A-hem. Mi mi mi mi mi… There is a common misconception in the “community” of political commentators that the left thinks the right is evil, and the right thinks the left is stupid. The opposite is true; the left is evil, and the right is stupid. Seriously, the right keeps making arguments from “facts and…
Capitalism is a socialist word, in that it was invented by and is used predominantly by socialists. Socialism is defined by its opposite, but as you may have noticed, not only can most socialists not define socialism, but they can’t define capitalism either. I was a socialist for over a decade, and I was able…
This article is for anyone out there who finds themselves in need of a concise definition of socialism, such as if you are arguing with someone about its merits and your interlocutor tries to obfuscate about what it is. Socialism is defined as the collectivisation of the means of production. Collectivisation is the transfer of…
Friends, have you ever heard the story of the battleship and the speed-boat? If not, it’s a short but powerful fable. A battleship, a speed-boat, and several cargo ships were sailing through an icy sea. Only the battleship could afford to hit an iceberg, which was all well and good, as it was so ungainly…
Given that I have this tendency to write whatever pops into my head, I don't necessarily write articles in an order than makes sense. So, now that I've joined Substack and I have yet to publish anything particularly intellectual on the platform, I figured that today, I would get back to basics and write an introductory…
I first heard the term "Cathedral," used as an obvious synonym for "the establishment" roughly a year ago on an episode of the Podcast of the Lotus Eaters. I wrote an article about its nature, which I have referenced several times now, but it needs some revision, since I have learned something new about it.…
For those who don't already know, BreadTube is the collective name for communist YouTube channels. The name comes from The Conquest of Bread by Pëtr Kropotkin, which is widely treated as the anarcho-communist bible. It is important to note that Kropotkin was not a Marxist, but instead came out of an offshoot of pre-Marxist socialism…
I recently had a revelation: free marketeers such as myself need a new word for the system we promote, because "capitalism" simply doesn't do it anymore. We need a free market; we do not have one, we have a captured market. For that reason, I've been calling this system "corporatism" for some time now. The…
Bracing Views is a cesspit of midwittery. Arrogance and hypocrisy are two things I despise above all else, and Bracing Views offers an abundant supply of both. - Karel Antonovič Janáček In an article beginning with that line (now private), there are hyperlinks to a live version and archived version (which I will be working…
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded. - Isador Akios It is important to keep an open mind, but it is also important to maintain a healthy scepticism; in other words, do not let your mind be so open that your brains fall out, as some say, or as…
Sasha V's Sesquipedalian Soliloquies 