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For some reason, this all feels like a big call back to the late 18th century Pantheismusstreit in Germany. If you turn the masses into swarms, you’re going to have to deal with the fundamental a-rationality of a sea of Schwärmers. (Your fault for bringing up Hegel)

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Absolutely. The alliance between junkers/oligarchs and the masses at the expense of the upper middle class is also very German/Bismarckian.

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Immediacy was one of the most interesting books I read this year

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also find myself constantly wanting to say "grow up" when browsing the timeline

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