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By AyelIa Amuru
I owe much of my writing to prostitutes, drug abusers, and the downtrodden—the people society despises and has spat upon. Whenever I go to a bar alone, I usually prefer to sit next to prostitutes. I pay for their time and buy them drinks during our conversations. Prostitutes have taught me lessons that I could never learn from a book or philosophical doctrine.
Nobody is more original than someone who truly suffers from life's turmoil, because there are no pretenses in suffering. To me, failure is the foundation of human life. In order to be born, other sperm cells must fail or die during conception. To succeed in life is to constantly escape failure. Observing individuals whom society perceives as failures is crucial to my philosophy.
I don’t spend much time with elites or intellectuals, although I have many contacts who fit that category. I believe the elites and intellectuals in every society are quite similar. They are usually full of themselves, deeply infatuated with their own desires. They often lose themselves in petty pleasures like cars, houses, fine dining, power, travel, and the acquisition of knowledge. Instead of going to church, I prefer being in a whorehouse. In church, there is only fear and conformity, but in a whorehouse, there is everything to learn about life.
My so-called elite friends never understand me. No life form is more important than another. I believe all life forms complement each other. The reason poverty exists among humans but not among animals is because humans live within a system of social hierarchies, whereas animals do not. You can never be poor if you don't compare yourself to anyone.
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