Desperate thoughts ...

A collection of thoughts from a mind desperately trying to avoid being used for productive work: 

1).  The state, society, collectivism, and the greater good are all abstract concepts, so what business does anybody have forcing individuals (people, not an abstract concept ...  ) to put their needs below the needs of these abstract concepts? 

2).  What can possibly be more important than the individual? 

3).  Libraries really make the world seem smaller.  Just today, I ran into books from (meaning used in) my old university, 4,000 miles away.  Some of them were even written by professors there, cool.     

4).  Nationalism is no worse than any other form of collective mindset.     

5).  Patriotism is loyalty to ideas, and Nationalism is loyalty to a group of people.  What do you think?           

6).  Someday, remind me to go through, line by line, and explain how '39 can be interpreted as a song about WWII. 

7).  The song "Cobwebs and Strange" is like musical amphetamine.  When I listen to it, I do whatever I am doing faster.  It is a very dangerous song to drive to.           

I have almost a week to finish this essay ... sort of ...