Saturday, May 02, 2026
Substance isn’t relative
Excerpt from the slow movement of Bruckner's 5th symphony.
About Me
- Name: Promethean Antagonist
- Location: Over there, behind that tree, Galactic center, Japan
Bourgeoisie Capitalist Counter-revolutionary Enemy of the People Responsible, upstanding, reckless, chaotic, partially erudite, and fully bizarre, but contemplative in romantic illusions.
OTHER PROMETHEAN STUFF
- Books by Clifford West
- Promethean Allegory
- Beijing Travel Essay
- Promethean Observer
- Promethean Visions
- The American College Ed School Experience
- Promethean Allegories
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High Hopes for Tyrants -
Cardinal Sins in Left-land; Creating, Selling, and Buying Stuff -
Economic Variation -
Intellectual Brilliance and Economic Stupidity -
Ineffective -- But Reasonably Appropriate -- Political Spectrums -
The Typical Chain of Events in Statist Thinking and Policy -
The Skepticism of Leftist Intellectuals -
Rebellious Agreement -
What's Their Point? -
The Virtues of, "Not Taking a Side" -
Long Live The "Single Agent Fallacy" -
Ed School Follies -
More Follies in Political Correctness -
Dichotomy Classic; Unfair Definitions of "Fairness" -
Tsunamis, Human Tragedy, and Political Grandstanding -
Pop Hegemony And The Democratization Of Food, Entertainment, And Technology -
Outnumbered by Lies and Ignorance -
Intellectuals and the Coincidence of Political Affiliation -
Big Brother International -
The Box People Of Niigata Station -
Nihilism In Art And Life -
The Left's Demons From "Jesus-land" -
Bookstores In Solidarity With "The [Usual] Cause" -
A Common Sense Political Spectrum Test -
Europe's Glass House -
The Current Civil War And The Demise Of Liberalism -
The "Wealth Gap;" The Left's Favorite Non-Issue" -
"Rebels" Who Hate America And (Other People's) Freedom -
Moore Nonsense: The Triumph Of The Shrill -
Politics, Ideologies, And Astro-Psychology -
Who are "The People?" -
American Crimes Against Humanity -
On Democracy And Decadence -
When Castro's Gone -
Japanese Responses In The Age Of Terrorism -
Youthful Nostalgia For "Revolutionary" Obedience -
The Horrors Of Improvement -
The Horrors Of Improvement II -
Why They Hate Us -
Games And Gimmicks In The Government Schools
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LINKS
- The Alternative Secret History of the World
- Babalu
- Capitalism Magazine
- Dissecting Leftism
- Front Page Magazine
- Media Research Center
- North Korea Freedom Coalition
- Power Kills
- Reason Magazine
- The New Criterion
- The People's Cube
- Victims of Communism Memorial
THE BIG RANTS
Generalized Defenses of American Freedom...
"I Hate That Face That He Makes..."
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