That’s purely a matter of taste. Personally, I’m a fan of Jean Baudrillard because I speak French and he often comes off as intentionally convoluted, which I find kinda funny. One of his books doesn’t have anything to do with the field of economics but the idea he’s putting forward is pretty fucking cool. SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION is the name of that one. It’s short, more like a long essay in book form.
The other is my favorite of his which does involve capitalism rather heavily in a sociological/psychological way, FOR A CRITIQUE OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE SIGN. It also involves semiotics which is the study of signs, but the book explains the concepts it uses so you wouldn’t need any previous familiarity to comprehend it.
For Zizek: The Sublime Object of Ideology. I’m a fan of the study of propaganda and ideology. It involves a lot of work by French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, which does actually make the book difficult if you’re not familiar with much of it. I’m not and wasn’t. But still worthwhile if you’re intent on reading him.
For Deleuze: I’ve only read an introduction to his work and some kind of collection of essays related to ontology, I think. It was more than a decade ago, tbh.
If the Capitalist Realism book was out of your comfort zone, Baudrillard is going to be even bit further out there. But he’s my favorite, by far.
Also, this stuff all falls under the umbrella of Critical Theory, which rightfully earns a bad wrap when people actually try to put into practice or make policy out of it. But as an intellectual exercise, it’s pretty fun and will challenge your worldview.
Bro that’s hilarious.
1/3 of the way through it based on seeing this note. I like it. He borrows heavily from authors I’m familiar with, Deleuze, Baurdillard, Zizek, etc.. so there’s not anything terribly new about what he’s bringing to the table, but he does bring them all together nicely and correctly for his purpose. His inclusions from pop culture like Nirvana, the movie Heat, etc.. are really cool.
He definitely knows what he’s talking about. I’m glad to have picked it up.
This is the greatest thing I’ve seen all day.
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That’s a really good point, man.
I have my doubts about Fauci’s clarity of conscience, though.
I don’t believe Klaus Schwab is a real person. He’s too on the nose to actually be a real person. lol
In the US, other than people actually in prison or currently wanted by the authorities, name one person more despicably evil than Anthony Fauci.
Bro that’s the saddest fucking thing I’ve ever seen. Jesus.
That peloton is like a giant dildo that gives you a workout.
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I had to look up the term “limited hangout” and holy shit, that’s basically the entire Joe Rogan podcast. Fuck me. lol
This is a misrepresentation. Pieces of content from those podcasts that are sold to various outlets via licensing agreements had been licensed to an agency that turned out to be a Russian actor.
No original content was made for this Russian state asset. They just bought the license to whatever was already available and likely tried to amplify it.
Tim talked about it at length on his pod.
Starting to come around to the notion that certain folks promoting certain things are full of shit.
Honestly that’s what I thought before I learned about bitcoin.
Glock. And don’t let anyone tell you differently. You can pick the size and caliber you want. There are various opinions on caliber for a home defense gun. Wall penetration is a consideration, for example.
Glocks go bang. Period. You can treat a Glock like total shit and it will fire when you pull the trigger.
Sig Sauer makes great guns. H&K makes great guns on the more expensive side, but for pure reliability, Glock is second to none in my opinion.
It surprises me not that a man who admitted to crying after Hillary lost in 2016 in a WhiteDudesForHarris commercial didn’t have the fortitude to lose weight naturally.
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YES!!! Wings in the air fryer will definitely scratch that itch. Shit I forgot about those. Gonna grab a fat pack at Sam’s next time I go.
Indeed, and they’re pretty tasty! I just couldn’t keep dropping almost 10 bucks for a rather small jar of mayo. I did it for a bit though.