question community

What is a community? Any standard dictionary will define it as a group of people living together in a particular place, practicing a common ownership over the shared area. Generally there is no mention of moral standards when asked to uncover the meaning of a community, but why? Shouldn’t we wish to hold ourselves and

a sociology of knowledge

It is important that we never forget our world is inherited. The foundation for our civilization has long since been established, and though much has been forgotten, we continue to build upon the genius and ingenuity of those that precede us. Peter Berger made famous an idea of the “sociology of knowledge” whereby just about

reality is complicated

Reality is complicated. Reality is boring. We are incapable or unwilling to handle its confusion. Instead we ask to be indulged and confronted by cliches, stereotypes and inspirational messages telling us we can be whoever we need to be, that we live in the greatest country in the world, that we are endowed with superior

fear not

An unrealistic perception of life is the basis of fear. The current predicament people are facing is that they are not willing to live, just as they are not willing to die. This fear comes from not living with life but living within ones mind. People always have a fear about what is going to

keep calm and buy more shit

Somewhere along the line we have lost ourselves. People no longer have a reason to be reverent to their world, to approach it as sacred or to view life as anything more than a place of manufactured desire. It seems that materialism has taken hold of our hearts and as a result has denied us

doing our best

We all try to do our best, and we are all constantly doing the dumbest shit possible, convincing ourselves we are winning a battle or overcoming an obstacle when really, we are just catching a momentary updraft in our unstoppable spiral glide into defeat and nonexistence. It’s tempting to think that somehow, love, or compassion,

becoming monsters

The announcement came not with somber relief but unbridled euphoria. An exuberant celebration is more likely seen on video footage of foreigners who cheer an attack on us. We are becoming what we hate and celebrating bloodshed as easily as those who wish it upon us. Our moral demise begins when killing is no longer