Reading Rosa Luxemburg. It's dreadful. So much of Luxemburg is her disagreeing with Eduard Bernstein (also known as "being wrong").

The case for a free-market welfare state. ekklesiagora.medium.com/libertarian-...

This is fucking bullshit. It's fucking cold outside and I didn't vote for this. Winter was invented by the fascists to oppress us.

We need high-speed rail everywhere. Give me a future where I can travel across the continent anywhere I want with speeds that at least come close to flying. It's easier to make trains carbon-neutral. I'd rather watch all the scenery go by. Let's do this.

Every thread like this only makes me root for a national UBI harder.

Here's my latest blog post, where I argue that the logic of Ayn Rand's ethical philosophy seems to justify a welfare state. ekklesiagora.medium.com/a-randian-we...

Finished reading Bernstein, Crosland, Harrington, and Meade. Now on to Erik Olin Wright and MLK to finish my research into democratic socialism. The expanded section on democratic socialism in the 2nd edition of my book is gonna be awesome.

I've been doing a deep dive into democratic socialism as research for something I'm writing. I'm wrapping up with reading Michael Harrington and Erik Olin Wright.

Latest blog post, discussing where I agree with (and depart from) revisionist socialism and how I don't like mainstream Marxism, Leninism, etc. ekklesiagora.medium.com/revisionism-...

The people on the right getting mad at Tucker Carlson for hosting Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on his podcast don’t seem to have gotten mad at all at Donald Trump for hosting Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at his home for dinner. Funny that.

I hope the author chokes to death on a pastry.

Not a big fan of Eugene V. Debs. Too much emphasis on bunk econ, revolution, and public ownership. Runs contrary to the tradition of Eduard Bernstein, Anthony Crosland, James Meade, and Michael Harrington. Just not the kind of socialism that I find appealing.

“The whole working class is in a sadly dependent state, and even the most favored wage-worker is left suspended by a single thread. He does not know what hour a machine may be invented to make his trade useless, displace him and throw him into the increasing army of the unemployed.”—Eugene V. Debs

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

This just happened in the The Netherlands today. The centrist "D66" party, running on a platform that includes a universal basic income, won the most votes, positioning its leader to become the new PM. You heard that right, UBI is now a moderate position there and seen as a pragmatic solution to AI.

My latest blog post, where I hash out the tension between my more libertarian and social-democratic tendencies. ekklesiagora.medium.com/taxation-is-...

We need a one-time capital levy of 100% on all billionaires.

Bought a 100-billion dollar Zembabwean note. Gonna start adding "billionaire" to my resume.

It's more valuable to do a nationwide UBI pilot for a poor country than for a developed country. The United States should pick some place like South Sudan and say "OK, we're doing a $10/mo UBI for five years" and just distribute cash. It would cost less than the Argentina bailout we did.

"Actually, socialism is when government does good things like fight poverty and provide people with access to healthcare. As a conservative, I believe government should only do bad things, like murder people off the coast of Venezuela, facilitate genocide, and terrorize and kidnap immigrants."

I'm writing an expanded chapter on democratic socialism for the second edition of my book. I'm re-reading Eduard Bernstein, Anthony Crosland, and James Meade. Also reading Karl Kautsky, Michael Harrington, and Eugene V. Debs. Also incorporating some ideas from Paul Lafargue and Aaron Bastani.

This alone is disqualifying. If this schmuck is gonna LEAVE THE CITY if he loses, he doesn't love the city enough to deserve to win.

If you want to study Kropotkin, this is the anthology you want to get. "Direct Struggle Against Capital" is better for deeper study. If you just want to get the gist of Kropotkin, this is a better place to start.

They talk about universal basic income. www.youtube.com/live/XOzeJN4...

Thank you, Chicago.

Did you know that if we did a universal basic income, life would probably suck a lot less for a whole lot of people?

So, like, where does Kat Abughazaleh stand on universal basic income, negative income tax, and the basic income type policies? I saw there was something where she was gonna talk about UBI but I can't find it now.

"Liberal-anarchism invites us to reimagine freedom not as isolation or license, but as non-domination and mutual respect." - Wesley Whitman c4ss.org/content/60717

I do see something compelling in the idea of a federal job guarantee (FJG) and universal basic services (UBS). Unlike UBI, which doesn't necessarily increase productivity (though it may), an FJG-UBS scheme would increase economic growth by employing all resources towards production.

This book argues for Universal Basic Services (UBS) over Universal Basic Income (UBI) but it makes a fundamental error in it's argument against UBI. It estimates the cost of UBI as 30% of GDP but overlooks that UBI proposals are always linked to tax increases that clawback the UBI from the well-off.

Why's it suddenly so cold? BRB. Gonna go set my furniture on fire to keep warm.

One of the key elements of the book Bullshit Jobs, is that many jobs are not Bullshit and essential. Those jobs are the pillars of the economy. Just the jobs are not well paid and the workers not well appreciated.

If we did a federal job guarantee and a minimum income guarantee, it would save money because the programs would cost less than the programs they would automatically replace. ekklesiagora.medium.com/the-case-for...

There's a big difference between Trump and his followers. Trump has something personal that he gains from being in power. His followers are just a bunch of ignorant, boot-licking pieces of shit that don't even benefit from the fascism in any way.

It takes the audacity and boldness of an Ayn Rand to write a scathing negative review of a book that, by her own admission, she never read.

My latest blog post, on the intersection of democratic socialism and post-scarcity utopia. ekklesiagora.medium.com/to-democrati...

My latest blog post, on the idea of combining Universal Basic Services (UBS) with a Federal Job Guarantee (FJG). ekklesiagora.medium.com/universal-ba...

The concept of a federal job guarantee (FJG) only makes sense to me if paired with universal basic services (UBS). When there is a downturn, unemployment goes up and, consequently, more people are in need of basic services. The FJG would then kick in and provide employment in the department of UBS.

Oh, stfu. As long as they aren't using the likenesses of real people and selling it, who cares if people watch AI porn? Why the hell is this a problem? Also, anybody can access the AI so there's nothing keeping scientists from harnessing the power of AI to try to cure cancer.

This book was written during a mushroom trip. Had to be.

"Republicans are actively killing people that they don't like. Let me explain how this is entirely the fault of the Democrats and why you should not support Democrats and instead let Republicans continue to do bad things."

Libertarians and social democrats ought to be allies. ekklesiagora.medium.com/the-libertar...