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The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
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Aurelien
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August 2024

Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
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4
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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52
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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30
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
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Aurelien
74

July 2024

No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Aurelien
35
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Aurelien
65
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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Aurelien
1
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
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Aurelien
42
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Aurelien
60
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
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Aurelien
44

June 2024

The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
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Aurelien
58
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