It's strange that people are trying so hard to look for the big answers, or worse, are entirely convinced they could never be found, when the same eternal, unchanging truths are always right in front of you, being spread in this world by millions of movies, songs, books. Truths such as: good will always win against evil, if you follow your dream it will come true for you, if you believe in yourself you can overcome every obstacle; and much, much more.
Now, some might say, these are mere fairytales, made up things, illusions, that only fools and dreamers still believe in these; well, then we should prefer to remain amongst the fools and dreamers.
Modern Defect
Contemporary Breakcore, Industrial Techno, partying at Berghain are examples of things that have the same defect as Postmodernism, Psychoanalysis and many similar things: they re-introduce "traditionalist" and "archaic" concepts, ideas and themes into the modern world - the same concepts this very modern world tried to wipe out for several centuries now. But they do so in a warped, fragmented, crooked and ultimately dangerous way. The result is that these things have an extreme appeal to people who do not like the modern world very much; but instead of freeing them from the chains of this modern world, they only lead them down a road of misery and decay.
Anti-Intellectual
When I came into contact with "anarchist" anti-intellectualism, by the likes of Hakim Bey, John Zerzan, Bob Black... I became an anti-intellectual myself and was so from age 16 to 33. I thoroughly hated everything that had to do with reason, intellect, abstraction, logic, symbolism, language, philosophy, academia... and so on. When I finally grew out of it, I was very glad that my "rational capabilities" where at least still somewhat intact.
The only thing I couldn't agree on with the anti-intellectuals was the hostility towards "art"; I kept following and clinging to art, even in those years.
The only thing I couldn't agree on with the anti-intellectuals was the hostility towards "art"; I kept following and clinging to art, even in those years.
Isolation
I lived 20 years of my life in near total social isolation (minus the internet), with my family and some "assorted persons" more or less being my only close real world contacts.
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