[b]Existential Comics
We must imagine Sisyphus as starting a podcast.[/b]
Either that or imagine him here.
Greek philosophy: how to live the good life.
German philosophy: how to know the world.
French philosophy: how to understand society.
American philosophy: how to justify neo-imperialist exploitation of the third world.
Or, sure, the other way around.
Remember when the Panama Papers revealed that the ultra rich all had a secret tax-evasion island where they hid their assets, and nothing happened?
Well, you’d think the ultra rich having a secret rape island would be taken a little more seriously, but it’s not looking good.
Let’s connect the dots here.
Why do they always make supervillains have utilitarian justifications for their schemes? Where is the supervillian who is a devoted Kantian and obsessively follows his moral duties no matter the consequences?
Actually, only Hollywood knows.
What is a “thought leader”? It’s someone who is too stupid to be an intellectual, but has figured out how to sound smart to people who don’t know the difference.
That makes me one, right?
Existentialism is funny because it’s the only philosophy people read and become convinced of the opposite conclusion that it was trying to show. People read existentialists and fall into despair that life is meaningless, even though it’s trying to show why that’s not the case.
Someone explain to him the difference between existential and essential. And not just in regard to meaning.