"Chocolate and flowers are cliché, and socialism is love. For Valentine's Day, print subscriptions are just $14."

"The domination theory is also distinctive in that it does not just emphasize any form of power over others, but rather counterpurposive power."

>"The AI text-generator is both terrifyingly good and comically limited. But one thing it excels at is helping us think more clearly about politics."

"Over time, the prominence of Christian socialism waned, both inside and outside the Left. After 1917, the prestige of Bolshevism solidified the position within the Left of a militantly atheistic form of Marxism. Meanwhile, with the advent _...Read More_

"The Theorizing the Web conference is in two weeks! In bringing social theory to social media through discussions that are conceptual, critical, and historical, it shares with Real Life a common scope, philosophy, and personnel, so we _...Read More_

“It really is a kind of socialism or barbarism moment. We can either offer something to people, or someone like Trump can. This is why we do have this responsibility, because obviously what is on offer by the Democratic Party, by the tepid _...Read More_

"Radical game designer Paolo Pedercini on what video games can teach us about capitalism — and socialism."

This is like saying “Why haven’t any literary authors set their books in the Midwest”

>"I used to believe socialism was a failed idea. But then capitalism went too far. Now, I believe we need a socialism that is decentralized, federal and democratic, ecological, _...Read More_

"Here’s a truly morbid symptom: the trad-preoccupied “leftist” who believes in economic redistribution, but whose overexposure to progressive neoliberalism causes them to overinflate the cultural purchase of “identity politics.”"

>"A conversation with the essayist and model about her debut collection My Body, critiquing capitalism, the commodification of one’s image, and much more."

"The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma falls into the common trap of conflating the far left and far right, grouping both under the umbrella of “extremism.” In reality, the politics advanced by the socialist left represents a _...Read More_

"Friedrich Engels once wrote that he played “second fiddle” to Marx. On the 200th anniversary of his birth, we should remember the profound influence that Engels had on his friend and comrade, as well as his own theoretical contributions."

menacingly raising their forks at anyone with cars that have start buttons or fridges that have water and ice dispensers. This is propaganda to get what’s left of the middle class to oppose the younger generations. No owning a car and _...Read More_