onomatoblog

Alright, I am off for Malmö tomorrow, will live with friends for a few weeks. I’ll check back in from time to time. Thursday, grad school begins. Wish me luck

(Dream is quite attractive, you know. And I am insane)

I wrote the stuff below for my eljay in April, but figured I’d share it here. It is obviously by Neil Gaiman’s book American Gods and the character Sam. Like she did, I list what I believe.

I decided to, like Lucas did a few months ago, do a Sam. It might be long, it might be short. Whatever.

I believe that there are no gods or ‘higher power’, I believe that there is nothing beyond the material, but that that isn’t as pitiful as it sounds, I believe that humanity will cause its own extinction in the near future, and that this isn’t a bad thing. I believe that we’ll also cause death of most other things on this planet, and that’s worse. I believe that with time, it will heal. I believe that time is relative and that we are small and pity creatures. I believe that this is somewhat precious, in an ironic way.

I believe that it is never true freedom to be able to enslave others. I believe that a woman’s body is her own and that a the father should never be able to overrule a (affirmative or negative) abortion decision because he is not the one doing the work, feeling the physical pain. I believe that there is no need for a ’special (exclusive) connection’ between mother and child after birth if the father participates equally in nurturing. I believe that modern GYN exams and mammograms are the products of misogyny and will looks different if society changes. I believe that most people consider gender to be fixed because they don’t think or know enough about the world.

I believe that most ‘conservative’ opinions are caused by lack of information or misinformation. Or maybe lack of empathy.

I believe emotional empathy to be strong, but overrated as a ground for action, as people have different amounts of it. I believe that rationality is nonexistent. I believe there to be no good reason for decision making whatsoever. I find it amazing how some people still manage to make good decisions. I believe that relativism is morally unjustifiable, and that absolutism is an illusion.

I believe that love is simple, but not necessarily kind. I believe that the world has only formal qualities -it just is, not good or bad.

I believe that some things that are considered sexually deviant are just parts of sexuality most people suppress. I believe that other things considered sexually deviant are ills caused by the culture we live in. I believe ‘culture’ as source of qualities is underrated because it is underestimated. Everything we do other than eat, drink, sleep, talk and walk upright is culture.

I believe that every form of violence and oppression are interconnected systems and that unless we notice that we’ll get nowhere solving anything. I believe that it’s hard work but must be done. I believe that Aristotle and Paul respectively are more responsible for more of this development that any other individuals we know of.

I believe that stupidity and ignorance are unrelated but that one of them tend to invite the other. I believe that 98% of the world population are fundamentally stupid. I believe that there are equal amounts of stupid people in every culture, sexual orientation, sex, religion, and country.

I believe that although men are also oppressed by western patriarchy, they fundamentally gain from it and most of them will not let go unless forced to. I believe forcing them is a fundamental part of getting equality – not changing the inequality from one group to another. Privilege needs to go away. I believe that education can go far, but only so far.

I believe that the human world is a lot more plastic and capable of change than people think. I believe because humans think is is, it becomes static. I believe that if a time machine would ever be invented, so universe would in an instant become nothing; it never will have existed. I believe the universe to be impossible, and that exists anyway.

I believe that one day, people will worship David Bowie as a god. I believe that music has deteriorated in the west the last 15 years due to music videos. I believe that beauty ideals have always been unattainable by 95% of all people, that they are fundamentally bad but will never go away. I believe I will never be able to shop wishing I was 100 lbs.

I believe that sports and entertainment media are indeed a part of manufacturing consent.

I believe in the cuteness of kittens, the beauty of ravens and my own sense of melodrama