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I am happy the Trump regime is coming to an end. I am angry the Trump regime happened and isn’t over yet. There may be a path to redemption for most of Trump’s supporters and enablers, but they do not get to tell us how to respond to their choices. Asking for empathy without making…
Malison Against Tyrants, Fascists, and Enslavers
Rise up! Powers of the Abyss! I call forth the Abominations of Desolation— Powers of Darkness, I summon Thee: Entangle the Oppressors— Serpents of Darkness, I summon Thee: Fill the Oppressors with Venom— May their every breath be laboured, that they may cease to breathe; May their sustenance be Foul Poisons, that they may cease…
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand and the Cult of Productivity
Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged is a work whose reputation precedes it. Some may love and some may hate it, but most readers of this site, including ones who have not read this book, will likely have some knowledge of its major plot points and the ideological views of its author. Therefore this review…
Capitalist Nursery Fables: The Tragedy of Private Property,...
Introduction Since the beginning of class society, every ruling class has required a legitimizing ideology to justify inequality and to frame its own privileges as deserved. As Thomas Piketty puts it: Every human society must justify its inequalities: unless reasons for them are found, the whole political and social edifice stands in danger of collapse….
