Philosophy on Dirk Kelly

Thinking About Change

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:42:20 +0000

I’m taking a vacation, going to Italy to be with the world around me, and the most important part of my world.

Of course I’ll be thinking about things While I’m there.

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Contrapoints says YouTube algorithm isn’t sophisticated enough.

A very good example of digital cultural exchange, Contrapoints at the very front of cultural discourse in this digital age.

The War on Christmas for Communists

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 10:00:00 -0700

Zero Book’s “The Left’s War on Christmas” does a great job of helping Marxists understand the value of the story of Santa. If we are to succeed in helping others imagine a different world and subsequently helping to create that as a reality, we must allow them to dream of alternatives to capitalism.

Maybe a dude giving out presents to everyone in the world isn’t the worst thing to encourage.

Everyday Virtue | Paterson & David Foster Wallace

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:10:50 -0600

There is no experience you have a had that you are not at the absolute center of the world that you experience is in front of you.

Other people’s thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you, but yours are right there.

That loneliness is not a function of solitude

That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt

That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agenda-less kindness

Phiolosophy of Pessimism

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:21:51 +0000

We should cope as well as we can at whatever we have to do, we have to acknowledge the absurd background to existence and then triumph over the constant possibility of hopelessness.

Albert Camus

On My Honor

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:20:29 +0000

Concentration of Wealth and Power

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:28:37 +0000

10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of power, particularly so as the cost of elections skyrockets, which forces the political parties into the pockets of major corporations. This political power quickly translates into legislation that increases the concentration of wealth, so fiscal policy like tax policy, deregulation, rules of corporate governance, and a whole variety of measures. Political measures designed to increase the concentration of wealth and power which in turn yields more political power to do the same thing, and that’s what we’ve been seeing.

Getting in Trouble

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:42:20 +0000

I hadn’t been using my blog because I was afraid to, afraid of what would happen if I wrote about what I was thinking. When I was 18 I used to write about getting tattoos and making money to get tattoos. These days I write about the atrocities committed by the American Empire both locally and globally, I write in protest to a system so corrupted by power that its current course is set on destroying all life as we know it.

Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 12:07:45 +0000

This society which praises capitalism for its efficiency in driving progress, justifies the destruction of life under the claim it has permission of both the people and God. These justifications are not only unacceptable, they’re also lies. The dominant culture is driven by neither Democratic or Christian values which it pays so much lip service to.

Democracy and Christianity are frameworks for creating equality among people, in theory. In practice the dominant forms of Democracy and Christianity have been co-opted by the powerful to serve as tools that concentrate wealth and power to reward themselves and punish everyone else.

The World Doesn't Owe You Anything!

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Before heading to sleep I got down some notes on this video

Jordan Shanks isn’t the only wise and humble influence in my life, but he is the one who posts his thoughts to YouTube, however I only just stumbled on his Personal YouTube after being a subscriber to Friendly Jordies for about a year.

The Reason You’re Not Where You Want is You.

As I traveled back from Australia to Colorado today I was thinking about what it I want for the next year, and what I wish I didn’t still have going into it.

Big Think: America is Crazy

Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Ignorance and Happiness in Capitalism.

Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Don’t have enough time to watch the film noir masterpiece BladeRunner 2049 , still curious as to how our future is being shaped, and where it’s headed?

I think these two films together perfectly sum up how people don’t think about changing the world they live in, and how the world they live in treats them.

The Origins of Money, HipCrime Vocab

Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

the HipCrime Vocab is a source of many in-depth essays analyzing power in our society, where it came from, how it is distributed, and the ways in which the systems enforce control.

What’s a hipCrime?
Well you committed one when you opened this blog. Keep it up, it’s our only hope!

The author just completed an insightful and dense series The Origins of Money , and at ten posts, I have to say I’m relieved that’s it come to an end :p

Is There an Alternative to Political Correctness?

Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

What an amazing video for such a controversial topic right now, Political Correctness is a term so grating in our society that it forces an immediate division into each side of the Culture War .

Politeness a more holistic approach to the problems that political correctness tries to solve, instead of focusing empathy towards a select group of under-represented people, it distributes empathy towards all members of society.

3 Great Contrapoints Videos for Lefties

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Are you a leftist trying to find your way in this crazy world of polarized political views?

Contrapoints is a YouTube Philosopher who is working extremely hard to produce informative and enjoyable videos about modern life, the struggles of the left, and the importance of discourse to promote a progressive agenda.

The Paradox of Tolerance

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal.