The Empire Self-Destructs

We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.

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Elon Musk and Friends Propose Defunding the Fraud Police

Some tech billionaires hate the CFPB, which protects Americans from scams and abuse. Why?

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Trump's weird new 'freedom cities' and the Network State cult

Why do Trump, Thiel and Andreessen want to build new cities?

Understanding the Rise of Fascism

Popular accounts of Nazism often claim that Hitler rose to power democratically. But, historian Richard J. Evans argues, German fascism relied on armed militias, made up of disaffected veterans inspired by antisemitism, to crush communists and socialists.

Socialism and electricity: renewables and decentralisation versus nuclear

By Simon Pirani. Reproduced, with thanks, from Capitalism Nature Socialism journal, August 2024. Introduction Matthew Huber and Fred Stafford’s insistence that “electricity is poised to be a centra…

Neo-Utilitarians Are Utter Philistines

1. Here on the banks of the Seine it can be hard to notice new trends in the Anglosphere before they have already arrived in the phase of their full flower. So please bear in mind that I live in a backward land, and forgive me if I’ve been a bit slow to report to deck in the analysis that follows.