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The Individual Repels the Group

The man capable of seeing the uniqueness of his existence will never be able to join any kind of organized group, except for interest. The circumstances that have formed his character and shaped his personality, mistakes, failures, regrets… all of this together make any sense of collective belonging impossible. To join a group is to simplify the complexity of one’s own experience, dishonoring it, diminishing the value of the lessons one has learned by force, being unworthy of one’s own resistance.

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Fatigue

Fatigue, total exhaustion. Feeling of having seen all the examples too soon. Too predictable, uninteresting conducts. Nothing new, ever. Repetition that starts to irritate. Absolute disenchantment, desire to paralyze time, blacken all colors, annul reality…

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Endless Tyranny

Seeking meaning through external phenomena is a mechanism that, although common, will never lead to independence. To attach value to uncontrollable judgments, when not simply unfair, is to level oneself down and show a lack of autonomy. It is worse to see that acceptance, when effected, does nothing but points out the types of flocks—the absolute majority—that, although they do not perceive, will never leave the condition of vassals, because to see the medium as sovereign is to submit to an endless tyranny.

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Between Humility and Shame

At first, to voluntarily sit in the dock. Then proceed with the condemnation. The obvious result: the contraindication of oneself. Loss of illusions, perhaps some apathy, silence, and many hours of reflection. Thus, between humility and shame, it is possible to draw some plan of action…

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