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On Socialism and Art

This is nothing more than a link to a talk given by David Wash of the Socialist Equality Party back in 1998, and a place to discuss it. The talk is not short, and the issues are not simple (at least, for me). I have no idea if anyone here would want to read through the whole thing, but I have to say I found it fascinating, insightful, and dead on.

“To become whole, human beings require the truth about the world, and about themselves, that art offers.”

So, for those who want to read it, here it is.

Texas Wisdom #74

“You don’t come to Texas for the wisdom.” — Billy-Bob Gautama

My Little Jhereg

Sometimes you make an offhand remark on Twitter, and the next thing you know, your mind is filled with horrific images that will haunt you until every second becomes nothing more than a waking torment and you long for the release of death, which release is denied you, and so you can only go on and on, plunging deeper into despair, each step a new vision of Hell unfolding before you, the agony compounded by your awareness that it is deserved, that your own crimes have brought you to this place. Know what I mean? I’m sure you’ve been there.

At this point, your only recourse–your only recourse–is to reduce your pain in some small measure by inflicting it on random, innocent strangers. Like so:

Lyrics for the MY LITTLE JHEREG: ASSASSINATION IS MAGIC theme song. (by Scott Lynch)

art by @thegreatwren

ETA: Then sometimes Steve learns about why he shouldn’t give wicked people like me access to edit things. Oh sure, light proofreading! Fix some typos, insert links, all well and good. I expect to have any such privileges revoked shortly after pressing the update button on this post. TOTALLY WORTH IT.

Now, for the amusement and wonderment of all, @Obsidian_Dragon has drawn Loiosh with a dead teckla cutie mark. (Two versions, since someone complained about the canonical number of legs.)