The Golden Sardine⁠↗

Fas­cism is, in my estimation, a direct linear func­tion of us vs. them. The cos­mopolitan view is its ulti­mate antidote, as it asks, with ice-cold innocence: us who? Them who?

What are we doing with all these links, anyway? We’re weaving the web tighter. Making intro­duc­tions. Main­taining provenance. It’s meaningful, espe­cially now, as AI sys­tems work in the oppo­site direction: dena­turing the links, melting down the chains of connection.

Two things, at minimum, that wealth cannot save you from:

1. death
2. being a piece of shit Isn’t that sort of wonderful? And amazing? You really cannot buy every­thing. You cannot buy being an inter­esting, sensitive, char­i­table person.