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schedule

stomach

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traffic

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yarn

Things That Knot Up

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is the only remaining contact with the dimension of the divine; its impenetrable omnipotence and very purposelessness harbors divine enjoyment.

I think Kafka was right when he said that for a modern, secular, nonreligious man, state bureaucracy is the only remaining contact with the dimension of the divine; the impenetrable omnipotence of bureaucracy harbors is divine enjoyment. It is the performance of its very purposelessness that generates an intense enjoyment, ready to reproduce itself forever.

is, as the rule of no one, the modem form of despotism.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modem form of despotism.

is out of control --- the primary function of the government is to "spew out paper."

The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - to "spew out paper."

is the art of making the possible impossible.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

is always to be trusted because it knows what your mind hasn't yet figured out.

Always trust your gut because it knows what your mind hasn't yet figured out.

is one of those things it takes an extraordinary mastery of language to describe without using your hands.

It takes an extraordinary mastery of language to describe any kind of knot without using your hands.

is strings getting in each other’s way. What keeps us together is what keeps us apart.

A knot is strings getting in each other’s way. What keeps us together is what keeps us apart.