Capitalism is the middle ground between fascism and libertarianism.


We must see people simply as people. an enemy is simply whom reconciliation with is impossible or too taxing. we have a lot less enemies than we think.


government propaganda = bad. advertising that reduces autonomy in consumers = perfectly fine


The most selfish people are the ones who argue that everyone is selfish. they've already forgiven themselves for being immoral and apathetic.

Split humanity into owners and workers, and you will quickly see how very weak the owners are.

Unless you're living on the shore, the only nice view you'll have is of our profusely corporate culture


Everything is a waste of money when you're broke.

White privilege: optimist as logic, not fear.

To be jaded in this redundant society is to be consistently observant.

this society slaughters the souls of young men and forces all of their anger to be withheld and forced upon its own ostensibly perceived creator; instead of rightfully attacking the system that produces this repression, they attack the most easiest of foes: women, friends, relatives, or they resolve to game and rituals to express their angst.

Isaac Brock laid the roots that grew and became socialism; ''do you need a lot of what you got to survive?''

Surely the best we can do would yield better results.

“Life is long. All you kids out there living fast and dying young, you’re not going to die. You’re not that lucky, you’re just going to look like shit.”
— End Of A Year

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All of the problems that exist in our world are essentially the result of individuals without realizing or simply without regarding the consequences that those actions will have on their peers. We are all guilty of this. The result is a failure of trust. But despite this lack of trust, despite being let down and even given up on, we can’t give up on others. We can’t perpetuate this endless cycle of distrust. We must break it.

In this life, you will be let down. You will be dropped. You will be hur. You will not be appreciated. And when things are at their absolute worst, and you fall backwards, there will be no arms there to catch you.

But you must stand back up. We all must stand back up. And together we must help each other to stay standing.

To me, that is what this record represents. It is an angry record, because there is a lot in this world worth being angry about. It is a cathartic record, because it is a positive, meaningful, and necessary way of expressing this anger before the problems that cause it can be addressed. And it is a defiant and unsubmissive record because the people behind it will never fail to stand up after they have fallen. And that is the inspiration I draw from this record and from [members of In First Person].
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— Mike Brennan of Paramnesia Records