tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post2188636348435405517..comments2024-03-29T07:59:56.216-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Degenerative Neurasthenia-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-39225900315443748042016-06-10T11:22:14.246-04:002016-06-10T11:22:14.246-04:00FT,
Interesting that you mention Sylvia Plath. Sh...FT,<br />Interesting that you mention Sylvia Plath. She's become one of those authors whom high school students are encouraged -- or forced -- to read.<br /><br />Selections by Sylvia Plath also appear on the 2016 redesigned SAT.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-73026508356425901812016-06-10T10:53:22.295-04:002016-06-10T10:53:22.295-04:00American workers get home exhausted from either me...American workers get home exhausted from either mental or physical labour and then passively vegetate in front of their respective television sets for the remaining 5-6 waking hours of their lives. They've become conditioned to become wholly "<a href="http://thersitescorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/interpassive-interactivity.html" rel="nofollow">Inter-passive</a>" and "addicted&-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-23374883941240384262016-06-10T08:56:17.607-04:002016-06-10T08:56:17.607-04:00The late, not-so-great "poet" Sylvia Pla...The late, not-so-great "poet" Sylvia Plath is a prime example of everything I have railed against during this post. As vain, selfish, and worthless a personality as any I've ever seen emerge from "modern" society.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-90835999391809874352016-06-10T06:27:51.303-04:002016-06-10T06:27:51.303-04:00More like "The Drama Queen Syndrome," I ...More like "The Drama Queen Syndrome," I suspect, AOW.<br /><br />Since the Machines took over, most Americans find themselves with not enough legitimate work to do. This causes feelings of discontent and <i>ennui</i> (extreme boredom). In turn people become spoiled, petulant, unduly demanding, possibly ill, and eventually hostile.<br /><br />With no healthy role models in their lives FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-40483845462299588522016-06-10T05:27:41.014-04:002016-06-10T05:27:41.014-04:00Americans were said to be particularly prone to ne...<i>Americans were said to be particularly prone to neurasthenia, which resulted in the nickname "Americanitis" (popularized by William James).</i><br /><br />Hmmmm....The "precious little snowflake" syndrome?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-86599461268038219682016-06-09T14:42:58.534-04:002016-06-09T14:42:58.534-04:00Who are the REAL authoritarians, Bernie or Trump s...Who are the <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/06/epic-correction-of-the-decade.php" rel="nofollow">REAL authoritarians</a>, Bernie or Trump supporters... ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-34021227577116335842016-06-09T13:21:55.927-04:002016-06-09T13:21:55.927-04:00It's really a shame that you couldn't see ...It's really a shame that you couldn't see the video, FT. The allusion to the "degenerative" civilizational aspects and class-distinctions would perhaps be more readily apparent.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-34640433824486611552016-06-09T13:19:26.144-04:002016-06-09T13:19:26.144-04:00Again, I suspect there's "more" of i...Again, I suspect there's "more" of it today than in the past due to the "proletariatization" of the economy. There are many fewer independent bourgeois "masters" today, and many more dependent "hourly-wage-slaves".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-60744670576362396172016-06-09T13:14:53.240-04:002016-06-09T13:14:53.240-04:00I suspect that our current state of civilizational...I suspect that our current state of civilizational "subjectivity" has a lot of influence upon the degree of "neurasthenia" that we all suffer from. As Nietzsche remarked in his Genealogy of Morals (2nd Essay):<br /><br /> <i> Enmity, cruelty, the delight in persecution, in surprises, change, destruction—the turning all these instincts against their own possessors: this is -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-18059918502755753632016-06-09T11:25:11.821-04:002016-06-09T11:25:11.821-04:00FreeThinke may be right in some cases, but it'...FreeThinke may be right in some cases, but it's a pity that the genuinely ill have to live with so much suspicion. I wouldn't like to guess what percentage are malingerers, but I expect we all know (perhaps without realising) people who aren't and this widespread attitude does them harm to my knowledge.<br /><br />I think the point of the special names conjured by intellectuals, is toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-49343003274874512772016-06-09T09:25:27.435-04:002016-06-09T09:25:27.435-04:00I do believe the advent of the Machine Age fostere...I do believe the advent of the Machine Age fostered the burgeoning development of "neuroses," " "psychoses," mammoth amounts of discontent based on envy, spite, malice, lust for vengeance, an ever-growing desire to blame and punish "someone" for perceived wrongs, and a morbidly insalubrious hedonism exemplified by irresponsible behavior coupled with unchecked FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-26442153369313532712016-06-09T08:57:23.232-04:002016-06-09T08:57:23.232-04:00Those of our species who may be counted among so-c...Those of our species who may be counted among so-called "intellectuals" seem overfond of conjuring up special names for conditions common to virtually all humanity.<br /><br />"Neurasthenia," an early invention of this kind, sounds elegant, erudite, significant, and suggests keen perception and great depth of insight behind those who bandy it about, but in truth all it means FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com