by pretending that it doesn't exist he overcomes time by simply distracting himself from it with endless media and entertainment ask a man to tell you about himself in healthy times he says he's a christian he's a father he's a son he's a proud citizen of whatever nation ask a man the same question now he's far more likely to tell you about his favorite netflix shows and fast food chains that's what liberalism does that's what individualism does it reduces identity to that which can be commercialized this is the concept of the graphic t-shirt this is a new phenomenon in human history this is what media i like i wear it on my clothing as a flag to others who might identify with this as well this is who i am and this has highlighted the two types of people we have there are two categories that people fall into now those who prioritize self-expression against those who prioritize self-dedication the people who simply want to dedicate their lives to something greater than themselves against the people who will stop at nothing to be able to express themselves in any way that they like whether it's parades it's public sex it's redefining gender it's having the audacity to criticize the great literature of our civilization to criticize their own ancestors it's all of it it's narcissism versus selflessness it's left versus right you used to raise families and buy property now what do you do now you find yourself what does that even mean i promise you that you're not that interesting i just have to i just like find myself man i need to travel i love to travel that's always been so off-putting to me i love traveling too but these people make it their whole personality and it's because it's all they have it's not going to make you a more interesting person it's just another totally commercialized cope for the fact that you don't have an identity anymore and you don't even value the history or the identity of the places that you want to travel to anyways because you can only conceptualize culture in terms of street festivals you think culture is just food music clothing and art you have educated yourself into enlightenment yet you cannot conceptualize that western civilization is not the natural state of the world that other cultures are more sophisticated than just what can be sold to you at a street festival you have no idea how they view morality friendship hierarchy their concepts of justice of modesty respect beauty time none of it because you're an idiot you have absolutely no comprehension of the places you feel as though you just must travel to as far as you can tell you're just going from six flags chicago to six flags texas minuscule differences at best you have this urge to aimlessly explore and walk through this maze because you think it's going to help you understand your surroundings and the tower that you could have climbed to look down at the world around you and say this is what this is this is the truth of this world this is my purpose i understand my role now that's been taped off with a sign that says sorry this is outdated and problematic we know better now please visit the labyrinth gift shop for more information and that's the thing if they can reduce culture and identity to simply a commodity then they can sell it
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