This is the last post I am going to write on Luigi Mangione for a while, not because I have run out of things to say, honestly I could keep going, but because I think I have said what I actually came here to say, across all of these, and at some point repeating yourselfContinue reading “The Last One: I’d Rather Be Right Alone Than Wrong With Company”
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A Guess, Not a Diagnosis: Is the Online Left Drifting Right Without Noticing?
I want to be upfront before I even start this one, because I think it matters more here than it has in any of the previous posts, everything I am about to say is speculation, it is my best attempt to make sense of a pattern I keep watching play out, not a claim IContinue reading “A Guess, Not a Diagnosis: Is the Online Left Drifting Right Without Noticing?”
A Prediction: What Happens to Luigi Mangione’s Fanbase When Luigi Mangione Eventually Does Something Wrong
I want to make a prediction here, and I want to be upfront that it is speculative, it is not something I can prove in advance, it is a bet based on watching how these online defense movements tend to behave over time, but I feel confident enough in it that I am willing toContinue reading “A Prediction: What Happens to Luigi Mangione’s Fanbase When Luigi Mangione Eventually Does Something Wrong”
You Can Be Alt and Conservative, Whether That Makes Sense or Not
There’s an argument I keep running into lately, usually framed as a kind of gotcha, that goes something like this: you can’t be alt and conservative. The logic seems airtight to the people saying it. Alt culture, whatever specific flavor of it you’re talking about, has historically leaned progressive, countercultural, anti-establishment in a particular direction,Continue reading “You Can Be Alt and Conservative, Whether That Makes Sense or Not”
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”
As a Progressive, Iām Voting for Larry Sharpe, the Libertarian, Again, in 2026
Every election cycle seems to bring with it the same frustrating realization: for many voters, especially those who donāt neatly fit into the boxes of the two dominant parties, the act of voting can feel less like a meaningful expression of belief and more like an exercise in compromise. In New York State, a placeContinue reading “As a Progressive, Iām Voting for Larry Sharpe, the Libertarian, Again, in 2026”
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”
Fiction Mirrors Reality: Spider-Man, Vigilantism, and the Fallout of Public Judgment
In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker is caught in a storm far bigger than any supervillain heās ever facedāpublic opinion. Following the events of Far From Home, his identity is revealed, and he’s accused of murder. Heās declared a menace, debated endlessly in the media, and treated by many as a symbol of uncheckedContinue reading “Fiction Mirrors Reality: Spider-Man, Vigilantism, and the Fallout of Public Judgment”