Geoff Robinson

Jeffersonian-Painite "petit-bourgeois" radical democratic republicanism in the capitalist era (post-industrial revolution) looks something like anarchism.

This is a 1902 Oxford scholarship exam. How would you do?

It is interesting how sparsely sourced those books tend to be compared to their recent counterparts. Eric Hoffer’s True Believer, Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences, and Jacques Ellul’s Technological Society are all fascinating reads. But they’re mostly working without a net. As a former acquisitions editor, I don’t think any of them would make it through the publication process today without an editor insisting they do more to back up their claims.

Sadly it seems we have vanishingly few true big tent believers. One wing has disdain for MGP and Golden, the other hates AOC and Platner. Isn't there anyone who thinks the party is big enough for the both the center and the left?

And a new report on Oct 7 sexual violence features the 1st-hand testimony of several hostages who were assaulted. I'll repeat: despite the fabrications, it's exceedingly unlikely *no* sexual violence happened that day & it's foolish to rest opposition to the genocide on that idea

so many here have a deep seated need to vindicate America, an outlet for nationalism they’ve never given up, as if anything could justify this evil. a big part is pretending 1776 is real revolutionary precedent and not just a bourgeois project for slaveowners and genocidaires

📺On 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' the senior class rallies around Donna after the school board rules that she cannot participate in graduation ceremonies because of her drunkenness at the prom (May 12, 1993)