Asemics of a Political Self / EZE, 2026

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It takes finding a certain sameness to define a political self, but self often implies an actor with purpose, and yet, for the actor-narrator, politician or not, there is a power in the ability to keep telling stories, whatever other purpose  the stories may have.

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Community

Profiling

Political Self

Transformational Politics

Stochastic Self

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Definition is a return to a certain sameness.

Direction is about a path.

A development is a path through time.

Teleology is a path with a time-bound end: the egg, the caterpillar, the chrysalis, the butterfly.

The relationship of these states requires a sense of connectedness:

Butterfly

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But what is a teleology for a fictional serial killer?

To make a new self? ~ To make a new skin?

Buffalo Bill

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And what is method for a story-teller wanting to stay alive? 

To tell more stories?

Scheherazade

Henry Lee Lucas

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And for those who want to delay the seemingly inevitable:

Penelope

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But then there is also:

The World's Biggest Liar

Mythomania

Purposelessness with Purpose

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Aztec

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Murderous Transformation

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Great Leap Forward

Khmer Rouge

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Hong Xiuquan

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Stalin

Mao

Pol Pot

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Villian Victim Hero 

Villian Victim Hero All at Once

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Lies and Their Benefits

Trust Over Accountability, Honesty, and Other Nice-To-Have's as Discourse Is a Form of War

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Wound Theory

Wound, Don't Kill (or Lie if Unjustified) Politics

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George Wallace

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