Category: Economics/Class Relations

Boomers, Xers, and Budgeting

by Peter Zeihan on January 27, 2025 Today’s video was originally released on Patreon 1 week ago. If you want to see the videos as soon as they come out, join the Patreon! You’ll get early access to videos and newsletters, as well as exclusive perks like live Q&A sessions, […]

Mutualist Case Study

By Cake Boy In the last ten years, we saw a return of the mutualist movement under the control of C4SS. The aim of the mutualists was to build a new society in the shell of the old. They propagated homesteading, squatting, and radical free markets, what they […]

A Review of The Great Taking

18 January, 2025 Bryan Mercadente Title: The Great Taking Author: David Rogers Webb Publisher: Self-published, 2023 ISBN: Not listed David Rogers Webb’s The Great Taking offers a critical look at the changes in financial systems and property ownership. Webb argues that the shift from tangible ownership to electronic […]

The Dirtbag Right Goes Live

I’m Done Assembling A Team Apoc Jan 25, 2025 My Communism Turned Dirtbag I finished Hillbilly Elegy in one day. The last book I couldn’t put down? “Revolutionary Suicide,” by Huey P. Newton. Whoops! Forgot, I’m like, so Alt-right, totally! Well, it’s time for me to come out […]

Oligarchs Rule OK?

Oligarchs Rule OK? The influence of the wealthy in politics is nothing new, and certainly not just in the United States of America.In Russia, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Communist Party bureaucrats and industry and factory managers converted themselves into highly rich oligarchs by buying up […]

The Ungovernable Economy

“Capitalism is predicated on atomized individuals, democracy on shared publics,” writes Trevor Jackson in the Review’s January 16 issue. Reviewing Martin Wolf’s The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, Jackson examines capitalist democracies past and present to find where the economic system of capitalism and the political system of democracy have aligned and […]

The Battle of the Oligarchs

By Joel Kotkin January 6, 2025/in Urban Affairs Money and power have rarely been strangers; often nations are made to shudder when the ruling elites battle each other. Britain’s late empire was divided between liberal manufacturers and aristocratic interests, whose conflicts hastened the rise of the Labour Party […]

Before Societal Implosion Comes…

On hypernormalisation and elite failure The Honest Sorcerer Dec 15, 2024 Perestroika (reformation). USSR Post (scanned). Source We are in the accelerating phase of civilizational collapse. I know it’s not one of those hopeful messages out there, but expecting a miraculous change driven by the “democratic process” or […]

The Red Giant

The Honest Sorcerer Jan 19, 2025 Sun. Image source: NASA Tomorrow is the big day. The inauguration of the 47th president of the United States will take place on the 20th of January inside the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, DC. No matter how important and consequential […]

Bye Bye Bidenomics

Brent Cebul Bidenomics: Farewell to an Idea? Joe Biden pursued as transparently assertive an industrial policy as any since the mobilization for World War II. Why did it fail to win over voters?   Andrew Katzenstein ‘Haunted, Haunted’ The characters in Mike Leigh’s new feature, anchored by a […]

The truth about Davos

winter oak Read on blog or Reader The truth about Davos By winter oak on January 17, 2025 by Paul Cudenec Monday January 20 sees the start of the World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting at Davos, Switzerland. This year’s title is “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age” and the WEF says […]

Gen X May Require A ‘Miracle’ To Retire

Jack Kelly Senior Contributor Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. As Generation X approaches the cusp of retirement age, this cohort faces a stark financial reality that sharply contrasts with their reputation for independence and resourcefulness. Despite being known for their adaptability and pragmatic […]

The Intellectual Environment of Donald Trump: From Populism to Transhumanism and Technofeudalism

by Alexander Markovics Arktos Journal Jan 08, 2025 Alexander Markovics argues that Trump’s resurgence represents a revolutionary transformation in the American zeitgeist, driven by a populist-futuristic nationalism that seeks to replace the liberal-globalist establishment with a new cadre of strong leaders, visionary innovators, and patriotic trailblazers. Trump’s Election […]

Beyond Green

Down with Al Gore once and for all! The case for a rational energy policy. By Michael Lind, Tablet, December 17, 2024 If progressives are to be believed, the world is facing a “climate emergency” that requires the rapid elimination of fossil fuels and massive, never-ending taxpayer subsidies […]

Big Tech Has Entered The Chat

The immigration debate; how big government created Silicon Valley; and what to do with the tech bros Keith Woods Dec 29, 2024 My book Nationalism: The Politics of Identity is now available on Amazon. If you enjoy my writings, please consider purchasing it and leaving a positive review. […]