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The War on Terror Slippery Slope was no Fallacy
The US government is murdering Venezuelans based on pretexts inherited from George W Bush's War on Terror - and this was all easily predictable.
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The problems with PMC Theory
PMC theory was proposed as an explanation for divisions between the New Left and the working class, but is rooted on problematic foundations
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The feds are trying to provoke
ICE raids in Chicago and elsewhere seem intentionally designed to instigate a backlash
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Political identity, narcissism, and online nihilism
The dangers of politics as a consumer identity
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Palestinians have never had an offer that respects their basic human dignity, and Trump's 20 point plan is no different
Every deal which the Palestinians have ever been offered since the British conquered their land from the Ottomans has disregarded their basic sovereign…
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September 2025

How we ought to respond to automation by shortening the working day
During the rapid automation of the 19th century, Karl Marx noticed the obvious solution - shortening the working day.
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"Judeo-Christian civilization" is a stupid and ideologically manipulative category
How the problematic idea of the "Judeo-Christian tradition" was projected onto civilizational struggle
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The strange censorship of America's National Parks
Trump's recent executive order imposing patriotic orthodoxy on America's public heritage is an affront to truth
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Reflections on Mangione and America's rising political violence
How Luigi Mangione's case is an exceptional example of America's worsening political violence
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Cancel Culture in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination
The troubling new rise of state censorship in the USA should have everyone concerned about the future of free speech
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What does Don Quixote tell us about moral decadence of American society?
The novel by Cervantes is a powerful and insightful allegory for the decadence of a ruling class and the moral order which legitimizes it.
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The reaction to Charlie Kirk's shooting
People need to reflect more and talk less ...
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