Resisting Wonkery
The problem with establishment wonkery is not only that it serves the interests of the elite but also that it begets more wonkery from our side.
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The Disaster of Half-Education
The hypostatization of limited knowledge as truth marshaled to cover over the contradictions of capitalism.
Inside the Mind of the Professional-Managerial Class, Part One
Boundaries are the latest therapeutic propaganda.
Pinned to a Rock, Alone: The Coronavirus Reading List
Sam Kriss reads books, Part One. Literature is not therapy.
Applied Roganism
Politics for most people is a means to an end. If we fail to highlight solidarity and shared material interests over ideological purity or identity, we will fail to transform the abstract support of disaffected voters into actual engagement.
“Political Realism” is Ideology
I fear that 2020 will teach the Democrats a costly lesson about the dangers of getting swept up in ideological movements distinguished more by political realism than enthusiasm.
It might take a while before history starts again
COVID is killing the old order left populists fought against, but only at the cost of postponing the new.
