/lit/ - Literature

*takes pull*

Because today is an important political day, although I normally refrain from engaging in public political thought because it seems pointlessly destructive to well-being, I'm going to humor myself in some pointless self-destruction. I voted today, and I voted liberal (because I'm not some kind of violent fascist) begrudgingly, with the same reluctance as I had when I voted for Hillary. My hesitation is that while I support most liberal policy this liberal temperament that's loosing itself across all platforms of social media is becoming indistinguishable from the conservative groupthink back in the day with its "you're either an employable straight-white male or a housewife or you deserve to be homeless:" today what I see is "you're either a bi-sexual marxist or you're a nazi" which both seem to me equally disagreeable. This kind of thinking is very unfortunate for artists, those who wish to provide society with a tangible way to experience the transcendental, especially those who introduce many varying points of view into their work (which I believe is the truth of human thinking). There's a reason the kind of art being produced these days (and over the last 20 years) is so tepid and that we don't have the same kind of cultural community that values creative expression unless it has some "agreeable" agenda. The measure of a party's dominance isn't in its ability to create laws but in its inability to find a sense of humor. Those with much to lose will make themselves immune to vulnerability (sword of damocles), and to Trump's credit, the man has made himself incredibly vulnerable. Personally, I admire a fellow who doesn't give a damn what people say about him (even though his policies are absurdly anti-human). While conservatism was the norm, there was Lenny Bruce. Now that liberals are the enforcers of cultural capital, there's 4chan.

*takes another pull*

*okay, another one* (1/2)

gatsby essay, feel free to cringe

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IRZDWcRnGeLAL-rCjUaZtXCwm8MnOnOkvHCPv86LPA0/edit?usp=sharing