Maxim Blake
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Nationalism's Favourite Colour
Aug 2025 13 · 08 · 25 Contemporary · Indifference · Power · Privilege · Psychological · Social

Nationalism's Favourite Colour

Uniformity is a mask for fear. Across a world flirting with tyranny, truth is drowned and obedience sold as strength. I argue the opposite. Diversity, disagreement and the courage to think are not our weakness, they are the only path to survival and renewal.

11 min
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Make you something new
Apr 2025 11 · 04 · 25 Carnal · Erotic · Existential · Power

Make you something new

You are the object of this hunger. You move through the world unaware, untouched by the filth that drags at my soul. But I see you, I feel you beneath my skin, burning, writhing, a sickness I cannot purge

3 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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