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Drone On

TRIGGER WARNING: Some gore, anxiety From the start of the day, droning on, you didn’t really realize when and where the time went. Before you know it, it’s time to head back. You haven’t bathed in two days because the water wasn’t there, now your hair’s itchy. Bombay is crowded. And sticky. It sticks to you. At first you thought it was all inviting, with warm beaches, hands that clasped gently to ease you into this fast-paced lifestyle. Now, you see what has actually happened. The city is a Venus flytrap: it’s red and ripe, and you eye it and rush to it. Then, when you’re not looking, it closes in on you. Better, actually, because the Venus flytrap is not as subtle as the city. The very air, humid and coarse, sticks to you, and you shake your shoulders trying to get the clinging sensation off but it won’t leave you. It will never leave you. You have been bingeing on rap songs by Eminem, trying to break them down and analyse their rhyming patterns. And now you can’t think in anyth...
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Delusional Maniac

TRIGGER WARNING: MENTAL HEALTH, HEAVY TOPICS, SELF-HARM DISCUSSED   1. Knowing How do I begin to explain what I think of myself, it would require forever and a couple of days more yes and the whole point is simply that I am what I am and I believe what I believe, that is to say I have false beliefs and logically I am well aware that these are false beliefs however I believe them regardless yes regardless of anything and everything that anyone says to anyone else. They call them delusions. Delusional maniac, they told me. You can’t really believe what you believe but I do but you can’t but I do, and all I wanted was a fucken pepsi give me a pepsi. Electric sheep. Guitars. Electric guitars. I am a king. A kang. A god. A gad. I have the irreplaceable belief that I am destined for greatness. No no, not in the way you’d say to a particularly gifted person. You see, I am not particularly gifted, or imparticularly (particle?) impractically. Practically, I am not gifted at al...
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So What The Hell Is Communism Anyway?

NOTE: We will be talking exclusively about Marxist critique of capitalism, and therefore, the basic ideas of communism. We will not be talking about the philosophical implications, but just the economic ideas he discussed in Das Kapital Volume 1. I do not claim my understanding of Marx as absolute, or even anywhere near it. Please feel free to read the original texts and come to your own interpretations. We will proceed in the following way: 1. First, what he proposed. 2. The explanation for his proposals according to the Marxist perspective. PART 1: Firstly, what he proposed: 1. All land, factories, and means of production BELONG TO THE PEOPLE , to all the people and not to the few. 2. That the conversion of capital and hoarding be stopped. 3. Absolute equal rights for all. 4. Profits AS THEFT be stopped. 5. That to each will be given ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY PRODUCE . 6. That renting be banned. Quick clarifications (YOU CAN SKIP THIS IF YOU WANT AND...
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Parables Of The Spoon

PROLOGUE: Propoganda: The use of media to shape the ideas of the viewer/reader/audience/consumer to suit a political agenda. Parable: A short, succinct didactic story, usually with a simple narrative, used to explain a philosophical concept. What I shall be presenting are neo-parables exploring the problems plaguing the world today. They will be presented in an elementary, simple to understand, format that will no doubt have its problems and fallacies. However, it is not propaganda. I shall openly declared I am a left-leaning writer, and a believer of liberal ideas (not to be confused with liberalism). I am intensely anti-right-wing, and my prime belief in life is that all people are equal, and none superior to another. I shall be putting up the idea to be explored at the START of every parable such that one understands its intent before one reads it, thus ensuring one is not unduly influenced by anything the parable says. I have also declared my political inclinations. Theref...
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