Max Kern
@maxexhact.bsky.social
What’s driving the world’s current turmoil? Of course, there’s no single cause—we’re caught in the eye of A Perfect Storm. The possibilities are countless and obscure. Dive deeper into the complexities shaping our times at https://maxkern.substack.com.
To My “MAGA friends” – If I Even Have Any?
To My “MAGA friends” – If I Even Have Any?
It’s you at the bottom I mainly want to address – to give you recognition and, yes, a measure of understanding. You’re right about a lot of things. For example, you’re absolutely right that those of u...
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September 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
To My “MAGA friends” – If I Even Have Any?
The Moral Compass
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The Moral Compass
And The Illusion of Market Virtues
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July 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Moral Compass
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A Dispute over a Plank and Three Shelves
A Dispute over a Plank and Three Shelves
A Play of Ideas in One Act, for the Initiated Only
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May 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A Dispute over a Plank and Three Shelves
You fed the system with all your dreams and hopes ...
And You Thought it Was Just a Like Button
The Like button, introduced on Facebook in 2009, was more than just a friendly feature. It was an accelerator.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
You fed the system with all your dreams and hopes ...
As politics increasingly follows the logic of mimetic desire, the foundations of democracy begin to shift. Which makes the question of copycat psychology more urgent than ever.
Monkey See, Monkey Do – and So Do We!
What a monkey tantrum can teach us about our desires & human politics of today – The Logic of Mimetic Rivalry
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May 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As politics increasingly follows the logic of mimetic desire, the foundations of democracy begin to shift. Which makes the question of copycat psychology more urgent than ever.
The Will to Think
The Will to Think
Resisting the Easy Opiates
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April 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Will to Think
What happens in our world can feel overwhelming. Difficult to grasp. How was it really intended? Where is reason? Is there any thought behind it - or does everything just happen because it happens?
The Word That Was Exalted to God and Then Descended into Matter
The logic that first created God, then a soul - and is now shaping our future through AI
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April 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
What happens in our world can feel overwhelming. Difficult to grasp. How was it really intended? Where is reason? Is there any thought behind it - or does everything just happen because it happens?
Lately, like so many others, I've been completely consumed by the whims of our present moment. So much is happening that, on some days, I've felt like a fish washed up on shore – flailing and gasping for... what? Air?
Help Me! I Think I've Lost My Soul
Tracing the Hidden Origins of our Spirits
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April 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Lately, like so many others, I've been completely consumed by the whims of our present moment. So much is happening that, on some days, I've felt like a fish washed up on shore – flailing and gasping for... what? Air?
“This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end...”
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end...”
This is the End! But we don’t see what will come next.
What Binds them Together Will Also Break Them Apart
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April 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end...”
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end...”
Sorry about that "m" - it won't go away - but you will get the point, dont you ...
6. The White Republic
What Will Remain When History mow Is being Rewritten
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April 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sorry about that "m" - it won't go away - but you will get the point, dont you ...
5. How "The Dark Enlightenment" Will Enlightened US
5. How "The Dark Enlightenment" Will Enlightened US
The big ideas behind how the state will be dismantled into its smallest parts
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April 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
5. How "The Dark Enlightenment" Will Enlightened US
The Official White Washer in The White House
April 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Official White Washer in The White House
Needless to say more - the words speak for themselves
April 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Needless to say more - the words speak for themselves
Republican woman then and now - find 5 errors
April 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Republican woman then and now - find 5 errors