Enlightened despots held that royal power emanated not from divine right but from a social contract whereby a despot was entrusted with the power to govern in lieu of any other governments. My personal despotism is a little different. I am a journalist, lawyer, writer, videographer, and culture critic, trying to operate under the radar of the total state. My two major works in progress:

  1. A serialized novel currently called “Wonderful Things”

  2. A treatise on jurisprudence, law, culture and modernity

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