Trump’s low-energy coup attempt?
This is a somewhat interesting analysis from a left-communist/an-com/Bordigist perspective. Listen here.
Traditional Conservatism Can Never Defeat The Enlightenment Left
A pretty interesting discussion of the Left/Right divide from a thone-and-altar perspective. My take on the Left/Right dichotomy is that while there are important philosophical differences between the two but, as Kirkpatrick Sale and Peter Marshall have pointed out, the wider anarchist critique of power is over and […]
Another Horror Show Election Means It’s Time for a New Localism
By Matt Purple, The American Conservative It’s time for a new electoral map, one that colors the states according to what Donald Trump thinks should happen to the votes there. So make Pennsylvania and Michigan lavender since Trump wants their counting to stop. Arizona can go mauve since […]
“Islamo-Leftism” and the French Debate on Terrorism
By Russell Berman, TELOS In the wake of recent killings in Paris and Nice, as well as in Vienna, the debate over “Islamism” has regained prominence in Europe, especially in France. Islamism as a political ideology must of course be rigorously distinguished from Islam, the religion. That conceptual […]
It’s Not Your Father’s GOP
This article is more or less advocating that the Republicans reinvent themselves as the equivalent of European Christian Democrats. Like the war profiteers, corporate plutocrats, and Israeli/Saudi functionaries who run the GOP are ever going to take that seriously. I think it’s quite likely the Repugs might shift […]
Will Liberals Ever Admit How Wrong They Were About Trump?
If anything, Trump has moved things leftward. His voters this time were the most diverse of any Republican voters ever. He has made protectionist and isolationist rhetoric nominally acceptable among conservatives, and he has pushed the left further left in their reaction against him. Krystal Ball explains why […]
Saagar Enjeti’s 2020 List Of EVERYTHING He Got WRONG: Polling, Coronavirus Lockdowns, Culture Wars
The main thing I get from this analysis is that “left-libertarian” ideas (broadly defined) are actually rather popular even if they have no political representation.
Equality, the *Original* Original Sin
My take on the question of “equality” is the same as Benjamin Tucker’s, i.e. “equal liberty” rather than “equality” per se. The problem with the Lockean-Jeffersonian liberal view of “equality” or “liberty” is that it was applied only to certain classes, races, religions, or genders rather than everyone. […]
A list of historic firsts in the 2020 election
The US continues to drift leftward in virtually every social and cultural category. The amount of “diversity firsts” in the election was significant and even Trump voters were more “diverse” this time around than they were in 2016. The only major group with which Trump lost voters were […]
Dem Autopsy: How Corporatists, Impeachment, And Wokeness Nearly Blew The Election
The further left the Democratic candidates, the better they seemed to do. The distinction between the economic left and the cultural left is important as well. Krystal Ball explains the “caveats” that come along with Joe Biden’s victory in the Presidential Election.
Trump Has Made the Left Fucking Stupid
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Donald Trump has made the American left fucking stupid. I honestly can’t think of a more eloquent way to put it than that. In one of histories most vicious ironies, the greatest legacy of Orange Man Bad may […]
November 7 as Victims of Communism Day—2020
I’ve seen some leftists ridiculing this on social media with comments like “But every day is a victims of capitalism day!” as if it is a matter of either/or, or some kind of “Who’s most oppressed?” pissing contest between global victims of the state. Ilya Somin, Reason While […]
Glenn Greenwald on Lessons from the Election, Leaving the Intercept and More
Glenn Greenwald joins to discuss the election (taped on Thursday), leaving the Intercept, and more. Matt and Katie ponder the future of both parties after a tightly contested result.
What Can the Left Expect From a Biden Administration?
Nothing except some token wokeness. The Left is like some barfly that hooks up with some rich dude hoping to become the lady of the house only to get used and tossed.
Consociationalism
At some point, the US will likely have to convert to a consociational system in order to avoid complete fragmentation. In fact, I suspect the ruling class will eventually come to see such a system as a possible alternative to the dissolution of the mother country of the […]
Director of People’s Action, George Goehl, reacts to how voters in rural America voted in the election.
Krystal and Saager are always hoping to be able to unite the working class around “populist” (welfarist and trade protectionist) issues. I don’t think that will happen. The culture war divisions are so deeply entrenched that there is no buying anyone’s way around them. Class divisions will become […]
Progressives To Become The Freedom Caucus Of The Left
The Modern Left Is Not Marxist, It’s Worse
By Paul Gottfried, Chronicles They may claim Marxist lineage, but Stalin, Castro, and Guevara would have precious little patience for today’s cultural revolutionaries. Is the current left Marxist? In a provocative commentary, Bill Lind explores this genealogical question, and, unless I’m mistaken, the left and much of its […]
Why the left, including left anarchists like Chomsky/Carson, will never abolish the state
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why the Left will never, in all likelihood, abolish the state. This is a continuation of an earlier episode we did with Keith Preston on “Does the left advocate a police state” but this time we state our own views. The left, compared […]
Political Correctness Is Destroying America! (Just Not How You Think.)
A critique of right-wing PC from a leftist writer at The Intercept. When it comes to the question of ideological dominance in American institutions, this is how I think it breaks down (more or less). What is commonly called “conservatism” (the points of view described in this article) […]
How The Progressive Caucus Is Tooling Up For A Joe Biden Presidency
D.C. Bureau Chief at The Intercept, Ryan Grim, discusses how the Congressional Progressive Caucus is restructuring in order to shape itself into a more cohesive fighting force come 2021.
Feds say far-right group coordinated attack on Minneapolis police precinct during protest
By Celine Castronuovo, The Hill The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on Friday announced that the FBI brought charges against a member of the far-right “Boogaloo Bois” group for organizing and participating in an effort to “incite a riot” outside a Minneapolis police precinct in […]
Hundreds protest, clash with police in Naples over new coronavirus curfew
No early bedtime for us, say the Italians. France 24 Hundreds of protesters in Naples threw projectiles at police and set rubbish bins on fire late Friday during a demonstration against coronavirus restrictions in the southern Italian city. Calls were issued on social media to challenge a curfew […]
White Noise: Inside the Racist Right
The Atlantic has a documentary out on the Alt-Right. This looks interesting, and many of the criticisms of the Alt-Right that are probably expressed in this are obviously justified, though much of it looks to be the standard right-wingophobia porn. The Project Veritas of the neoliberals. “White Noise” […]
Is Fascism the Main Danger Today? Trump and Techno-Neoliberalism
By Mark G.E. Kelly, TELOS In this article, I argue against the prevalent tendency, both in popular and scholarly discourse, to understand the Trump presidency as representing an incipient American fascism. I point out that Trump’s actual administration has shown no features distinctive of fascism, and that all […]
An Actual Fascist Is Plotting To Run In 2024
Watch out for this guy. Contra Emma, he’s not a literal fascist but he is a right-wing plutocratic, militarist, Zionist flunkie. He represents the very worst elements of the Republicans.
Critical Race Theory
Poor Chick-fil-A. Hated by Left and Right alike. And neither one pays much attention to the fact that Chick-fil-A is just another fast-food plantation. “Sometimes this was literal: showing that critical race theory had conquered him, the head of Chick-fil-a said every white man should shine a black […]
Noam Chomsky / Bad Faith Debate on Voting for Biden (ft. Ben Burgis)
It must be awfully frustrating to be someone who actually believes in this stuff and engages in these torturous debates. “Should we vote for the guy who hates our guts and openly says he won’t do anything for us because the other guy bad, bad, bad…?”
My Open Letter to Ibram X. Kendi
A debate between Ibram X. Kendi and Coleman Hughes would be interesting.
What does conservatism stand for these days? Academic Agent explains.
The left is fractured. Will it unite for Biden?
Why Is Wokeness Winning?
By Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish A question I’ve wrestled with this past year or so is a pretty basic one: if critical race/gender/queer theory is unfalsifiable postmodern claptrap, as I have long contended, how has it conquered so many institutions so swiftly? It’s been a staggering achievement, […]
Stepping Back from the Brink
A good discussion of the present situation by fourth-generation warfare theorist Bill Lind. As the discussion thread following this article indicates, more and more I am seeing people on “both sides” (although there are actually dozens of “sides”) saying of their opponents, “But they want to kill us!” […]
Is Civil War on the Way?
It seems inconceivable that some people are actually preparing for civil war over Donald Trump.
Where Do You Want to Live: Red State or Blue State?
I would prefer neither as both are rapidly becoming corporate fiefdoms which is part of the reason why I am an anarchist. Nor do I see any need to take advice from some neoliberal mouthpiece and neocon stooge like Stephen Moore. We’re supposed to be the United States […]
They Say Scandinavia But They Mean Venezuela
Whenever I am reflecting on how many total idiots can be found on the Left, in order to maintain a sense of balance, I find it helpful to watch a Prager U video in order to be reminded of the vast numbers of complete morons on the Right. […]
Not Left vs. Right, But Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up
One thing I have noticed is that folks on the left who like me claim me as one of their own, as do folks on the right, while those on the left who don’t like me say I’m on the other team, as do those on the right. […]
Oren Cass: The Deadly Sins Of The American Right
Executive director of American Compass, Oren Cass, discusses the “deadly sins of the right and left.” He also explains why American politics needs an overhaul.
AntiFa & Nazis: The Division Is Being Engineered
Do not play the system’s game, whether on the margins or in the mainstream. Derrick Broze discusses the apparent brewing division along racial and ideological lines within the United States. He looks at historical examples of the CIA manipulating activist movements to create division.
Noam Chomsky v Virgil & Brie | Lesser Evil Voting Debate EXPLODES
What does conservatism stand for these days? Academic Agent explains
Conservatives purge their own — and that matters in election season
LEVIATHAN AND ITS ENEMIES: Anonymous Elites in Power
It’s interesting how anticapitalism is starting to grow on the Right because many have realized the corporations are not their friends. Conservatives are always wondering why they are unable to effectively resist the leftward totalitarian drift. I would argue it is because they accept many of the same […]
Is Libertarianism traditional or libertine w/Rik Storey. Hoppe, Tucker, Block or all the above?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Rik Storey to discuss whether Libertarianism is a reactionary/traditional or liberal/libertine system of thinking? Is libertarianism about free love, abortion, and drugs as often times criticized by conservatives? Or is it a form of private landed patriarchal tyranny as believed by […]
Leftists Challenge Chomsky on Voting For Biden
The commentary in this video is pathetic. Hysteria, hysteria, hysteria…A comment in the thread that follows this said: “I feel like the American left is becoming a group of nihilists.” If only it were true. The “American Left” are Calvinists and Khomenists, not Stirnerites and Nietzscheans.
Revolution 2020: How did we get here—and how will it end?
A pretty good critique of the rising ruling class by Angelo Codevilla, although like most conservatives he misses a number of things that would actually add to this critique. Conservatives are always wondering why they are unable to effectively resist the leftward totalitarian drift. I would argue it […]
“Soldiers, Anarchs, and Ideologues”
I have a contribution to this titled “Nietzsche vs. Hitler: Anti-Nazism on the German Revolutionary Right.” Copies of SOLDIERS, ANARCHS & IDEOLOGUES: HEROES OF THE CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION are 175 pages in length and cost just 20 EUROS with free postage to anywhere in the world. The PayPal address […]
‘All the red flags’: Political analysts warn of U.S. election violence in November
By Elliot Smith, CNBC With President Donald Trump refusing to commit to a peaceful transition of power in the event that he loses the election and clashes already unfolding in some states, political analysts are uniquely fearful as November approaches. Asked last week to commit to conceding should […]
When elections lead to violence: It’s happened before — and we’re heading that way now
By Paul Rosenberg, Salon Not even the most perceptive academic could have timed the publication of a 10-year research project this perfectly. LSU political scientist Nathan Kalmoe’s new book, “With Ballots and Bullets: Partisanship and Violence in the American Civil War” is being published in this overheated election […]
The Party of Fear vs the Party of Anger?
William S. Lind Traditional Right I expect President Trump to be re-elected, probably by a large margin, and the Republicans to hold the Senate and retake the House. Why? Because by this point the number of Americans who are angry is greater than the number who are scared. […]
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