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I Reject the Political Spectrum

I think I have reached a point in my political evolution where I can honestly call myself an enlightened leftist. And ironically, part of that enlightenment has been realizing that I don’t really want to call myself a leftist anymore. Yeah. I know. That sounds contradictory as fuck. But hear me out. I have reachedContinue reading “I Reject the Political Spectrum”

Why I Believe MAGA Will Eventually Turn on ICE

One prediction I have about American politics is that eventually a significant portion of the MAGA movement is going to turn on ICE. Not all of them, of course. Political movements are rarely unanimous about anything. But I think there will come a moment when many of the same people who today defend ICE, praiseContinue reading “Why I Believe MAGA Will Eventually Turn on ICE”

When “Leftism” Forgets Itself: Why Cheering This Feels Like a Slap in the Face

I’m gonna say this plainly, because there’s no point in softening it: seeing some online leftists—especially in American spaces—cheer this kind of thing on feels like a slap in the face to what leftism is supposed to be about. And before anyone jumps in with the usual response, let me be clear about something upfront.Continue reading “When “Leftism” Forgets Itself: Why Cheering This Feels Like a Slap in the Face”

When Power Tests Principles: Zohran Mamdani, Public Contradictions, and the Predictable Drift Toward Compromise

There is a moment that reveals who someone really is, not when they are rising, not when they are speaking in front of friendly crowds or posting carefully worded statements that align perfectly with the values of their base, but when they are forced into a position where those values collide with power, scrutiny, andContinue reading “When Power Tests Principles: Zohran Mamdani, Public Contradictions, and the Predictable Drift Toward Compromise”

The Three Stooges of the American Online “Left”

There is a particular kind of frustration that only comes from watching people with enormous platforms claim to speak for a movement they neither understand nor genuinely represent. It is not just disagreement. It is not even simple ideological distance. It is the exhaustion of watching the same three men repeatedly posture as the conscienceContinue reading “The Three Stooges of the American Online “Left””

Nationalism: The Absurd Theater of Flags, Anthems, and Imperial Delusions

Nationalism, at its core, is a performance. It is a spectacle dressed up as devotion, a theater of symbols that asks people to feel pride for things that, on a fundamental level, are entirely arbitrary. Flags flap in the wind like corporate logos, stitched together rectangles that are supposed to conjure loyalty, fear, or devotion.Continue reading “Nationalism: The Absurd Theater of Flags, Anthems, and Imperial Delusions”

The Cult of Symbols and the Comfort of Meaningless Noise

We live in an age utterly saturated with symbols. Logos, flags, slogans, hashtags, color palettes, buzzwords, acronyms, chants, labels, and ideological shorthand dominate nearly every corner of public life. Everyone is drowning in them. Leftists, progressives, conservatives, liberals, libertarians, anarchists, religious folks, spiritual-but-not-religious folks, centrists, radicals, reactionaries, doomers, optimists, nihilists who swear they are notContinue reading “The Cult of Symbols and the Comfort of Meaningless Noise”

Throw Them All in the Trash Bin of History: Why Authoritarian “Communist” Leaders Deserve No Praise

There’s a strange trend that never seems to die: people—especially some folks on the left—continue to romanticize and defend authoritarian communist leaders like Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Enver Hoxha, and an entire laundry list of other so‑called “revolutionaries” who ended up running deeply authoritarian regimes. And let me be completelyContinue reading “Throw Them All in the Trash Bin of History: Why Authoritarian “Communist” Leaders Deserve No Praise”

The Breaking Point: How a Zohran Mamdani Victory Could Push New York City into Unprecedented Chaos

If Zohran Mamdani wins the 2025 New York City mayoral election under Donald Trump’s second administration, I believe it will mark the beginning of a period of chaos unlike anything the city — or even the nation — has ever experienced. And I don’t say that lightly. I’ve been right about several of my predictionsContinue reading “The Breaking Point: How a Zohran Mamdani Victory Could Push New York City into Unprecedented Chaos”

How Socialism and Communism Are Pretty Much the Same Thing—At Least in How Most Americans See It

There’s a lot of talk about how socialism and communism are “different.” You’ll hear academics, economists, and ideologues split hairs over the technicalities. They’ll go on about Marxist theory, about how socialism is the step before communism, about how communism is stateless and classless while socialism still retains some state structure. And, sure, technically, they’reContinue reading “How Socialism and Communism Are Pretty Much the Same Thing—At Least in How Most Americans See It”