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Orwell and ‘Neo-pessimism’

One possible upside of the current political chaos is that a few pennies are dropping for the perceptive — and some of the people who made…

Apr 13

Orwell and ‘Neo-pessimism’

Apr 13

How we got to where we are.

We can understand how our current crude-populist moment came about by starting at the point at which the people who have access to capital…

Nov 6, 2024

How we got to where we are.

Nov 6, 2024

The British political class picked a side. It wasn’t the parliamentarian one.

Oct 2, 2024

Public Opinion — an 1874 cartoon from the Cornell University library

Oct 2, 2024

Taking back control of the town square

Every monopolistic online land grab of the past 20 years needs reining in. They are, as they say themselves, “the new town square.”

Aug 22, 2024

Taking back control of the town square

Aug 22, 2024

A historical perspective. One among many.

I hope we can all agree that it is hard to change someone’s mind using arguments if their understanding of history is very different from…

Aug 6, 2024

A historical perspective. One among many.

Aug 6, 2024

Politics is dominated by people who are interested in politics. That’s a bad thing.

A new year thought for you.

Jan 2, 2024

Politics is dominated by people who are interested in politics. That’s a bad thing.

Jan 2, 2024

Another heresy to be going on with

I few of my recent posts have danced around a minor heresy that I promote. I’ve never heard the logical arguments against it, and I have a…

Aug 7, 2023

Another heresy to be going on with

Aug 7, 2023

A fundamental truth that we dare not speak

In the near-ish future — maybe thirty or forty years hence — a historian may look at our current period of relative decline, poor…

Aug 4, 2023

A fundamental truth that we dare not speak

Aug 4, 2023

Five rules of voluntary collective action

Here are five rules that I’ve drafted that I believe apply to voluntary collective action.

May 10, 2023

Five rules of voluntary collective action

May 10, 2023

The misdirection in the ‘elites’ discourse.

There are respectable ways of knowing how things are run and who the beneficiaries are. Over-indulged misdirection about ‘elites’ isn’t one…

Apr 11, 2023

The misdirection in the ‘elites’ discourse.

Apr 11, 2023

Paul Evans

Paul Evans

Author of “Save Democracy — Abolish Voting” published by @demsoc — everything written in a personal capacity. Personal website: www.paul-evans.org

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