Government

At least it acknowledges that there’s a big problem

The neoliberal logic that destroys public goods

And why we need to tear liberal democracy down

The experience of Sri Lanka’s interregnum, and thoughts on sortition

The powerful protests of July 9th, 2022

According to a global survey, “the countries considered most democratic by their citizens are China, Vietnam, and Taiwan”

Polls and the polis

People don’t have power. Elites do

Democracy is just a hammer, and lately it’s been clawing peoples eyes out

Caging humans is a cruel experiment, practiced without results or consent.

Totalitarianism is, to Hannah Arendt, someone else's dream invading your body, until it becomes a nightmare.

Governments have no right to hit, cage, or kill us. None.

3 lessons from two books: Weimar Germany and Berlin In Lights

The oldest trick in democracy is deciding that certain people aren't people at all

Tolstoy is the anarchist philosopher poet, trying to make peasants into philosopher kings.

We should treat public service like jury duty instead

I mean, they won’t, but here’s how

America has already hit the iceberg. It’s going down

By failing to convict Trump, America has condemned itself

White people use funny words for bribes

Speaking fees, lobbying, ‘donations’ — it’s all just corruption

Seize the means of financial production. You have nothing to lose but your trades

It’s not our fault, but it feels that way

America is exceptionally fucked

An important film, showing the tragedy and triumph of the first outbreak of COVID-19

How could it be worse?

We can’t blame each other for government failures

That’s why it’s so messed up now. You’re young

South Korea has arrested all of its living ex-Presidents. It’s possible

The question isn’t whether America will break up. It’s how to put it back together

Trump is not taking turns. What do you think happens next?

You’ve already lost. This is what Americans need to understand

It’s like the UN. That’s basically it

It works. We have real-world examples. It just takes will

How the sage connects to Computer Science today

A specter is haunting the world — the specter of Champagne Socialism

The people an empire falls down on

Leadership lessons applied to a terrible leader

I hate to break it to you, but your democracy sucks

Reading Last Empire by Serhii Plokhy

From one shithole to another

Send out the clowns

How America’s soft power went soft

That’s how abductions used to happen in Sri Lanka

They’re not developed, they’re in decline

Like New Zealand except better

Dumb, rich countries are blaming the messenger. Most of the world did fine.

The best COVID-19 leadership in the world

Sweden is worse than 97% of the world

The best COVID-19 response in the world