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Posts are certainly a projection of my own internal thinking and analysis.

by Alex Pilkington @alxpilk.bsky.social

The Authoritarian Harvest of the Frankfurt School

An intellectual history of our illiberal moment. This essay traces the lineage from the Frankfurt School's "repressive tolerance" to the postmodern deconstruction of truth, arguing that this framework has not only captured the left but has also forged an illiberal "New Right" that mirrors its tactics—locking both sides in an authoritarian C-clamp.

November 09, 2025

Never Unworthy, Simply Unheard

Stop living as a "Performer." This blog post uses Carl Jung's wisdom to explore how to heal the inner child, replace the inner critic, and use shadow work to find authentic self-worth.

November 06, 2025

Direct but shallow: the summary's Dilemma

For everything said, all that is left unsaid is used to fill in our knowledge gaps. If a meme can fully disclose our thoughts, then our thoughts are juvenile. If a sentence can fully disclose our desires, then our desires are myopic. If a summary is what we choose to present, then we are seceding our humanity to best fit our 'newsletters'.

November 06, 2025

Friendship

A reminder about the requirements and fundamentals of sustaining friendship with those important to us.

November 06, 2025

The Fractured Vote: Faith, Futility, and the New Hysteria

Dive into America's democratic crisis. This essay argues the "moral duty to vote" is moot. From CA's Prop 50 to Cuomo's ballot maneuvers, the political machine rigs choice. The corruption runs deeper: events like Charlie Kirk's tragic assassination, combined with long early voting periods, transform civic participation into "blind rage voting." Discover why a rational vote is impossible in a system that limits options and a culture prone to hysteria.

November 06, 2025

Blaming the Protocol: Why Critics Miss the Point on Crypto

This piece analyzes Finn Brunton's recent New York Times critique against cryptocurrency, arguing that he commits a fundamental category error. This piece first deconstructs the rhetorical frames used to associate the technology with political corruption, then provides a rebuttal from first principles and contrasts the failures of centralized human actors (the "industry") with the technology's core goal of trust minimization (the "protocol").

November 06, 2025