Big night for Havel fans. It feels really apt for the moment (and also rhetorically sound in a room full of transatlanticists).
He is of the generation, and background, that tends toward Havel. I would like to think, anyways, that that invocation was real and sincere; I hope it was
He is of the generation, and background, that tends toward Havel. I would like to think, anyways, that that invocation was real and sincere; I hope it was
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Big night for Havel fans. It feels really apt for the moment (and also rhetorically sound in a room full of transatlanticists).
He is of the generation, and background, that tends toward Havel. I would like to think, anyways, that that invocation was real and sincere; I hope it was
He is of the generation, and background, that tends toward Havel. I would like to think, anyways, that that invocation was real and sincere; I hope it was
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One of the left critiques of YIMBYism is that it uses growth to try and sidestep labor-capital conflict, but the thing is that stagflation broke a fragile labor/capital accord and then capital won the ensuing conflict. There's a lesson there for contemporary efforts to build working class power.
July 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One of the left critiques of YIMBYism is that it uses growth to try and sidestep labor-capital conflict, but the thing is that stagflation broke a fragile labor/capital accord and then capital won the ensuing conflict. There's a lesson there for contemporary efforts to build working class power.
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a recurring thread in our history. whites for one reason or another enter into close proximity with black people and come away with the distinct view that racism is bullshit
July 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
a recurring thread in our history. whites for one reason or another enter into close proximity with black people and come away with the distinct view that racism is bullshit
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me, personally? i'd call it Reconstruction.
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
me, personally? i'd call it Reconstruction.
Cigarettes after sex got done incredibly dirty. apocalypse didn’t really blow up until COVID and then it got slopped
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cigarettes after sex got done incredibly dirty. apocalypse didn’t really blow up until COVID and then it got slopped