Month: May 2023

Expanding the Intersectional Umbrella for a More Comprehensive Understanding of Systems of Hierarchical Oppression and Exclusion

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By John Wilkes Czolgosz The concepts of intersectionality, critical theory, privilege theory, authoritarian personality, and the relationship between power and discourse can be applied to develop a more comprehensive analysis of the many and varied forms of oppression.  Intersectionality recognizes that individuals experience multiple intersecting forms of oppression […]

The Concept of Neo-Tribes and Anarchism

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By John Wilkes Czolgosz The concept of neo-tribes refers to social groups or communities that emerge in modern societies, characterized by individuals coming together based on shared interests, beliefs, or lifestyles. Neo-tribes can be seen as a response to the fragmentation and individualization of traditional social structures, offering […]

Charity Without the Welfare State

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May 31, 2023  •  Weekly Newsletter When It Comes to Inequality, We Should Count Our Blessings Robert M. Whaples (Real Clear Markets) There is a lot of talk today in America about inequality—but all of it needs to start (though it usually doesn’t) with this fact: the consumption […]

5/31/23: Critical Debt Vote Today, Conservatives Threaten McCarthy Ouster, China and US Pilots Near Miss, Secret Abortion Poll, Millennial Misery Ignored, Ted Cruz Defends LGBTQ, James Comey Defends FBI, Pentagon Slush Funds

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Krystal and Emily discuss the critical vote on the Debt Ceiling occurring today, Conservatives threatening an ouster of McCarthy over his handling of the deal, a Chinese jet buzzes a US pilot in a Near Miss, a secret poll showing Abortion crushing Republicans in swing states, Media Elites […]

DeSantis vs. the Magic Kingdom

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May 31, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Jack Sommers, UK senior editor, here. Wars of words between politicians and brands are common in the social-media age. Most barely last a news cycle. But the feud between Ron DeSantis and Disney is still escalating.   This is what can happen when […]

The Relevance of Elite Theory to Anarchism

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By John Wilkes Czolgosz Elite theory is a social and political theory that examines the distribution of power and influence within societies. It posits that power is concentrated in the hands of a small, dominant elite group, rather than being evenly distributed among the population. Elite theorists argue […]

Why The Media Is Attacking Free Speech

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Michael Shellenberger May 30, 2023 Governments around the world are cracking down on free speech. What they are demanding includes the ability to read private encrypted text messages and invade homes in search of wrongspeech. Their demands thus go far beyond what the Censorship Industrial Complex was able […]

‘The Revolt of the Other Mothers’

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“As a mother,” Anita Bryant told the Texas bar association on June 16, 1977, “I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children.” The former beauty queen had cunningly used her status as a mother to roll back LGBTQ+ rights in Miami a […]

5/30/23: DeSantis Trashes Republican Debt Ceiling, TX Attorney General Ken Paxton Impeached, LA Real Estate Collapse, Wall Street Weeps Over Biden-Trump, MSNBC Smears Marianne As Spoiler, Homeowners Uninsurable, Men Flee College

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Krystal and Saagar discuss DeSantis and Vivek trashing the Republican handling of the Debt Ceiling deal, a dystopian AI project that was hidden in the Debt Deal, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton impeached for corruption, a doom loop in LA Real Estate as commercial buildings value collapse, DeSantis […]

Moving to France Showed Me True Cost of ‘Free’ European Health Care, Child Care, and Retirement

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May 30 2023 Happy Memorial Day from Washington, where left-wing ruling elites fear that the American people might take back their birthright—the concept of self-government. Jarrett Stepman explains this terrifying phenomenon. Arthur Goldberg offers a deep-dive into some very positive news for black Americans in Idaho—news that contradicts […]

It Came from Space

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“At about 7:15 on the morning of June 30, 1908,” writes Sophie Pinkham in The New York Review of Books’s June 22 issue, a “bright, mysterious object fell from the sky in a remote area of Siberia, near the Stony Tunguska River.” The ensuing explosion—from what was eventually determined to be a […]

Elizabeth Holmes’ prison life

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May 30, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Shona Ghosh here, UK deputy executive editor. Elizabeth Holmes, the perplexing founder behind the failed blood-testing startup Theranos, is set to report to prison today.   For those of us riveted by Theranos’ collapse, laid out by the journalist John Carreyrou in his […]

A Brief Note on Writing

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Setting down a lifetime of this trade’s tricks, one a time Matt Taibbi May 30, 2023 I decided a few months ago that with the practical aim of downloading a lifetime of information before my mind goes the way of my hairline and hoop game, I would start […]

The Rise of the “Bourgeois Bohemians” (or “bobo”), the “Nouveau Riche,” and “Woke”

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By John Wilkes Czolgosz The concepts of “bourgeois bohemians” (or “bobo”) and the “nouveau riche” reflect changes that have occurred within the elite class in recent decades and generations. Both terms highlight shifts in cultural and economic dynamics, particularly among the affluent and influential segments of society. The […]

The Leninist Model of “Vanguard” Organizing, Anarchist Criticisms, and Trotskyist Influences on Neoconservatism

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By John Wilkes Czolgosz The Leninist model of “vanguard” organizing, derived from the political theories of Vladimir Lenin, proposes the formation of a disciplined and centralized revolutionary organization known as the vanguard party. According to Leninism, the vanguard party serves as the avant-garde, leading and guiding the working […]

Democratic Peace Theory and Its Limitations

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By John Wilkes Czolgosz Democratic peace theory is a concept in international relations that posits democracies are less likely to engage in armed conflicts with other democracies. It suggests that democratic states tend to have a pacifying effect on their international relations and are more inclined towards peaceful […]