it was silly as hell, and while I forget […]
Quick thoughts on Kanye’s Nazi shit
Really sucks Ye ain’t coming back. He’s dead to me, as an artist. And it sucks, I absolutely love a ton of his music. I am on record defending him as, at various times, the best mainstream hip hop producer in the industry, and as a visionary artist. That was all true and I stand by every word of it. He’s fallen a long fuckin way from the “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” days.
Occidens Delenda Est
“Western civilization” is dreadful, there’s nothing here worth saving. A history of colonization and genocide, rape and repression, unspeakable violence on fathomless scales. Yes, I want to destroy “Western Civilization.” I want to destroy rape culture. I want to destroy every other “civilization” built on patriarchy, slavery, genocide, and oppression, too. I want to set […]