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Foucault Posts

Posts where Foucauldian arguments form the main backbone of the theories presented.
Nov. 19, 2025

New World Dogma – How Capitalism Kills Reason AND Connection

What do Joe Dispenza, Jordan Peterson, and music pedants have in common? Do they all secretly suffer from irritable bowel syndrome? Have they all been implicated in the extinction of a rare species of wombat? Sadly no, but you get to try and guess b…
Nov. 19, 2025

How Society Raises You Like A Narcissistic Parent Would

Hello, dear reader. Today, I want to talk about one of the most insidious reasons you might feel lonely, isolated — and like you’re not good enough You might not know this, but those feelings are actually a typical outcome of a certain k…
Nov. 19, 2025

Manufacturing Loneliness — Why and How Connection is Meant to Fail.

Today, I want to really drill down into what MIGHT be the solution to loneliness—connection—and make clear how the values we hold as a society make that connection so damn difficult. My hope is that, in understanding that, the real solut…
Nov. 19, 2025

Control – as both an aspiration, obligation and contributor to loneliness

Control – as both an aspiration, obligation and contributor to loneliness In this post, we’re unpacking more core values embedded in Western capitalism, as part of the wider project of exposing what lies behind our loneliness. To remind…