David M

@ComradeDoom1

'need to pray but can only think'

a Bakersfield of the mind Joined November 2017

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David M @ComradeDoom1 Apr 9, 2025

"The hermeneutics of suspicion seems to cut both ways... We might try to deny it but we are constituted by myths and symbols all the way down."

I wrote about Ricoeur for @compactmag

compactmag.com/article/paul-r…

www.compactmag.com Paul Ricoeur and the Crisis of Atheism Twentieth-century French philosophy continues to inflame the passions of American readers in the 21st.

David M @ComradeDoom1 1d

I didn't vote (because I'm still too bitter to cast a ballot for Democrats), but feel pretty happy about the elections this week. A giant No to the Iran war and No to AI.

David M @ComradeDoom1 4d

"MAHA was destined to disappoint because of the political and philosophical contradictions at its core..."

I wrote a critical assessment RFK Jr's thought and political movement for @compactmag today

compactmag.com/article/mahas-…

www.compactmag.com MAHA’s Identity Crisis In late October, Calley Means resigned from his position as senior advisor to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

David M @ComradeDoom1 Oct 26

favorite new releases of 2026: Inferno by Boards of Canada (music), The Rouse by China Mieville (books), and, yes, You Can See Everything (movies).

AI hasn't killed the arts yet!

David M @ComradeDoom1 Oct 23

great review of the new biography. Kunkel breaks the taboo that has been in effect since Harold Bloom canonized Blood Meridian; the Judge's philosophy of war is not scary, it's hokey as hell.

Benjamin Kunkel @kunktation Oct 21

I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/1…
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