Added an email subscription widget to have updates sent to your inbox. A few weeks before the 2016 US presidential election, I made two predictions: Trump becoming president would not hurt the US economy and stock market much, contrary to the research ‘reports’ disseminated by the liberal media that predicted a major and immediate recession… Continue reading Trump’s Foreign Policy Milestone
NRx: What it is and Isn’t
There has been a lot of downtime for the past 24 hours…sorry for inconvenience On developing political theory and organisations, or how to get shot in the head and chucked in a canal like Rosa Luxemberg It’s evident RF believes Nick land is inimical to NRx, probably as part of the long-standing schism between techno-commercialism… Continue reading NRx: What it is and Isn’t
Alt-Right War of Words
Not two weeks after Trump’s historic victory, which should have emboldened the alt-right, does pettiness, virtue signaling, and ego threaten to tear it apart. It all began with some Roman salutes at an NPI conference, which got picked up by major media outlets like Huffington Post and The Atlantic. And then began the in-fighting. Info… Continue reading Alt-Right War of Words
Was Charles Darwin Slow-Witted?
This story went viral: The Darwinian Guide to Overachieving your IQ Darwin, however, was not a man of pure intellect. He was not Issac Newton, or Richard Feynman, or Albert Einstein — breezing through complex mathematical physics at a young age. Darwin and the aforementioned names were in totally different fields, Darwin being biology/anthropology and the others… Continue reading Was Charles Darwin Slow-Witted?
Understanding Marx
Aaron dismisses the study of Marx as useless , but possibly falls into the the tempting trap of reductionism. The study of Karl Marx is more than Communism, which of course is a failure, as mass deaths during communists regimes or the economic under-performance of communist countries versus capitalistic ones (North Korea v. South Korea,… Continue reading Understanding Marx
American Libertarianism vs. European Libertarianism
Often there is confusion over American libertrianism and its lesser-known European variant. Libertarian-socialists like Noam Chomsky will give talks describing how Americans have hijacked libertarianism. American libertarianism can be summed up succinctly as ‘maximizing individual freedom by minimizing government’. The British version/definition of libertarianism, which is related to libertarian-socialism, is more confusing and archaic, dating… Continue reading American Libertarianism vs. European Libertarianism
‘I don’t think that candidate is who you think he is’
This meme applies to a lot of populists, non-interventionists, and fiscal hawks, who think Trump is one of them: The tax cuts and defense spending is a shoe-in…border control, wall, deportations, and trade deal renegotiation…much less likely. Politics is storytelling. Tell people a good story and they will vote for you. There’s a joke…politicians are… Continue reading ‘I don’t think that candidate is who you think he is’
Trump stimulus is not important
What Happens When Trump’s Populism Collides with Ryan’s Austerity? Ryan rejects Trump’s agenda on trade, on immigration, and, not least, on infrastructure. In September, a reporter asked Ryan about Trump’s proposal to spend $550 billion on infrastructure (a more modest version of Bannon’s trillion-dollar fantasy). The Republican Party is united in name only. In truth,… Continue reading Trump stimulus is not important
The MSM is ‘fake news’
The past month has been a roller coaster. A lot of stuff happened, that to ‘the experts’ was inconceivable or improbable: By election night, Trump’s odds were only 10-35% (depending on your source), and he won. Remember this: Or how about the New York Times, which throughout the entire campaign put Hillary’s odds at no… Continue reading The MSM is ‘fake news’
Overton Bubble
The Overton Bubble If two factions won’t talk, war is inevitable. If the elite mainstream won’t open to dialogue and understanding with the outside, and the outside doesn’t make good-faith attempts to engage with the intellectual mainstream, the intellectual-political landscape will divide, and we will get civil war. The conclusion of Warg’s article may not… Continue reading Overton Bubble