a thought has been reoccuring in my mind for sometime now, and it’s an unsettling thought. is history an unstoppable force? is hegel and marx prophetic in their vision of dialectics and material dialectics, respectively? if so, if history is inevitable, what am i to do? what capacity should i fulfill? as a self-identified marxist, i believe that capitalism must be in full bloom so that the proletariat/oppressed revolt against the bourgeoisie to position society in a rightful and just state. this does not separate me from the liberatarian or free marketeer, who in essence, wishes to see capitalism flourish despite the blatant exploitation and suffering of the laborer. both, the marxist and capitalist, wish to see the government wither away. so here i stand. i am voltaire and i am rousseau. i am a cynic because history is inevitable yet optimistic because i am alive. i am a contradiction. so the question remains: who should i become while the universe unfolds?
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