“At all levels, the systems of life - from sociopolitical systems to solar systems - are repugnant and should be negated as MALIGNANTLY USELESS.”

—  Thomas Ligotti

Source: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror (2010)

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