Essays

Thoughts tend to come out better formed and more coherent, if they're written down. And like many young and precocious people with a dream, I have more thoughts than I strictly speaking know what to do with.

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Deconstructing The Culture War

There's been some vaguely lefty adage flying around semi-recently, claiming that the "Culture War" is effectively a distraction to avoid...

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Intersectionality 101: Solidarity beyond Kin

The last political Essay I put out concluded with a point on intersectionality, and it's as good a point as any to take a closer look at...

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I Don't Understand Akutagawa Very Well

Sometimes my essays are about art. I don't get to read a lot of fiction these days, but I've recently gotten my hands on a copy of...

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Millennial Bashing, Generational Conflict and Worker Division

There is a long-lasting narrative about a war that is fought in western cultural spheres again and again and again. It's when a society,...

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Advertising, Memes and Social Engineering

In the younger people of today, those with conditions one might derisively refer to as internet brain, one can observe a particular sense...

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Campaigning: Advertising, Political Theater and Education

There's always a campaign for some office going somewhere, and whenever I see how that is done, I get a little bit bitter. This might...

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A Case for the Abolition of the Housing Market

I've paid almost 10000 euros in rent in my first year paying it. I've never loved the idea of paying rent, because it's a predatory...

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Peaceful Transition and The Mass Strike Method

One thing that might put a lot of "moderates" off revolutionary theory is the part where French people build barricades and start...

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Nerd Anthems: Galaxy Quest (1999)

The stereotypical nerd has enjoyed an interesting rise of popularity in recent(ish) years. It's had some interesting outings, which is...

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Sympathy for the Bourgeois

In my analyses I'm usually firmly anchored in the proletariat, because arguably, it's the position that tends to be sensible to side...