glitsyn.bsky.social
The Civil War never ended. Nor did the Reconstruction.
https://www.goodreads.com/glitsyn
101 posts
45 followers
133 following
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
It becomes much easier to cure medievalist nostalgia once these chuds realize that what they really desire from the Middle Ages are today's ultimate bogeyman: walkable cities.
www.strongtowns.org
comment in response to
post
You can make a concept more approachable without actually causing misunderstanding. Many of the critiques do go overboard, but focusing on that misses the merit of what they carry.
We can always improve our content, especially in an age where philosophy is already misunderstood by the mainstream.
comment in response to
post
In turn, we all need to watch Andor.
comment in response to
post
If he can't win back Republicans, he'll simply start steering Democrats over to nullify the revival of Progressivism (and, more concretely, Reconstructionism). Ro Khanna, supposedly one of the more progressive Dems, is already trying to court him. Meanwhile, he's a spitting image of the Yang Gang.
comment in response to
post
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY&...
comment in response to
post
Don't celebrate yet. Worst case scenario, Elon and his Tech Bros in Silicon Valley could end up using Yang's Forward platform from 2020 to hijack the Democratic Party through Klein's Abundance Liberalism policy agenda in order to crush a potential revival of Progressivism/Reconstructionism in 2028.
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
Hoping this elaborates even further on your Class Dynamism thesis!
comment in response to
post
stringinamaze.net/p/the-tyrann...
comment in response to
post
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
convergencemag.com/articles/set...
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
stringinamaze.net/p/the-tyrann...
comment in response to
post
"Tea Party" is a post-Nixon Republican brand that got us Trump, so this is basically sending the signal that today's Democrats don't represent any original legacy. That is an insult to the struggles of the Reconstruction and Progressive Era.
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
convergencemag.com/articles/set...
comment in response to
post
The best use case I have found for it so far is as a cross-domain search engine that draws semantic connections between topics in your prompt to find new sources. As long as you habitually check for hallucinations, this research process is quicker than if you were to depend on keyword queries only.
comment in response to
post
convergencemag.com/articles/set...
comment in response to
post
I see Strauss in the corner too. I also recommend this one as an extra supplement to both him and Radnik's interpretation of Hegel:
comment in response to
post
Borna Radnik, eh. Try this one next:
comment in response to
post
The Mission Economy needs to become the Democratic platform. There is so much that will need to be done to repair the damage that Trump has already caused within the last 100 days.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
comment in response to
post
That's the approach of the "Dirtbag Left". Indeed, not many of them will be found organizing. I also think its appeal stems from the struggle to integrate social and economic issues without alienating some demographics. That's a rhetorical problem that can easily be corrected.
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
comment in response to
post
I'd love for you to discuss this issue on Ben Burgis' show, especially as Catherine Liu's and Vivek Chibber's approach continues to gain traction on the Left, which is horrific timing in our anti-woke era. Do you plan on writing a whole book on class abstractionism and class dynamism at some point?
comment in response to
post
> "Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis"
comment in response to
post
Pardon me for adding another link, but I'm in the same boat. You mentioned that an agenda is rhetorically crucial, and I wanted to state that the New Progressivism of the Third Reconstruction cannot take off without the right message too. Against anti-woke, it's time to Awaken:
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
comment in response to
post
It's time to rekindle America's soul.
convergencemag.com/articles/set...
comment in response to
post
I've been spamming this at my representatives for months now and still no response. They should've already been on it as soon as it released at the beginning of 2020, and its points only continue to rise in relevance:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
I know, but I'm wondering is if there's any specific textbook that stuck out to you that could potentially serve as an entry-point if you intend to eventually take a class on it.
comment in response to
post
If there's any book out there that can be seen as the most comprehensive on historical method, do you have a recommendation?
comment in response to
post
Oh, I mean the narrative approach.
comment in response to
post
Is there a particular name for this approach in historiography?
comment in response to
post
comment in response to
post
Remedy: youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
comment in response to
post
With this, the battle for the soul of America is officially here:
www.publicbooks.org/a-theory-of-...
comment in response to
post
This is human trafficking.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
comment in response to
post
Thoughts on HelloChinese?
comment in response to
post
Combined with a potential depression on the way, look out for the war economy...
comment in response to
post
How does matriarchy overcome the issues of gender essentialism and trans-exclusionary feminism? What defines a "mother" in a truly egalitarian society, and how is violence reconstructed for truly revolutionary/emancipatory/liberatory measures?
comment in response to
post
Bomb Iran, annex Canada, buy Greenland, invade Mexico, fund Israel, tariff Europe, and give Ukraine to Russia.
The anti-war candidate, par excellence.
comment in response to
post
Something easier to bite into:
comment in response to
post
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
comment in response to
post
I absolutely agree, I just want to emphasize that how we treat voters needs to be fundamentally different from how we treat politicians. Power makes all the difference here.
comment in response to
post
Speaking as a former transphobe, this is actually a terrible idea if our goal is to awaken the working class. We need to teach them, not cast them off to the Trump cult. This starts by deconstructing their assumptions about gender and showing how they're already tied to class (social reproduction).
comment in response to
post
Caesar. They are worshipping Caesar. MAGA is the American version of the Roman Imperial Cult.
comment in response to
post
In terms of messaging that can finally overcome the Long Southern Strategy, we've got one:
youtu.be/_Q9e8LWeqaY
In terms of a policy agenda and grand vision that can finally heal the wounds of this country through that messaging, we have that too:
youtu.be/GAEgXYQG1To
This is OUR Tea Party moment.
comment in response to
post
The "Wide Awakes" were the youth organization that helped get Lincoln elected. Almost two centuries later, it's become clear that we need a movement that can truly stand for a new American Reconstruction. We need a Reconstruction Party.
comment in response to
post
The Reconstruction Party.
comment in response to
post
An article published just yesterday aggregating the evidence that confirms Haney López's point about how policy positions are actively shaped by political narratives. This is why Carville's advice to "play dead" is so particularly destructive:
stringinamaze.net/p/the-tyrann...
comment in response to
post
Please just watch his talk. Ian Haney López is NOT the purist you think permeates the progressive Left. He is personally responsible for the campaign messaging in Minnesota that propelled Tim Walz to success.