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I always find myself coming back to this one. As far as short essays and social commentary go, I feel like this is the bar. Lots to appreciate and also apply in your own nonfiction writing here.
“Among so much well-behaved unreality, it is next to impossible to understand how Watts may truly feel about violence. In terms of strict reality, violence may be a means to getting money, for example, no more dishonest than collecting exorbitant carrying charges from a customer on relief, as white merchants here still do. Far from a sickness, violence may be an attempt to communicate, or to be who you really are.”
u/Impressive-Durian-22 — 9 days ago