Cyberpunk 2077 is Reactionary I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, but I do indulge in video games for about a week 2-3 times a year before returning to my usual routine. My most recent affair has been with Polish developer CD PROJEKT RED’s Cyberpunk 2077 2.0. The game recently released a
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The Incompetent Authoritarianism Of The Irish State On the curiously incompetent Irish State and the Empire's Celtic Problem Readers will no doubt be aware of the recent migrant stabbing spree in Ireland that resulted in fiery but peaceful scenes erupting on the streets of the capital, Dublin. The following day I went in search of ‘‘takes’’ that
On Social Conformism It’s been a while, so let me write down my thoughts. This will be a bit different because it’s an attempt at something a little more stream-of-consciousness, the sort of thing I think about driving my car. I wrote this all in one paragraph and then when back
Vaccines and the Midwit Effect, or: Why smart people seem to believe all manner of crazy things, and smarter people seem to believe them even harder Some weeks ago, this Swedish study on the correlation between cognitive ability and readiness to accept Covid vaccination made the rounds. It irritated a lot of people, particularly in these circles, for appearing to support the observation that getting vaccinated is just something that more intelligent people do – and, by
CORONATION STREET AND THE “REALITY” OF THE AVERAGE CONSUMER TV SOAPS AND THE “REALITY” OF THE AVERAGE CONSUMER. It is an obvious point to say that this sphere is a niche. We do not represent the majority opinion nor have the power to do so. To further state that the majority of the public is not capable of such
The Deconstruction Of Radio 2 And Easy Listening On the purging of all things comfy from Radio 2 The Sunday drive and the country dog walk I enjoy with my good lady have recently taken a turn toward the postmodern philosophy lecture in our futile endeavor to find a comfy radio station to listen to during the drive.
Piers Morgan And The Manufacturing Of Opinion What can Jacques Ellul's ideas about vertical and horizontal propaganda tell us about online discourse? I’m currently reading Propaganda a book by Jacques Ellul who readers may be more familiar with from his well-known work The Technological Society (which I haven’t read). I will probably have more to
TOLKIEN AND THE FIGHT AGAINST ENTROPY The Lord of the Rings wrestles with the problem of entropy. Its heroes battle against the ever-increasing power of darkness. The walls of the keep crumble, the nations are in decline and the will of the warrior is shaken. Evil stretches its long fingers into many places. Only one course
OPPENHEIMER’S MADNESS Recently I watched Oppenheimer. So, apparently, has the World. Such is the suggestion of the media at least. Oppenheimer has unleashed an explosion (my apologies) of commentary. It is understandable. The picture is dense, sophisticated, and slick. Compared to the slop we are usually fed, a film of substance is
Indiana Jones And The Lost Enchantment On the curious indifference being shown to the butchering of a childhood classic I realise I shouldn’t take the bait, but I decided to write something about the fact an Indiana Jones movie “dropped” and nobody cared. This is the point when people might roll their eyes or view
Dune, The Butlerian Jihad: Review and Analysis analysis and long form, free, text “Humans tried to develop intelligent machines as secondary reflex systems, turning over primary decisions to mechanical servants. Gradually, though, the creators did not leave enough to do for themselves; they began to feel alienated, dehumanized, and even manipulated. Eventually, humans became little more than
The Boomer Cruise: Day of the Pillow A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of traditionalism. All the powers of GloboHomo have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and President, Managers and intelligentsia, French Radicals and German police spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as regressive by
MUSK, TWITTER, AND YOU. This is an evolving story, and so in an effort to not date the below too much – we shall focus on some wider context, rather than the exact events unfolding. But it remains to be established that – subsequently to buying a significant stake in Twitter and refusing to be integrated
Those Who Walk Away from Hogwarts How Professor McManus defeated House Slytherin The Fall of House Slytherin Perhaps it's a Millennial defect in my soul, but I have an odd inclination to explain political ideas with references to Harry Potter. Actually, I am not particularly fond of the books, but it's indisputable that they have captured
LONGING FOR THE FRONTIER The Walking Dead TV series has finally come to an end. For eleven years the post-apocalyptic show has graced our screens. In that time, it has gained a major following. The fifth season premiere was watched by 17.3 million people. Spin-off shows have been spawned, while there are new
MOVIE REVIEW: IMPERIUM (2016) J.K Rowling has done something again and the left is mad. This time, her intellectual property has been licensed out by a video game company, which has gone on to release HOGWARTS: LEGACY. This game takes on what the task of simulating what it might be like to live
ROLLING FOR POWER: THE INTERSECTION OF ELITE THEORY AND D&D A hooded figure stalks silently down a corridor toward a room at the end of the hall. Voices can be heard from just beyond the door discussing matters of state and war. Creeping silently forward, the hooded man stops for just a moment, then swiftly kicks open the door. With
40 Lessons from Warhammer 40k Learning from the Grim-Dark Future free, text It's time to talk about everyone’s favorite science fiction pulp setting: Warhammer 40000. Since its inception, this extended fictional universe (designed as the backdrop for miniature war-gaming) popularized the image of the "Grim-dark" future. Of course, most of 40k's core ideas are
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Anime Won't Save the Zoomers (and neither will Dante) Some thoughts on helping our new lost generation Today’s letter, perhaps fitting for the new year, is directed at a perennial right-wing complaint: kids these days, or as they say on the Internets, the “Zoomer Question”. As is obvious, the kids are not alright. Young people today (the “Zoomer