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There Is No Substitute For Politics

Everybody knows that things can’t keep going this way. The global economy is deeply dysfunctional. Resources are no longer allocated with…

Jan 22, 2022

There Is No Substitute For Politics

Jan 22, 2022

Justice

You can tell a lot about a society, and a political movement, by its attitute to those citizens who have committed crimes.

Sep 1, 2021

Sep 1, 2021

Lost Souls

There’s an old essay by Freddie deBoer that I think about a lot. It includes this paragraph:

Aug 17, 2021

Lost Souls

Aug 17, 2021

How To Be A Good Person While Existing Within Time

Here are three simple propositions:

Jul 26, 2021

Jul 26, 2021

The Necessary Hostility

I struggle with how terrible things are, and with the amount of hostility that I think is necessary.

Feb 17, 2021

Feb 17, 2021

Socialism Without Socialism

I have a terminology problem.

May 6, 2020

May 6, 2020

Sex Work: Moralism, Markets & Marxism

The issue of sex work and how it should be treated by society has long been controversial, particularly on the Left. While generally…

Oct 2, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

Everything You Give Them Can And Will Be Used Against You

There’s a reason that unconditional support for the concept of free speech has been a defining characteristic of left-wing thought for…

Jun 28, 2017

Jun 28, 2017

Free Speech and the Means of Communication

[Note: This is an older blog post, but since the topic keeps coming up, I thought it was worth putting up here. I’ve made very minor…

Jun 22, 2017

Free Speech and the Means of Communication

Jun 22, 2017

Voting, Democracy, and the People

Whenever another election nears, the world fills up with paeans to the power of voting and doom-filled laments about people failing to do…

May 11, 2017

May 11, 2017

Jonas Kyratzes

Jonas Kyratzes

Writer/director/game designer. Gospels of the Flood, The Sea Will Claim Everything, The Talos Principle, Serious Sam 4, The Eternal Cylinder, etc.

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