Abstract Machines with Cy Canterel

Abstract Machines with Cy Canterel

Empathy with the devil

The recursive paradox of human suffering

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Cy Canterel
Mar 06, 2025
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Everywhere you look, the same pattern plays out:

The oppressed become the oppressors.

The revolutionaries become the enforcers.

The saviors become the persecutors.

The search for truth becomes dogma.

The struggle for freedom creates new prisons.

It’s an ancient cycle—one so fundamental to human history that we don’t even question it anymore. We assume struggl…

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