The Last Utopian
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Policy suggestions better than the WH can come up with
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Policy suggestions better than the WH can come up with
Billions of blustering barnacles! Tariffs everywhere!
April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Billions of blustering barnacles! Tariffs everywhere!
To Fight Against This Age by Rob Rieman
It's about the continual resurgence of fascism and why it tends to draw in the masses. More importantly, it's about the weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, of anger and fear, xenophobia, and the need for scapegoats
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It's about the continual resurgence of fascism and why it tends to draw in the masses. More importantly, it's about the weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, of anger and fear, xenophobia, and the need for scapegoats
#booksky #books
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Day 9:
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Day 9:
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
Day 8: Violence by Slavoj Žižek
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
February 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Day 8: Violence by Slavoj Žižek
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
Day 7:
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Day 7:
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
Day 6:
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
February 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Day 6:
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
Day 5:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Day 5:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
Day 4:
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
February 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Day 4:
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
Day 3:
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
February 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Day 3:
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
February 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
First complete drawing in almost 5 years
February 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
First complete drawing in almost 5 years
How did Utah and Indiana beat us??
January 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How did Utah and Indiana beat us??
And Florida tells us the current governor
January 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And Florida tells us the current governor
North Carolina claims the title of most military friendly
January 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
North Carolina claims the title of most military friendly
Nevada's sign looks like the German flag
January 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Nevada's sign looks like the German flag
Oregon has a tiny sign (speed limit sign for scale)
January 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Oregon has a tiny sign (speed limit sign for scale)
I know not every state can have as good of a welcome sign as we do, but I've recently come across some oddities of other states
January 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I know not every state can have as good of a welcome sign as we do, but I've recently come across some oddities of other states
