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May 28, 2019

The Wickedness of Texas Politics

Idolatry and Human Sacrifice Under the Pink Dome By Andrew Dobbs (If you like this kind of writing, help me do more of it by supporting me on Patreon). The Eighty Sixth session of the Texas Legislature has come to an end, and with it too my career as a…

Politics

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The Wickedness of Texas Politics
The Wickedness of Texas Politics
Politics

22 min read


Jan 18, 2019

The Dialectics of Brexit

By Andrew Dobbs Brexit represents a watershed political crisis for the imperialist center. The United Kingdom — the world’s fourth largest economy and one of the key political and cultural leaders of global capitalism — has now committed itself to delivering a series of mutually exclusive outcomes to their public…

Brexit

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The Dialectics of Brexit
The Dialectics of Brexit
Brexit

7 min read


Nov 6, 2018

No, Voting Democrat is Not “Harm Reduction”

By Andrew Dobbs So the elections have come and gone. We now have about half the country sure that a new day is dawning and hope is born anew, and half the country sure that we are doomed to a thousand years of darkness. …

Politics

18 min read

No, Voting Democrat is Not “Harm Reduction”
No, Voting Democrat is Not “Harm Reduction”
Politics

18 min read


Oct 5, 2018

Building a Direct Action Strategy for Real Resistance

By Andrew Dobbs Our political system is designed to channel mass frustration into rituals designed by the very folks that pissed us off in the first place. These rituals allow us to play at threatening them — which feels rewarding — without putting them at any risk whatsoever. A growing…

Politics

9 min read

Building a Direct Action Strategy for Real Resistance
Building a Direct Action Strategy for Real Resistance
Politics

9 min read


Sep 11, 2018

The Real Truth About 9/11: Imperialist Bureaucracy and Mass Murder

By Andrew Dobbs (Today I had a book review of the new book The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark by John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski published by War is Boring. David Axe is a very good editor and reined in my excesses on this one, but I felt like the fat he…

Politics

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The Real Truth About 9/11: Imperialist Bureaucracy and Mass Murder
The Real Truth About 9/11: Imperialist Bureaucracy and Mass Murder
Politics

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Aug 10, 2018

Nationalists, Technocrats, and Urbanists: A Theory of Today’s Politics

By Andrew Dobbs (If you appreciate original analysis, please contribute to my work on Patreon). US politics is experiencing the final consolidation of a major realignment. On one side are the Nationalists, dominant now in the Republican Party. …

Politics

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Nationalists, Technocrats, and Urbanists: A Theory of Today’s Politics
Nationalists, Technocrats, and Urbanists: A Theory of Today’s Politics
Politics

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Jun 28, 2018

Austin: A City of Suckers?

By Andrew Dobbs (Do you enjoy original, independent commentary on politics in Austin and beyond? Help me do more by supporting me on Patreon!) The three biggest controversies facing the Austin City Council today are really just one problem our leaders have found three different ways to repeat. Code NEXT…

Austin

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Austin: A City of Suckers?
Austin: A City of Suckers?
Austin

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Jun 20, 2018

How Housing Prices Actually Work (and Why “Urbanism” Won’t)

By Andrew Dobbs Housing policy is one of those things I’ve been quietly obsessed with for years, inspired mostly by my own fears that I won’t be able to afford to live in the city I love — Austin, Texas — much longer. …

Housing

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How Housing Prices Actually Work (and Why “Urbanism” Won’t)
How Housing Prices Actually Work (and Why “Urbanism” Won’t)
Housing

7 min read


Jun 1, 2018

The Math of “Missing Middle” Upzoning

It adds up to Gentrification By Andrew Dobbs (Appreciate this kind of analysis? I need your help to make more. Support me on Patreon and help promote contrarian thinking in Texas and beyond!) There are few facts as valuable for understanding housing markets and gentrification as knowing how to value…

Housing

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The Math of “Missing Middle” Upzoning
The Math of “Missing Middle” Upzoning
Housing

6 min read


May 24, 2018

There’s No Apathy Problem in Texas Politics

By Andrew Dobbs I wrote the first part of this as a Twitter thread following Tuesday’s primary runoff results. I had to cut some of this up to make room on the thread, so here’s the full draft plus an additional section delving more into the practical consequences of this…

Politics

8 min read

There’s No Apathy Problem in Texas Politics
There’s No Apathy Problem in Texas Politics
Politics

8 min read

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