Monthly Archives: December 2012

The Tragedy Of Objectivism

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NothingnessWithout a Geist, there is no Zeit.

Objectivism, to me, is an ideology best compared to a brilliant child reared in a broken home.  Good genetics, poor environment.  What beauty results is forever crippled by the realization of what could have been.

Many today are content with simply bashing the Objectivist ideology; it is my intent to present to you, dear reader, a more somber narrative.  This is because, to me, there exists no modern ideology more incomplete, and therefore more tragic, than this one.

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Autophagy

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Drive through most any town in the United States, and you will notice a recurrent theme, our societal leitmotif: at least one street (usually several) blighted by, sacrificed to, consumptive postmodernism.

Large and gaudy signs, unimaginative architecture, mass-produced imagery, welfare disguised as diversionary hourly make-work (Now hiring 4th assistant manager!).  All of this designed for the singular, mechanical, amoral purpose of pandering already obsolescent shit to an ever lower common denominator.

Couture

You say “Capitalism,” I say “autophagy.”

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Gun control as castration

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getty+NRA+protestIs there really any rational basis for the idea of gun control? Or is it just a desperate grasping for some kind of symbolic control after an outbreak of mass violence? Or is it something even deeper? On its face the idea of gun control is ridiculous. Conservatives, libertarians and gun enthusiasts have been making the same basic points for years whenever the issue comes up in response to whatever the latest mass shooting incident happens to be. The fact that there will be such incidents is a social inevitability at this point.

The simple argument is that whatever the latest mass murder happens to be, it was the act of a deranged or vengeful criminal and law abiding folks ought not be deprived of their means of recreation and self defense for the crimes of another. Such shooting rampages inevitably happen in areas where the shooter is the only armed individual and thus faces no resistance. Criminals, and particularly those driven enough to carry out such a rampage, will find a way to arm themselves one way or the other no matter what the law may be. Gun restrictions would only leave the law abiding defenseless against such psychopaths. Some even assert that the proper response ought to be putting more guns in more hands rather than vice-versa.

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Transmission: To Whom It May Concern

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You were happier when you were told what to do.

It’s okay to admit it: you can’t deal with so many choices.

The people who offer them to you need not coerce; you come to them readily. But they don’t satisfy. You’re miserable. You’re empty.

You want direction. You want order. You want some semblance of certainty. Endless shopping and clicking of buttons isn’t enough.

So I tell you, dear reader: You are miserable because you are free! You are empty because you live an easy life!

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Shooting rampages and reactionary stupidity

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Shooting rampages, while not an exclusive invention of the 21st century, are certainly much more common now than they were 50 years ago. While some of us might nod our heads and reach some sober conclusions about the effect of the modern lifestyle on the personal psychology of humans in general, men in particular, the rest of the oxygen thieves with groundless opinions fall into one of two general camps:

gun-control-college-liberal1. Cowardly liberals who think the only thing scarier than a gun is a white man with a gun. 
These sniveling brats are mostly women and emasculated beta males with children. Since firearms such as AR-15s look like “evil black rifles of mass destruction” and subconsciously project the virility of the male sex organ, they find them about as appealing as hiring David Duke as a babysitter. These people have so effectively repressed any normal human aggressive urges, that they actually find it difficult to understand why people would shoot other people at all, and why anyone would want to own a gun. It’s easier to direct their attention towards regulating guns more since this provides them a modicum of much needed control over the situation and obviates them from any real uncomfortable discussion about why people feel like mowing down dozens of men, women, and children in the first damn place.

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Consistent Anarchism

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Consistency

An hero.

…Except you’re not a hero.  And you know it.

Anarchy for you is a means to avoid (actual) criticism, which is to say, reflection.  Anarchy is therefore a form of #postmodern #ironic living.  A means to ignore that horrible stranger you see in the mirror every morning.  A means to ignore your existence as a battery for the system you are supposed to hate, and yet are quietly and secretly terrified of losing.  Yours is an ideological battered spouse syndrome.  Get back in the kitchen.

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Anarchism is retarded

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Noam ChomskyAnarchism is a nonsensical and immature political philosophy. To even call it a philosophy is probably being far too generous. In order to mitigate the inevitable bleating of “No True Scotsman” from various unwashed packs of self-styled “anarchist” rabble across the internets, allow me to define my term. When I say “anarchism” here I am talking about the utopian and fantastical ideology promoted by leftist intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky and described in the Anarchist FAQ. So yes, I am talking about your kind of anarchist Mr. Scotsman.

Theory

The theory (if you can call it that) behind anarchism is based on two interlocking principles. The first and most important is that hierarchy is a form of oppression (hint: oppression is bad, mmmkay). The second is that private property is a form of hierarchy. Private property in the anarchist view is the absolute worst form of oppression. It is the social institution that the envious soul of the anarchist rages against most fiercely. Private property is bad because it creates hierarchy in terms of relationships to specific resources. If one person owns something, then another person is necessarily deprived of it. Exclusion of anyone from anything is intolerable.

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