Are not only hypocrites and evil sedition planning assholes of the highest degree, but they simply are not remotely anything truly resembling Muslim. The very Sharia most of these guys claim to uphold actually calls for the execution by summary crucifixion of people carrying out these horrible crimes. But enough of village idiot pseudo-Molvis in […]
Religion
Pashtunistan and Kurdistan
This is a hypothetical exercise. Do not misconstrue it. It’s a mental exercise fleshing out some controversial ideas, that are very open to criticism. I am considering the idea that a formal greater Pashtunistan should be considered among geo-political thinkers. The same with Kurdistan, for while I do not think turkey’s territorial integrity should be […]
Some thoughts on writing, speaking, manipulation and influence
A few thoughts off the top of my head. William S. Burroughs had interesting things to say on the idea of language being a virus from outer space. It would be naive to take him at face value. Actually, it would verge on insanity. It would be equally naive to simply assume he was being […]
elites and expert classes in post-Democratic societies
[ed. just correcting some typos. 5/2/2010] I think that the notion of a power elite still has some validity, but in our post-democratic Western societies, it’s of a much different nature than people think when they think of terms like “The Establishment” or “the Elite” Establishments exist, Europeans typically have a more realistic understanding of […]