New blog entry: Apologia
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/02/apologia.html
@cstross There should perhaps be a way of distinguishing the two meanings of “immanentise the eschaton”: the popular Illuminatus! usage (raise Cthulhu from his aeons-long slumber or things to that effect) and the William Buckley usage RAW riffed off (blasphemously try to make the world better, usurping God’s prerogative; originally intended as a theological argument against socialism/social democracy/progressive ideals)
@cstross So I'm not the only one having problems processing everything that is going...
@excds Anyone who isn't having problems isn't paying attention.