From: textured-AT-riseup.net Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:43:20 -0800 Subject: [postanarchism] Re: nihilism that was a joke right? seriously that essay wasnt for real, right? my favorite lines were all the ones that began 'a strategic nihilist...'. i like how it started with the blanchot quote, good touch. are there lots of joke essays in anarchist zines? that was a fun read. here are my favorite lines: > ...with a sword > in hand. Moralists should be spared no patience. ... Nihilism > can provide you a suite a suite of tools. The first is > deep skepticism.... > It argues for an active pose in this world, and for the inviability of > reformist solutions. > A strategic > nihilist understands that the infrastructure of the > modern world embeds its own logic and inhabitants, and > the nihilist is willing to toss it asunder anyway. > A strategic > nihilist understands that an ethical revolution does > not create an ethical society. > It argues for an active pose in this world, and for the inviability of > reformist solutions. > Nihilism informs us that this dichotomy ties us to the > world we must supercede, before we are capable of > actually having social relationships with people and > not things. > When confronted with the horror > of your existence, race towards the bleak > consequences, not away. im gonna start calling myself a 'strategic nihilist' now! :) -daniel.
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