Content 18+ Eric, your critique on my previous post is sharp and direct. While you raise discomforting truths, I believe they point to only part of the picture. You argue that war is not the irrational malfunction of human society but rather a deeply calculated, coldly rational endeavor. You’re right—on a superficial level, war has always served clear purposes: power, resources, dominance. But herein lies the flaw in your argument. … Read the rest
Tag: Rationality
The Rational Monster
By Eric Le Roy
Aubade by Louis MacNeice
Having bitten on life like a sharp apple
Or, playing it like a fish, been happy,
Having felt with fingers that the sky is blue,
What have we after that to look forward to?
Not the twilight of the gods but a precise dawn
of sallow and grey bricks, and newsboys crying war.
Content 18+ Years ago my generation was … Read the rest
