Ep. 18. The Healing Punch
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GPA current events. More on Oscar Wilde, anarcho-Catholicism, and the libertine and anti-libertine post-left. The arrest of Peter Navarro. The theory of the healing punch and the decline of the American state. Dave Weigel’s re-Tweet and the Washington Post meltdown. Is cynicism enough for a sociopolitical movement? The need for discipline to resist a society of addictions. WWCIAD? (I.e., What Would the CIA Do?) “Ghosts in the Machine” and American psyops. Our lack of a credible utopian image. Update (06/14/22): John’s column for Tablet magazine’s Daily Scroll on “Ghosts in the Machine,” as referenced in the episode, can be found here: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com
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