The populist manifesto: Why policy trumps rhetoric and how Ye might synthesise Bernie and Trump’s platforms into one unity campaign for the American working class

‘I could build a new Rome in one day.’ Ye, ‘Clique’, from Kanye West Presents, Good Music - Cruel Summer As the title of this article suggests, I want to propose a populist manifesto — a manifesto to transfer power from the wealthy and powerful back to the people of the world. This does not … Continue reading The populist manifesto: Why policy trumps rhetoric and how Ye might synthesise Bernie and Trump’s platforms into one unity campaign for the American working class →

The monopolist: Elon Musk’s delicate balancing act

First published on 31 October 2022. It is often said that Elon Musk is reckless. Is he? Middle-class people sometimes claim it’s strange to ‘Tweet’ if you are that famous. Isn’t all the online advice to avoid controversy — to stick to the party line? Even get-rich-quick schemes maintain controversy is the fastest way to … Continue reading The monopolist: Elon Musk’s delicate balancing act →

Westfailure: How the Kanye Presidency might turn out if Ye is not careful

‘Be more specific.’ This phrase, once uttered by Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) is mentioned countless times by advisers and journalists in the statements to the press given by Pusha T (nicknamed King Push) upon the inauguration of Ye to the Presidency of the United States of America. From Ye’s Telegram account, … Continue reading Westfailure: How the Kanye Presidency might turn out if Ye is not careful →

Why Only a Labour Government Can Reduce Anti-Semitism

An article from 2019 based on a Cambridge politics long essay (awarded a first) on the question of whether there is a causal connection between globalisation (defined as the geo-temporal expansion of institutional disunity and distributional inequality, as defined below) and antisemitism (also defined below) in history. What causes anti-Semitism? It’s a question not often … Continue reading Why Only a Labour Government Can Reduce Anti-Semitism →

How capitalism might end

First published on 1 February 2020. Bernie Sanders says he’s a democratic socialist. In this post, I argue that he’s right. The reason’s simple: his kind of policy agenda, if implemented, could accidentally hasten the end of capitalism and its replacement by ‘democratic socialism’. So, how could capitalism end? To answer that, we first need … Continue reading How capitalism might end →

Kanye West’s Enlightening Fox News Interview: ‘Bring the best design to the people’

Kanye West is an astonishing individual. Endlessly maligned by media outlets throughout his career, Mr. West’s pivot from music to fashion has subverted expectations about his artistry and creativity in general. ‘He clearly thinks out of the box’, the Fox News interviewer said after the interview. For those who have not heard My Beautiful Dark … Continue reading Kanye West’s Enlightening Fox News Interview: ‘Bring the best design to the people’ →

Fear and levelling: The dawn of corona capitalism

Capitalism is changing. Here’s how. Capitalism is a story of fission. What kind of fission? The separation between political and economic power beginning in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. And a separation between: Expectations of stable technological development and the reality of unstable change in the availability of resources and the natural world (dynamic ‘technological … Continue reading Fear and levelling: The dawn of corona capitalism →

The diamond theory of everything

What matters? What matters historically? What matters morally? These questions plague any politically- or philosophically-minded person. In his magnum opus, On What Matters, philosopher Derek Parfit considered the last question: what matters morally? Parfit’s answer relates to what I’m going to consider in this post, but it’s not too central. For Parfit, moral statements are … Continue reading The diamond theory of everything →

The diamond theory of everything (old version)

What matters? What matters historically? What matters morally? These questions plague any politically- or philosophically-minded person. In his magnum opus, On What Matters, philosopher Derek Parfit considered the last question: what matters morally? Parfit's answer relates to what I'm going to consider in this post, but it's not too central. For Parfit, moral statements are … Continue reading The diamond theory of everything (old version) →

How capitalism might end

Bernie Sanders says he's a democratic socialist. In this post, I argue that he's right. Bernie, unlike every other presidential hopeful, has both the ability and the will to implement a truly left-wing agenda which advances the cause of human freedom. Workers of the world: feel the Bern.