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"The Afghanistan Analysts Network has published a collection of letters from members of the Taliban, now employed in the country’s capital, describing how they’ve grown bored of it all. It is a post-revolution hangover of sorts as modern ennui sets in."
This reminded me of the Mongolian conquest of China. The Mongols may have been the rulers, but the civilization was 100% Chinese.
Hilarious, Taliban already feeling like Edward Norton in Fight Club.
Hegemonic neo-liberalism and its dysfunctional responses: alienation, anomie, hedonism, nihilism.
"The Afghanistan Analysts Network has published a collection of letters from members of the Taliban, now employed in the country’s capital, describing how they’ve grown bored of it all. It is a post-revolution hangover of sorts as modern ennui sets in."
This reminded me of the Mongolian conquest of China. The Mongols may have been the rulers, but the civilization was 100% Chinese.