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…
The Three Types of Socialism
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…
Misunderstood Ideologies: Cultural Marxism
Oi, Sasha, didn't you already write an entire article summing up Marxism? What gives?! Well, Sammy Strawman, I'm glad you asked. First of all, Marxism is a deep rabbit hole, and I should know, I used to be a Marxist. Why the fuck my family allowed me to go through such a phase despite how…
I Was in a Cult
Anyone who has been online for any amount of time has surely seen video log after video log of people going over the story of how they left the left. What most of these stories have in common, however, can be summed up by the following meme: Colin Wright's political cartoon made famous by Elon…
Deceptive Rebranding: Racial Activism
In the previous instalment of this series, I discussed young-Earth creationism and how it was re-branded into "intelligent design" and later "sudden emergence" to get around being banned in public schools. At the end of that article, I mentioned that proponents of Critical Race Theory (CRT) have done something similar, albeit with much greater success.…
Propaganda and Subversion, Part 3: Demoralisation
I was a loyal Soviet citizen until the age of twenty. What that meant was: to say what you are supposed to say, to read what you are permitted to read, to vote the way you are told to vote, and at the same time, to know it is all a lie. - Natan Sharanskii…
Misunderstood Ideologies: Marxism
A classic is a book which people praise and don't read. - Mark Twain I have... no idea why so many people who call themselves "Marxist" have no clue what Karl Marx actually wrote. As if my comparisons between evolution-deniers on both the "far-left" and "far-right" weren't enough, Marxists are just like evangelical Christians holding…
Sasha V's Sesquipedalian Soliloquies 