Deep State Dave
@dcgomez1.bsky.social
Retired FBI agent and former BSU profiler. Naval Postgraduate School M.A. in Security Studies. Gonzaga PhD student researching authoritarian leadership. Colorful raconteur and cranky old man. Bull Moose conservative. Where have you gone Teddy Roosevelt?
Dare I ask, “What happened?”
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Dare I ask, “What happened?”
Ruh roh! Not really. But nobody likes Kant. They just tolerate him.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ruh roh! Not really. But nobody likes Kant. They just tolerate him.
Oh, man. 15 books in 15 weeks. One short reflection paper, plus responses to my classmates per week. Plus a final 20 page paper. And that’s just one class. The other has me reading Plato, Kant, Bentham, and Nietzsche, and looking up the meaning of deontological every time I sit down to write.
a man wearing glasses and a green jacket says " this is making my brain hurt "
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a green jacket says " this is making my brain hurt "
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October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh, man. 15 books in 15 weeks. One short reflection paper, plus responses to my classmates per week. Plus a final 20 page paper. And that’s just one class. The other has me reading Plato, Kant, Bentham, and Nietzsche, and looking up the meaning of deontological every time I sit down to write.
Did I mention that I lent your book to my leadership ethics professor and she said she might use it in a summer class she is developing on followership? So if some one reaches out for you to speak at GU this summer, say yes so i can take you to dinner.
October 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Did I mention that I lent your book to my leadership ethics professor and she said she might use it in a summer class she is developing on followership? So if some one reaches out for you to speak at GU this summer, say yes so i can take you to dinner.
I’m waiting for the Netflix mini-series.
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I’m waiting for the Netflix mini-series.
Or…or… or old philosopher sweater alert.
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Or…or… or old philosopher sweater alert.
The scariest thing is I now know how to spell Nietzsche without looking it up or using spell checker.
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The scariest thing is I now know how to spell Nietzsche without looking it up or using spell checker.
And now, in my other class on Leadership, not ethics, I'm reading Nietzsche's Will to Power. It is no wonder that a lot of philosophers look like this 👇. Not you, of course, Diva. Not you! @queenofthinair.bsky.social
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a car and smiling .
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September 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And now, in my other class on Leadership, not ethics, I'm reading Nietzsche's Will to Power. It is no wonder that a lot of philosophers look like this 👇. Not you, of course, Diva. Not you! @queenofthinair.bsky.social
I finished my short paper on Bentham and utility based on the reading of Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789). Then we had a Zoom lecture, and I found out Bentham's views are just a prelude to reading John Stuart Mill on Utilitarianism. Down another rabbit hole. #WhenDoesItEnd 😅
September 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I finished my short paper on Bentham and utility based on the reading of Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789). Then we had a Zoom lecture, and I found out Bentham's views are just a prelude to reading John Stuart Mill on Utilitarianism. Down another rabbit hole. #WhenDoesItEnd 😅
OoooH. Now I have to read it.
September 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
OoooH. Now I have to read it.
I am having fun. The professor is an Irish philosopher who did her dissertation on Heidegger and technology. She keeps her lectures entertaining. It's just the pace of readings and papers. #WelcomeToDoctoralStudies
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I am having fun. The professor is an Irish philosopher who did her dissertation on Heidegger and technology. She keeps her lectures entertaining. It's just the pace of readings and papers. #WelcomeToDoctoralStudies
I have to do a presentation on Book 3 for my immersion in October. I wanted to do Marx's Communist Manifesto, but a classmate asked me to trade. I'm forever the nice guy. Maybe I'll read Book 1 and incorporate it into my final paper.
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I have to do a presentation on Book 3 for my immersion in October. I wanted to do Marx's Communist Manifesto, but a classmate asked me to trade. I'm forever the nice guy. Maybe I'll read Book 1 and incorporate it into my final paper.
I also need to read Bentham's "On the Principles of Morals" for a short reflection due by Thursday. This philosophy stuff is a KILLER! It's hard to fake the readings. Even ChatGPT is confused. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I also need to read Bentham's "On the Principles of Morals" for a short reflection due by Thursday. This philosophy stuff is a KILLER! It's hard to fake the readings. Even ChatGPT is confused. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
Well, we've moved on from Kant. I'm reading Plato's Book 3, and learning about the "Noble Lie" and deception as a tool for stability. It's almost as if Plato predicted the current political situation in the U.S. Or maybe some ethical truths are universal?
@queenofthinair.bsky.social
@queenofthinair.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Well, we've moved on from Kant. I'm reading Plato's Book 3, and learning about the "Noble Lie" and deception as a tool for stability. It's almost as if Plato predicted the current political situation in the U.S. Or maybe some ethical truths are universal?
@queenofthinair.bsky.social
@queenofthinair.bsky.social