Moral consequentialism is one of many terms that has a double meaning. Looking it up typically yields fairly reasonable-sounding ideas such as judging the morality of an action based on its results, i.e. utilitarianism. However, there is another meaning to moral consequentialism that you should be aware of, and that is the idea that truth…
How to De-Convert Leftists
Leftism is a religion, made up of many tiny cults, all of which seem to hate each other, and are only ever united by their shared ire of “capitalism,” whatever that even is. Leftism is defined by its opposite, and yet, most leftists cannot define their own opposite, much less themselves. Press them on the…
As Above, So Below
And as all is one, so one is all. Nearly every religion has some variation of that principle, but there is one in particular that formed around that very principle not just in a theological context, but also philosophical and historical. The military and economic successes of Ancient Athens created a highly prosperous society where men…
The Lion, the Eagle, and the Dragon
I think I have found my book title. Yes, for those who don't know, I'm working on a book, which I will compile from adaptations of various blog posts. Don't hold your breath, because I write for fun, and I have no idea when I'll get round to putting the whole thing together, but it will be…
The Infiltration Question
I have a question: how do you, either as an individual or as a group, deal with infiltrators? You must have some way, because if you do not gatekeep, you will eventually be gatekept. I am far from the first person to notice this. How to DIE (Division, Inequality, Exclusion) There are multiple different ways to answer…
Adam Kadmon, Tabula Rasa
There is one theme far more consistent than any other in ancient wisdom: we are not God. We can never know God, we cannot even understand God, and for that very reason, we can never know with any certainty if God is even real. Whatever the nature of God, it is beyond the capacity of humans to…
On American Exceptionalism
Today, I am going to piss off everyone. Today's subject matter isn't political in a partisan sense, but whether you love America or hate her, what I have to say will most certainly annoy you. The collection of fifty United States on the North American continent are unusual, but not in the ways that a lot…
I Was in a Cult
Anyone who has been online for any amount of time has surely seen video log after video log of people going over the story of how they left the left. What most of these stories have in common, however, can be summed up by the following meme: Colin Wright's political cartoon made famous by Elon…
The Legacy of Zarathustra
This is not something I had planned to write, but I felt it necessary in order to convince my friend Jacob Tothe that western philosophy is in fact partly inspired by eastern philosophy. The original conversation may be viewed here, if you are curious. Zarathustra was an ancient Persian prophet, whose name in Greek is…
The Apocryphal Monomyth
Four years ago, I wrote an article going through various problems with the monomyth, which is the idea that every story is a hero's journey. I'm going to publish it again here, because it ties in with mysticism in fiction literature. First of all, the very concept of the monomyth breaks a fundamental law of…
Sasha V's Sesquipedalian Soliloquies 