Maxim Blake
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The Violent Birth of Tomorrow
Sep 2025 07 · 09 · 25 Philosophy · Nihilism · Society · Social · Cognitive Dissonance · Contemporary

The Violent Birth of Tomorrow

Real change is not a morning routine or a mindset hack, it is controlled demolition. Self-shock is the choice to destroy the parts that keep you safe and small, so a truer self can form. Do not wait for crisis, become the author of your own rupture and rebirth.

8 min
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A Reflection on Religion and Humanity
Jul 2025 28 · 07 · 25 Philosophy · Religion · Contemporary · Critique

A Reflection on Religion and Humanity

There is something deeply, stubbornly human about the need to believe. Not necessarily in truth or proof, but in comfort. Religion, in that sense, is less about God and more about us.

3 min
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Unapologetic
May 2025 07 · 05 · 25 Psychological · Existential · Intimacy · Philosophy · Nihilism

Unapologetic

Survival is not his aim. He wishes dispersion, atomisation, the kind of ending that leaves nothing for mourners to gather around.

3 min
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A Meditation on Decay
Apr 2025 15 · 04 · 25 Dark Humor · Existential · Philosophy · Cognitive Dissonance · Critique

A Meditation on Decay

You don't need to be a prophet to see the collapse coming. You just need eyes that haven't been gouged out by Instagram filters and a brain that hasn't been lobotomised by TikTok. Look at the culture, really look at it, like staring into an open wound that's gone septic.

7 min
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Money's Velvet Fist
Apr 2025 11 · 04 · 25 Capitalism · Power · Dark Humor · Critique · Indifference · Philosophy · Satire · Privilege · Silence · Social · Society

Money's Velvet Fist

And so we come to money, the quiet god behind the curtain. It does not shout. It does not demand. It simply exists, and everything else bends around it. Money doesn’t knock down the door, it slides a key under it and waits. Patient. Clean. Silent.

3 min

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