The Death of the Nation-State

People have a tendency to think that the structures they see around them are how things have always been…

Politics: The Battle of the Elites

The world is controlled by elites. It always has been, and it always will be. Our governments are run by elites, our educational system is run by elites, our philanthropies are run by elites, science is done by elites, and art is made by elites. Once business people…

Game of Thrones and Institutional Change

The image of Daenerys standing at the top of a massive structure, her banner to her…

The Reality of Anthropogenic Climate Change

Humans have had a huge impact on the Earth, and it’s silly to say otherwise. You can…

What Is Socialism?

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have made socialism popular in the United States, especially among young people…

Redefining Class

Marx famously argues that there are two dominant classes in capitalist societies: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. He argued that in…

Mass Shootings as a Revolt Against Liberalism

On August 3, Patrick Crusius killed 20 people and injured 26 more in an El Paso…

Is Everything Ideology?

I was told today that everything is ideology.

Ethics: Natural Law or Voluntarism?

In Beauty in the Word, Stratford Caldecott argues that there are two main branches of ethics, the natural law tradition and the voluntarist tradition. The natural law tradition, which one could also call virtue ethics, was promoted by realists like Aristotle and…

Nihilism and Capitalism

A Response to Alain Badiou

One should only pick fights with those one respects — the rest should be ignored so they can be lost to the dustbin of history. Or, if what they believe is dangerously ridiculous, one should simply submit them to…