Communism is really the most minimal demand.
CR was from before his time, right? It’s an okay book, I enjoyed it and it got me back into reading political theory, but I’ve leafed through it since and it’s very mid. The term Market Stalinism is extremely funny tho. Trotskyism and its consequences
Lain sucks. I’m glad that when repeater bought zero back they didn’t bring him along.
I’ve seen seersucker shirts before, but never tried them. It is a cool texture.
Wool socks are great, I need to get some thin ones for the summer.
I agree about emulation. It is also emerges out of the moment where Deleuze and Guattari-influenced Accelerationist theory was all the rage, and that was the context that I read it in.
I read it much later than that, but I first came across a quote of it in an essay a bit over a decade ago and never forgot it. The book is quite poetic. Anyone not familiar with the CCRU (particularly Land) stuff and D&G would definitely struggle a bit because he freely uses that kind of terminology, but I feel like the writing is compelling enough that someone could still enjoy it without.
I know like two other people who have read it. Its a book with a small intended audience.
When I read it I would explain it to my partner and they would look at me like I was losing my mind lmao.
Have you ever found anything like it? I feel like anyone trying to emulate it would fall flat because it was compelling partly because it was pretty novel at the time. The only thing close for me is just reading a thousand plateaus, which has a similar unhinged quality lol
Ian Wright’s essays can have a similar vibe too, and is explicitly about Marxism
It can be a hard read at times because it’s quite dense with esoteric theory. See my edit about Accelerando too, it’s a fun read and packed with ideas.
If you like the first chapter of Cyclonopedia, there is a book called XYZT written by the same author (not Reza, but someone else). I haven’t read this yet, but will be soon. I’ve heard mixed opinions on it.
Have you read Cyclonopedia? It’s like the theory fiction book, and is quite a ride. It’s like someone put post-structuralism and Persian mythology into a blender.
A lot of the Warwick CCRU stuff reads the same way, including the worst of all Nick Land lol. Reza was loosely associated with them, but has gone his own way since.
Less theory fiction, but has a similar vibe to the essay you posted is Accelerando by Charles Stross.
We live in hell
This is still 
posting.
I did not want to click that.
This is not just some cringe attempt to dehumanize them because of the war. Ukrainians were calling them orcs for years now even before the official invasion because.
- Saying Russians are responsible for fake separatism in Donbas had them banned on social media for hate speech because it mentions nationality. So they started using LOTR term.
- They come from the east.
Literally “asiatic horde” logic
Starting to think the French might be problematic
What was the actual final straw for their permaban? I dont remember
This is fake, there is no ifone in bad Korea
Had Biden tried posting in all caps, it may improve his approval rating
All the mods signed a joint letter declaring themselves liberal. Everyone (but me) supported it
Badposting exists, yet I still see bad posts outside of it. Curious.
Smh comedy is cancelled
At one point even Nancy Pelosi wanted single payer healthcare in the 90s, the dems can mold Newsom in their image