Santanu loved the mountains. Though he would never have admitted it, the sight of mist climbing a hillside offered an innocent substitute for his own failed aspirations. He worked a dead end job he didn’t believe in. But one day, it paid off being yelled at by his boss and even being called in forContinue reading “Doubts”
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Populism is the Opposite of Democracy
In recent times, it has become fashionable to accuse anti-populists of being anti-democratic. I will argue that this position crumbles under scrutiny. Argument: Democracy is obeying the will of the people. This presupposes that the people have a consistent will, which is not the case: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/economics/#CollRatiSociChoi As there is no collective will, democracy can onlyContinue reading “Populism is the Opposite of Democracy”
An Outline of Slavoj Zizek’s Theory on the Structure of Subjectivity as the Foundation of Leftism
Slovene philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues against mystical attempts to alter states of consciousness. Instead, he says we should “censor our dreams” and engage in emancipatory struggle as the only road to salvation. These comments might seem perplexing, but they are based on an underlying theory of what a subject is. This post is an attemptContinue reading “An Outline of Slavoj Zizek’s Theory on the Structure of Subjectivity as the Foundation of Leftism”
Snapshots of the Labyrinth
I occasionally write long philosophical musings. This is where I will share them with the world. Sometimes there might also be fiction, conworlding, linguistics or science.
Snapshots of the Labyrinth 