tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171211821104576414.post5445196426916987903..comments2023-03-23T06:49:09.440-07:00Comments on Dystopia Diaries: The Sacred Clowns Bring Krampus To Wisconsin ProtestsLiam_McGonaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10390053844554347830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171211821104576414.post-34913641747138036462011-03-03T08:27:38.592-08:002011-03-03T08:27:38.592-08:00Yeah, the tensions between life/death, chaos/order...Yeah, the tensions between life/death, chaos/order are so vast and inescapable that you could make an argument that they're foundational to ALL art and religion, every bit of it.<br /><br />The "American Death Cult" idea started out as a pretty basic articulation of the idea that laissez faire capitalism, as we know it today, has devloped into something of a cult of the Harvest God to the exclusion of all other gods and to the particular contempt of the gods of regeneration and nourishment. I think it's a pretty consistent theme that throughout the world Harvest gods are associated with the dark time of the year, with cold, with terror.Liam_McGonaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390053844554347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171211821104576414.post-23719268644130493732011-03-02T19:03:16.143-08:002011-03-02T19:03:16.143-08:00Thats funny I was actually thinking about writing ...Thats funny I was actually thinking about writing a quick article analyzing death in terms of the point where you're corrupted and lose all your natural human qualities. Methinks Americans are so messed up because they have to play a survival game among so many more kinds of death beyond bilogical death.<br /><br />Krampus sounds like a cool guy though.<br /><br />-The uncanny bridge between order and chaos.Chaorder Gradienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060672095299509742noreply@blogger.com