A collection of 28 posts
Elite liberalism is embracing modes of thought that I once associated with the political Right: joy in punishment and us-versus-them thinking.
In a cultural landscape where partisan skirmishes regularly induce something approaching bloodlust on both sides of the political aisle, it’s safe to say that most Americans are roundly rejecting Cowen’s thesis at the moment.
Without voluntary associations, we tend to reduce unfamiliar individuals down to a set of salient features.
It is common to hear from the alt-right that words like ‘diversity’ are dog-whistles for anti-white racism.
Change is wrought by those willing to lead or force others toward it. Which is why we are skeptical that most people truly believe every position they express.
Plans have now been announced to once again adapt Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to the screen but this time with “Trump hanging over it."
Tribalism isn’t a toy and academics who think they can regulate it up and down like a set of dials to determine who’s in which group
Marxian critique of liberalism is powerful and penetrating. It splits liberalism into two parts—an intellectual part and a social part—and shows a conflict.
What is direct democracy? It is a process of political decision-making that puts power directly in the hands of the populace.
It’s about vision and seeing principles through action. It’s about creativity and intuition blended with pragmatism and fact. Above all, politics is what we make of it.
What I have outlined above are valid critiques of Trump’s policies which need to be vigorously pursued through constitutional channels and via Senatorial and Congressional opposition.
The fit about Farage resigning should in a circular kind of way remind us why the Brexit vote was so important symbolically.
The link between sex and dominance has a deep evolutionary history. The perennial battles between males over reproductive access to females fill the annals of natural history.