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Lucas Levi-Nietz ([https://twitter.com/UrbanMaoism @UrbanMaoism on Twitter]) is among Infrared's first ever guests during [[What Marxist-Leninists can learn from Accelerationism|one of the earliest livestreams]]. He has been a consistent ally and source of aesthetic inspiration for the Community since. His ideological contributions are meaningful, but it is difficult to judge their scope because of their esoteric (often religious) nature and lack of explicit interconnection with [[Infrared]]'s own original work. It is very likely that his aesthetic influence on the community is as significant as that of [[Fan Wennan]] because of his early appearance, but has already been mutated within the community beyond recognisability unlike the more obvious influence of [[People's Punk]]. | |||
== Aesthetics == | == Aesthetics == | ||
=== Universal Empire === | === Universal Empire === | ||
The flagship aesthetic of @UrbanMaoism is "Universal Empire", which is a first attempt at finding a modern expression for the aesthetic of [[Mongol Modernity]]. The term [[wikipedia:Universal_monarchy|"Universal Empire"]] is | The flagship aesthetic of @UrbanMaoism is "Universal Empire", which is a first attempt at finding a modern expression for the aesthetic of [[Mongol Modernity]]. The term [[wikipedia:Universal_monarchy|"Universal Empire"]] is a general reference to the premodern land empires whose sovereigns claimed hegemony over what their people considered the whole of the world. At it's most simplest the aesthetic can be summed up as a fusion of [[Socialist Realism]] and Vorticism. Origin of the aesthetic has not yet been tracked down conclusively, but [https://twitter.com/Reach4ACopsGun Wahaddin Trotposting (@Reach4ACopsGun)] was likely the origin. He has also elaborated it into a Neo-Utopik magazine. | ||
UE-posting follows the following pattern: | UE-posting follows the following pattern: | ||
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** The follow-up assumption that defines the aesthetic is that people would gladly show up to a work just to smoke some ciggies with their friends and fuck around | ** The follow-up assumption that defines the aesthetic is that people would gladly show up to a work just to smoke some ciggies with their friends and fuck around | ||
** This culminates in the implication of a society that acts as a museum and theme-park dedicated to the memory of the hard work that made this state of leisure possible | ** This culminates in the implication of a society that acts as a museum and theme-park dedicated to the memory of the hard work that made this state of leisure possible | ||
* The appearance of Universal Empire is always localised to the culture of a place | * The appearance of Universal Empire is always localised to the culture of a place | ||
** This localisation does not act as a facade for an institutionalised Universal Empire (like the sci-fi clishe of the United Nations turned into a polity) | ** This localisation does not act as a facade for an institutionalised Universal Empire (like the sci-fi clishe of the United Nations turned into a polity) | ||
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**** In simpler words: There is no aesthetic difference between McDonalds in [[Germany]] and the [[United States of America|USA]] | **** In simpler words: There is no aesthetic difference between McDonalds in [[Germany]] and the [[United States of America|USA]] | ||
**** Universal Empire, in contrast, is itself the sum of commonalities among it's expressions in different cultures | **** Universal Empire, in contrast, is itself the sum of commonalities among it's expressions in different cultures | ||
* [[Communism]] and it's [[Post-scarcity economics|excess of leisure]] transform the common worker into a hobby intellectual who takes the time to engage with high culture previously reserved for the bourgoise that treated "having time for it" as privilege, yet the former worker still maintains a rugged aesthetic as philosopher-barbarian | * [[Communism]] and it's [[Post-scarcity economics|excess of leisure]] transform the common worker into a hobby intellectual who takes the time to engage with high culture previously reserved for the bourgoise that treated "having time for it" as privilege, yet the former worker still maintains a rugged aesthetic as philosopher-barbarian. | ||
* Smoking is cool and healthy | |||
=== Institut d'AuGirLis === | === Institut d'AuGirLis === | ||
The Institut d'AuGirLis is a joint project with [https://puppyt0es.substack.com Aiden Chaya-Wongvajirapakdi] [https://twitter.com/parallel_pl4y (@parallel_pl4y on Twitter)] . This project covers the interrelated thoughts of St. Augustine, René Girard and Clarice Lispector. | The Institut d'AuGirLis is a joint project with [https://puppyt0es.substack.com Aiden Chaya-Wongvajirapakdi] [https://twitter.com/parallel_pl4y (@parallel_pl4y on Twitter)] . This project covers the interrelated thoughts of St. Augustine, René Girard and Clarice Lispector. This covers aesthetics, politics, religion and the relations between them through artistic works. They have started [https://soundcloud.com/state-of-exception a Podcast called "State of Exception"] together. | ||