He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men. -Auguries of Innocence So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my mouth. -Revelation 3:16 I want to address the people who claimed to oppose Bernie for sundry woke excuses, but now support … Continue reading Thou shameless blood-coat hypocrite: An address to a blue check Biden supporter
Why it’s still worth campaigning for Sanders
Things look pretty bad. So why keep campaigning? The left needs to talk to people to gain strength, and the Bernie campaign gives an "excuse" to do that. Even if Bernie has a 0% chance, we can use his campaign as an opportunity to start conversations. Everyone we convince to vote Bernie has taken a … Continue reading Why it’s still worth campaigning for Sanders
There has been a massive spike in Google searches related to Joe Biden’s perceived weaknesses and mistakes
Source: Google trends. Value data is defined in relative terms and is not actual number of searches.
An essay I wish someone would write
There's an urgent need to update Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle to explain the unique contours it takes on in American politics. The way people desire a certain kind of succession of images and seem totally oblivious to the substance of politics is something that can surely only be understood in terms of the … Continue reading An essay I wish someone would write
Why we are angry and why you should join us.
I have seen a lot of people be cruel on social media. I've seen some remarkably cruel Biden supporters and some remarkably cruel Bernie supporters. Because the majority of journalists are anti-Bernie, they pick up more bile from Bernie supporters than Biden supporters, creating the illusion that the phenomenon is one-sided. The reply from Sanders … Continue reading Why we are angry and why you should join us.
Run your own personal campaign for Bernie Sanders
If I could get one idea through with this essay it's an idea about mindset- think of yourself as running a campaign for Bernie localised to your friends and relatives. Approach it with both discipline and initiative, just like you would if Bernie made you a county organiser. Exactly what tactics and strategies are best … Continue reading Run your own personal campaign for Bernie Sanders
A brief note on the disposability ideology
Consider three areas in which America is uniquely bad: Criminal justice *America imprisons more than twice as many people per capita as its nearest developed competitor, Israel. *The US imprisons children at a rate of 60 per 100,000, 11x higher than the western Europe and the highest in the world. Healthcare *The US is the … Continue reading A brief note on the disposability ideology
Ten Theses on Ben Mora
Ben Mora was a Bernie Sanders staffer. He had a private Twitter account where he posted a bunch of insult comedy about other candidates. Scott Bixby is a writer for the Daily Beast. He gained access to this private account and published an expose of the putatively shocking things Ben Mora had written like: ""Sen. … Continue reading Ten Theses on Ben Mora
We know who these people are, so why can they show their face in public
A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage. -From Auguries of Innocence, by William Blake At the moment there's a debate about the merits of public shaming. One side says it's a good thing, the other side says it's dreadful mob justice. I take the third position, public shaming is good … Continue reading We know who these people are, so why can they show their face in public
Michael Bloomberg is a murderer
This essay contains both imagery and text discussing and depicting violence. Some of the text discusses specifically sexual violence. Parts of this essay might come off as a little over the top or melodramatic. I want to shock you into realizing, on a visceral level, what you may already know on an intellectual level. Prose … Continue reading Michael Bloomberg is a murderer
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