Existential Comics

And yes, I know Æthelred the Unready was a Christian, but sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures and you have to go back to the old methods (using magic to summon a nerd).

In order to live without violence, we have to obey the State, or we will all just give in to our most base instincts. If the State is just giving in to our most base instincts though...

And the case of wine? Oh hell yeah, it's natural to drink wine. As long as I don't have to pay. It's natural to mooch on wine, I guess is my philosophy.

Imagine thinking you've reached the End of History when you didn't even have PlayStation 3 yet.

It is actually funny sometimes how much property relations determine people's ideas. Like billionaires can read all the philosophy they want, they will always find a way to side with the police, for "reasons". Or how landlords will always manage to convince themselves that it is actually bad for society in general if rent goes down. Humans are amazing animals.

Don't worry, later Emperors ended up embracing Confuscian thought, which surely made them all super virtuous and never use brutality and fear to enforce their rule...surely...