02 AUG 2026 by ideonexus
Tolkien's moral dilemma
A more serious problem arose for Tolkien, especially with apparently wholly evil beings, especially Orcs, but it applies also to others such as Wargs and Trolls. Since in Catholic theology evil cannot make, only mock, Orcs cannot have an equal and opposite morality to that of Men; but since they can reason about their lives and have a moral sense (though they are unable to keep to it), they cannot be described as wholly evil.[2][10][T 14]
Medieval image of cosmology of higher and lower being...31 MAY 2026 by ideonexus
Links on the Dark Enlightenment
Conservatives have been upset since the enlightenment. It’s the politics of aristocrats and anything that ever helped regular people to be more comfortable has enraged them. It’s literally a reactionary response to the enlightenment.
These current assholes are trying to make a new country that bursts out of the body of the current country. It's called "the butterfly revolution" and yes it does sound absurd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
It’s why musk was speaking at the ...Folksonomies: accelerationism dark enlightenment
Folksonomies: accelerationism dark enlightenment




