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Average contemporary author:
>All art is political
Jorge Luis Borges:
>I've been anti-communist, anti-fascist, anti-peronist, etc; however I've always made an effort that my opinions, that are just opinions and, therefore, might be superficial, would not interfere with my aesthetic work.
>I believe a writer can satisfy his conscience and act in a just way, but I don't think that literature should reduce to fables and apologetics. Freedom of imagination, freedom to dream, must exist.
>I tried to prevent my opinions from interfering with what I write, I would almost prefer that people didn't know what they were.

>> No.20549739

>NOOO YOU CAN'T BE APOLITICAL IT'S WHAT I USE TO FILL THE GAP WHERE RELIGION USED TO BE AND WHAT I WILL REPLACE WITH SEX ONCE I FINALLY HAVE SOME

>> No.20549745

>>20549723
>Average contemporary author
you mean average leftist author since the french revolution

>> No.20549754

>>20549739
>NOOO YOU CANT JUST EXIST WITHOUT RELIGION OR SOMETHING TO FILL THAT SPACE WITH
sometimes you can, and you can’t do anything about it.

>>20549745
There’s no solid dichotomy about it, dipshit

>> No.20549764

>>20549739
He's not saying you should be apolitical, he's saying that art comes from a deeper mode of thought than politics.

>> No.20549819

>>20549754
>There’s no solid dichotomy about it, dipshit
learn how to speak english please.
Borges was right wing by the the way

>> No.20549846

>>20549819
he described himself as an anarchist

>> No.20549943

>>20549846
Who did?

>> No.20550080

>>20549739
Stfu coomcel

>> No.20550207

>>20549723
>Jorge Luis Borges
Don't know who that is.

>> No.20550241

>>20549739
>>20549723
You see, you are entitled to your opinion except when it's not the right opinion and if you don't pick an opinion you are still against the right opinion.

>> No.20550266

>>20549723
mealy-mouthed crypto-chud

>> No.20550320

>>20549723
>I would almost prefer that people didn't know what they were.
I completeley agree.

>> No.20550382

>>20549723
>however I've always made an effort that my opinions, that are just opinions and, therefore, might be superficial, would not interfere with my aesthetic work.
blatantly false, what about "el otro"?
i dont deny borges' skills and intelligence, yet he was a pedantic asshole

>> No.20550528

Borges was a hack

>> No.20550538

He looks retarded

>> No.20551838

>>20550528
Awful take, anon. You must have down's syndrome

>> No.20551842

>>20551838
Some guy refuted Borges in the Goodreads thread

>> No.20552417
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20552417

HE AHÍ BOBORGES,

PENE EN MANO, EN EL BAÑO:

MICROFICCIÓN.


« 零 »

>> No.20552456

>>20552417
Where's your tripcode, CVMGENIVS?

>> No.20552460

>>20552456
I forgot about him. He still around?

>> No.20553565

>>20549723
>Jorge Luis Borges:
Who?

>> No.20553650

>>20552460
He still shypost in /tv/ waifu threads.

>> No.20553806

>>20549723
Borges' only merit was to have been the mentor of Calvino.
>>20549846
you mean a lefty? makes sense as only lefties spew shit like "communism is bad but so is any other ideology..." stacking hypocrisy with their retardation

>> No.20553914

>>20549723
muh everything is political is utterly meaningless for the simple fact that words are useful when they have meaning and aren't just rhetorical flourishes you claim monopoly over.

>> No.20554175

>>20549723
Borges was the equivalent of a moderate conservative in his time. “Separating art from politics” has always been a conservative ask, because when you don’t consciously think about the values your art expresses, it winds up reflecting the values which support the status quo. This is also why radicals on either side of the political spectrum are most self-consciously political — in order to free their art of the dominant value system, they have to assert their own values in its place.

I say all of this with a great love for Borges. He was a great storyteller and poet. But his greatness was synthetic — the ability to connect existing ideas in novel ways. Borges himself was aware of this, and always acknowledged his source material in interviews. He never claimed, or wanted, originality.

>> No.20554206

>>20549739
You can't replace religion with sex.
In fact, if you really enjoy sex, you'll need a bit of religion to get to the good stuff.

>> No.20554234

What if his aesthetic work is just ego and thus superficial as well?

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>>20554206
but you can replace it with sex+coercion
just look at Mexico... it's already an art-form there