Toby Buckle
@polphilpod.bsky.social
Host of the Political Philosophy Podcast & occasional writer. US & UK politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics.
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Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
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dude who built the Ugly Cube Car That Randomly Explodes Itself Sometimes doesn't get to call other dudes orcs
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
dude who built the Ugly Cube Car That Randomly Explodes Itself Sometimes doesn't get to call other dudes orcs
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November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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"you can't just throw the word fascism around"
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"you can't just throw the word fascism around"
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
Reposted by Toby Buckle
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Reposted by Toby Buckle
“Fascists simply do not care about what is true. In a deep and fundamental way, it just doesn’t matter to them. You can see that even in how Musk set up his analogy. What he posted is not even the plot of The Lord of The Rings! It is the hobbits who ultimately save Gondor, not the other way around”
Brand new at @theunpopulist.net, @polphilpod.bsky.social's fascinating piece showing how Elon Musk's deployment of Tolkien is straightforwardly fascist.
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Fascists simply do not care about what is true. In a deep and fundamental way, it just doesn’t matter to them. You can see that even in how Musk set up his analogy. What he posted is not even the plot of The Lord of The Rings! It is the hobbits who ultimately save Gondor, not the other way around”
"you can't just throw the word fascism around"
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"you can't just throw the word fascism around"
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
Reposted by Toby Buckle
Love seeing Toby at @theunpopulist.net, another great opposition outlet you should support
Brand new at @theunpopulist.net, @polphilpod.bsky.social's fascinating piece showing how Elon Musk's deployment of Tolkien is straightforwardly fascist.
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Love seeing Toby at @theunpopulist.net, another great opposition outlet you should support
Reposted by Toby Buckle
Brand new at @theunpopulist.net, @polphilpod.bsky.social's fascinating piece showing how Elon Musk's deployment of Tolkien is straightforwardly fascist.
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Brand new at @theunpopulist.net, @polphilpod.bsky.social's fascinating piece showing how Elon Musk's deployment of Tolkien is straightforwardly fascist.
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Reposted by Toby Buckle
we had to miss the thanksgiving meal we were gonna do, but my (american) wife said it would still be nice to have something
so, full thanksgiving for two
so, full thanksgiving for two
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
we had to miss the thanksgiving meal we were gonna do, but my (american) wife said it would still be nice to have something
so, full thanksgiving for two
so, full thanksgiving for two
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From @polphilpod.bsky.social (support him too! www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhi...)
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Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
A Disease of Affluence www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
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Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
From @polphilpod.bsky.social (support him too! www.patreon.com/PoliticalPhi...)
A Disease of Affluence www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
Swiping Left on MAGA www.liberalcurrents.com/swiping-left...
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
A Disease of Affluence www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
Swiping Left on MAGA www.liberalcurrents.com/swiping-left...
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
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seeing as these are becoming weirdly popular, how's this -
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
seeing as these are becoming weirdly popular, how's this -
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
we had to miss the thanksgiving meal we were gonna do, but my (american) wife said it would still be nice to have something
so, full thanksgiving for two
so, full thanksgiving for two
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
we had to miss the thanksgiving meal we were gonna do, but my (american) wife said it would still be nice to have something
so, full thanksgiving for two
so, full thanksgiving for two
this is an excellent idea
You should post your Wokest recipe for supporter 100
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
this is an excellent idea
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endless hand-wringing on labour (potentially) breaking a manifesto pledge by raising taxes
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is an improvement, but should have been done long ago: @the-independent.com Editorial www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
endless hand-wringing on labour (potentially) breaking a manifesto pledge by raising taxes
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
seeing as these are becoming weirdly popular, how's this -
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
seeing as these are becoming weirdly popular, how's this -
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
endless hand-wringing on labour (potentially) breaking a manifesto pledge by raising taxes
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is an improvement, but should have been done long ago: @the-independent.com Editorial www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
endless hand-wringing on labour (potentially) breaking a manifesto pledge by raising taxes
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
but when they abandon a manifesto commitment on workers' rights, the same media *praises* them for it
Reposted by Toby Buckle
To frame this as being overcome by sentiment (whatever that means) is disingenuous. It’s the same thing as arguing that ‘we’ need to be ‘realistic‘ when ‘we’ aren’t the ones paying the price for a ‘realism’ that is not, in fact, ‘objective’. It is riddled with ideology.
Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is an improvement, but should have been done long ago: @the-independent.com Editorial www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
To frame this as being overcome by sentiment (whatever that means) is disingenuous. It’s the same thing as arguing that ‘we’ need to be ‘realistic‘ when ‘we’ aren’t the ones paying the price for a ‘realism’ that is not, in fact, ‘objective’. It is riddled with ideology.
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never change, reactionary centrists, never change
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
never change, reactionary centrists, never change
never change, reactionary centrists, never change
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
never change, reactionary centrists, never change
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i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
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you joke, but that *would* be the philosophy of PM wes streeting
true Starmerism has never been tried
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
you joke, but that *would* be the philosophy of PM wes streeting
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Immigration is good on the morals and also essential to our economic and national security.
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Immigration is good on the morals and also essential to our economic and national security.
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
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i think these are my best naans yet
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
i think these are my best naans yet