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My substack is free and I have no plans to charge money to read it, for the time being. You get fresh, biweekly or more emails to your inbox upon subscription. My pieces are generally thoughtful and nuanced, though there will be some more blatant satirical and comedic ones as well.

You can also find me on Twitter: @drugsgunshentai

My content there tends to be more varied, succinct and not always as serious, it’s mostly for my own personal amusement and other interests. I keep my more long-form and fleshed out thoughts here.

Who am I and what do I do?

I’m a young man who’s interested in sharing his ideas about the world, where society is right now, and where it could be heading, through substack.

If I had to label myself ideologically for the sake of the reader having some perspective, albeit fairly crudely and imprecisely, it would largely be a syncretism between anarchy - in the literal sense - and reactionism. In other words, I have my ideals about what a government should look like, and believe humans will naturally keep creating hierarchies regardless of how many others are overturned or destroyed, but I deeply distrust and dislike the direction government has gone in, or the capability of one to actually represent my interests to any significant degree, so it would be difficult for me to identify as “pro-government" as things are. Overall, I am more of a romanticist than anything else.

I’ve had some modest political dealings both in real life and online over the years and have learned many things over the years from it, often in ways I would not have expected. I have an education background in political science and international relations, but I am not working in such a field, nor am I very interested in doing so. That said, this blog/newsletter isn’t particularly focused on politics, although I may bring topical issues from it from time to time, it’s a mainly social commentary focused for my own amusement and entertainment, and hopefully the reader’s, without furthering a particular goal, even if I have my own vision of what the world ought to look like, like anyone else. Most of all, I value the pursuit of truth. It is not always easy to accept truth for anyone. Perhaps you will agree with me, perhaps I will make you uncomfortable.

You may interested if:

  • you’re interested in social commentary from one of many counter-culture perspectives

  • the phrase “meme war veteran” does not instantly perplex you

  • a less Americano-centric newsletter sounds appealing to you, though it will certainly have its share of topics, owing to its vast, near inescapable influence in the world

  • you’re interested in recalling or knowing about how certain trends have changed over time, especially in the last few decades

  • you do not have a positive view about the current direction of the world

  • you’ve noticed patterns which people can’t accept or struggle with cognitive dissonance when confronted about

  • you’re distrustful of mass media and do not think they want to be your friend, despite claims to the contrary

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Creator, thinker, conqueror. Writing social commentary, satire and experimental writing primarily for my own enjoyment and benefit. All thoughts are my own!