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Gabriel Jose Garcia

Gabriel Jose Garcia

The concert that never was

It took me so long to convince my mother to let me go to this show (Nirvana with The Melvins), that the first show of two-night stint was…

2 min readJun 2, 2021

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The concert that never was

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

13 years ago today

13 years ago today, I attempted suicide for the second time. There had been, and were, some 10–12 planned, near, or aborted attempts, as…

2 min readApr 10, 2021

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13 years ago today

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

Hypermodernity — The political is personal

The various aspects of the deterioration of progress, progress as religion, the loss of future, and the effects of digitalization.

34 min readMar 30, 2021

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Hypermodernity — The political is personal

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

The progressive positivist paradox

The paradox of rights and equality, and with them, identity, being based on a Western-scientific conception of positivist value and worth.

13 min readJan 25, 2021

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The progressive positivist paradox

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

Hypermodernity and cultures as aesthetic individuality reservoirs

The disintegration progress, the “big now”, cultures as identity reservoirs, hypermodernity and individuality as an end in and of itself.

10 min readDec 29, 2020

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Hypermodernity and cultures as aesthetic individuality reservoirs

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

How Daniel Johnston helped me

How glimpses of Daniel Johnston helped me find small pieces of meaning after a suicide attempt and lengthy stay at a psychaitric hospital.

3 min readDec 24, 2020

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How Daniel Johnston helped me

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

The religion of progress

The religious roots of our conception of progress and how that influences the nature of our contemporary political debates.

11 min readApr 17, 2020

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The religion of progress

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

Negative and Positive — Identity and Self

The parallels between negative self-identification as affected through negative experiences on an individual level and political…

13 min readMar 18, 2020

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Negative and Positive — Identity and Self

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

About Death

Essay on the visceral experience of death as a door to understanding suffering throughout history and the current character of politics.

13 min readFeb 13, 2020

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About Death

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

Communism and fascism — A short walk through a Berlin neighborhood

Traces of the past won’t help identify the problems of the future.

3 min readDec 31, 2019

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Communism and fascism — A short walk through a Berlin neighborhood

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Gabriel Jose Garcia

Gabriel Jose Garcia

Translator, writer, musician, and student of political science, philosophy and other socio-cultural studies. Further media at www.solidmaybe.com

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