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Captain Nemo, The Ultimate Antihero

Jules Verne was an inveterate promoter of scientism and the fantasy that once a technocracy ushered in world government all strife and disharmony would cease. This idea was later championed by H.G. Wells. The monumental movie of his “Things to Come,” is a stunning example of the trope as fictional propaganda for the masses. However, […]

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Yankee (ヤンキー)

Since once promising Western civilization has descended into tribalism and neo-fascism, I’ll self-identify. I’m biologically a male and identify as such. I’m not going to apologize or get in the back of the bus for it. What’s my nationality?  ヤンキー (yankee), which in Japanese is synonymous with hooligan. You bet! … born in Ciudad de […]

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Yukio Mishima, The Marquis de Sade and the Doom of Modern Western Civilization — A Personal Testimony

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So said Newton, who must be right because SCIENCE. The action of attempts at world control foment the reaction of revolution, usually led not by people who’ve been crushed, but by an educated elite who see an opportunity for advantage (e.g., Ulianov/Lenin). As increasingly overextended […]

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“The Wind Rises,” Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is not only a great anime creator, he is a great filmmaker and storyteller, irrespective of genre. I have been running through the Miyazaki/Ghibli oevre more or less in order with a couple of omissions that I will eventually correct. A personal note: while the English dubs have A-list acting talent, I have […]

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“You are already dead”

Short-lived U.S. hegemony has crossed the event horizon where not even light escapes being sucked into the singularity, there to be dematerialized. Bullying, censorship and propaganda can’t stop this. The Republic may have been more or less democratic at some point but it is too far gone now. The American people; over 90% of whom […]