Saturday, October 09, 2021
Educating future members of the working class is our best hope.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=69
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Extracting resources for use by the imperial core has traditionally required the enactment of acute violence, but through recent advancements in exploitation, chronic violence has become the preferred method.
Saturday, October 02, 2021
The debt ceiling spectacle obscures the complexity of competently investing in public infrastructure.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
COVID-19 deaths are no laughing matter, but it will happen when ethical systems defer to the free market.
Saturday, September 25, 2021
People vote based on material conditions, and when material conditions don't improve, you get to vote again later!
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
AOC's accrual of national publicity has diverted campaign resources that should be spent on local causes.
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Conspiracy theories are to America, as 9/11 is to imperialism.
https://www.nist.gov/el/final-reports-nist-world-trade-center-disaster-investigation
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Technological advancement benefits the ruling class, but when there is an issue in the supply chain, the working class is punished.
Saturday, September 11, 2021
For the vast majority of Americans (including us), nothing changed on 9/11, but it would change the future.
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Both neoliberal parties are advocating for Herd Immunity as a strategy rather than an objective.
Saturday, September 04, 2021
The US Supreme Court allowed Texas' anti-abortion legislation, SB8, to take effect and they ended the CDC's eviction moratorium citing a lack of authority in 361(a).
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a24_8759.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Vaccine durability is waning along with the inoculation rate, but corporations stand ready to keep you safe if it helps their profits.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02261-8
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.31.21261387v1
Saturday, August 28, 2021
The American automotive industry is a jobs program that doesn't benefit the working class.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Extremism is a consequence of foreign interference with self-determination.
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Imperialism without colonization is foreign occupation.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Twitter needs more users, Google wants to pay workers less based on where they work and job qualifications are biased towards class interests.
Saturday, August 14, 2021
When an industry's rate of growth declines, the industry's rate of worker exploitation must increase to compensate.
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The cost of covid mutating will be borne by the working class, not the ruling class.
Saturday, August 07, 2021
The new eviction moratorium is intended to preserve the for-profit housing system.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/Signed-CDC-Eviction-Order.pdf
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
The exploitation of Olympic athletes forced capital to pretend to care about mental health.
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Discussion on the exploitive nature of the Olympics and why NBC only airs swimming on prime-time.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Fight Capitalism by growing your own food. You can grow your own tomatoes for under $20 anywhere in the USA.
Saturday, July 24, 2021
The US is ready and willing to run propaganda campaigns against foreign countries, but they're unwilling to convince US citizens to take a vaccine.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
When your cause of death is being poor, you're a statistic.
https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/preliminary-review-heat-wave-deaths-shows-most-were-older-lived-alone-had-no
Saturday, July 17, 2021
If the government doesn't regulate corporations, who is accountable when a building literally collapses?
https://www.wfla.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2021/06/8777-collins-ave-structural-field-survey-report.pdf
Saturday, July 03, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 12, 2021.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Absolving renters debt is a bailout for capital, whereas preserving student debt is beneficial to capital. We also discuss the Democratic Theater Company's For the People Act.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
George Floyd's murderer is sentenced and the Mayor of Minneapolis hires a private police force using coronavirus pandemic emergency authority.
https://mn.gov/msgc-stat/documents/Guidelines/2020/2020StandardSentencingGuidelinesGrid.pdf
https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/MCRO_27-CR-20-12646_Sentencing-Order_2021-06-25_20210625145755.pdf
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The sooner you understand worker exploitation, the sooner you can do something about it.
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Doing something easy multiple times is more profitable than doing something hard once.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
We take a trip down memory lane exploring our political past while expanding on our theory of local electoralism.
Saturday, June 12, 2021
The unintended consequences of increasing the minimum wage.
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/resources/how-is-poverty-measured/
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
Capital doesn't care about your health, but they'd prefer if you're vaccinated.
Saturday, June 05, 2021
The Obama Foundation held a forum on May 26, 2021 to discuss the progress (or lack thereof) towards racial justice.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201500033/pdf/DCPD-201500033.pdf
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Attacking capital requires a sophisticated game plan.
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Capital hasn't defined the new steady state, but it's going to be exploitive.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Imperialism is normal. Political theater is normal. Exploiting workers is normal.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
When people hold a corporation hostage that's a problem, but when people are held hostage by a corporation that's capitalism.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The distinction between conservative and neoliberal policy is imaginary, but the suffering from acute and chronic violence is real. #theory
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/20/e2013637118
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Institutions of capital perpetuate modern slave labor with success measured in unemployment and inflation.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
When privatized infrastructure is incompetently managed, exploited labor can't serve the ruling class.
Saturday, May 08, 2021
Researchers at the University of Minnesota wrote an academic paper illustrating that the Linux Kernel is vulnerable to exploitation. Then while defending their institution, capital proved their conclusion.
https://github.com/QiushiWu/QiushiWu.github.io/blob/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
A merger of state and corporate power occurs under Neoliberalism and perpetuates chronic violence.
Saturday, May 01, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 9, 2021.
https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/floyd-autopsy-6-3-20.pdf
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The 2020 Census Apportionment Results were released on Monday and mark the start of the once-every-ten-year redistricting process. Federal districts are often the focus, but new state level boundaries are most important in securing worker power.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
The CDC's Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System just isn't good enough.
https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/datasets.html
Thursday, April 22, 2021
The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's murderer is discussed.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Approaching herd immunity and reaching herd immunity are very different concepts.
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 7-8, 2021.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 5-6, 2021.
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers March 31 through April 2, 2021.
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
If you want to win, you don't have to cheat, but it can be helpful.
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Opening statements and witness testimony in the trial of George Floyd's murderer started on March 29, 2021. This episode discusses jury selection and the first two days of testimony.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Capitalism maximizes profits, central planning optimizes efficiency.
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Central Planning defeated fascism in World War 2 and could defeat food scarcity today.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Who are you going to believe, your own lying eyes or the corporate media?
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/documents/monmouthpoll_us_060220.pdf
Saturday, March 20, 2021
When the data exists to make good decisions, but bad decisions are made, the problem isn't the data.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
When the establishment wins its called democracy. When the slightly left-er-ish faction won in Nevada, its called a problem.
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Globalization is the scaling of exploitation, but as exploitation runs dry, the exploiters become the exploited.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Industrial agriculture is driven to feed profits.
Saturday, March 06, 2021
George Floyd's murderer is scheduled to stand trial on March 8, 2021. We summarize important facts of the case and discuss what police accountability should look like.
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
With one distraction removed, the Biden Administration can devote their full attention to screwing over minimum wage workers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Public data is a powerful tool for political action.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
If affordable housing was profitable, there wouldn't be a shortage.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
A mental health condition triggered by an inability to understand a world without capitalism.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Politicians say what they mean, but they don't mean what they say.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The ruling class doesn't care who loses, so long as it's not them.
Saturday, February 06, 2021
When the music stopped, the Petite Bourgeoisie learned that Capital doesn't lose.
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
The left sucks at messaging because they suck at grifting.
Saturday, January 30, 2021
The US is willing to do anything to eradicate COVID, except what's necessary.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. opposed imperialism and capitalism.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Section 230 protects capital, and capital wants to be protected.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Capital's first impeachment moves Trump to the top of the leader-board.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
In American Oligarchy, few make decisions for many.
Saturday, January 09, 2021
Analysis of Trump's Insurrection(tm) and the general incompetence of the ruling class.
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
The ability to survive is correlated with the ability to prepare and money makes preparation easier.
Saturday, January 02, 2021
Forcing a vote on Medicare For All in a Neoliberal Congress is like forcing a square peg in a round hole.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
If you want to change something, determine which entities have the power to preserve.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Local politics are the only politics locals should care about.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Why don't we simply make more vaccines?
https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download
Saturday, December 12, 2020
When was the last time you heard the phrase "death panel"?
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations-process.html
Saturday, December 05, 2020
The only thing that trickles down in the economy is exploitation.
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Social media is an extension of the manufactured consent corporate media machine.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
A formal discussion of the two classes, and two other classes.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Preparing for Obama's third term, by actively doing things, not resisting.
Saturday, November 21, 2020
The promise of a vaccine is near, but the promise of actually being injected with a vaccine is not near.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
COVID is being mismanaged in the US because the entire healthcare system is profit driven. It's not a good idea to put that same system in charge of creating a vaccine.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Any analysis of the US Political system must acknowledge the existence of multiple capitalist parties colluding.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The name of the game is to get more votes than the other players, but not everybody is playing the same game.
Saturday, November 07, 2020
The presidential election is a sticky mess, and other observations on gerrymandering, protesting and pardoning.
Monday, November 02, 2020
An analysis of potential election outcomes yields a clear winner: Capital.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The public school system is burdened by short term thinking and redundancy in the name of local control.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Analysis of the Final Presidential Debate that seemed to last longer than Biden's 47 years as a politician.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The ruling class has incurred several defeats during Trump's presidency, but the working class doesn't always win when the ruling class loses.
Friday, October 16, 2020
When asked whether to pack the courts, the question can really be framed as: Are you going to act in the interest of capital or are you going to act in the interest of the working class?
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
There are two populations that want a Biden win, in one corner there's the blue-no-matter-who crowd, shitlibs, wine-moms, the #khive (Copmala's twitter following), the Peter Butterbar fan club, anybody that voted for Bush but also voted for Hillary. In the other corner we have capital, hint: they might be on the same team.
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Analysis of the VP Debate featuring at least one beady eyed psychopath.
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
The entire ruling class doesn't give a fuck about long term planning because they don't have a profit motive and they won't be alive.
Thursday, October 01, 2020
Conclusion of debate analysis covering the second half topics of: Law and Order, Climate Change, and Election Integrity.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Analysis of the First Presidential Debate covering the first three topics: Supreme Court, Covid, Taxes/Economy.
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Neoliberalism opposes central planning because the mechanisms of self-enrichment are eliminated.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Prerequisite material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vh-nlY3U6M A discussion on masks in media.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Now that there's a vacancy on the Supreme Court, how should each party handle the nomination process?
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Overtime the line between the petite bourgeoisie and the working class will blur as COVID discriminates against poor people, just like capitalism.
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
Every institution in your life kneels before the alter of capitalism, and anything that actually benefits a worker is collateral damage to corporate profits. Every time a corporation helps somebody, that's collateral damage. It's accidental and the corporation will try and do better next time.
Saturday, September 05, 2020
If you're going to do a basic outcomes analysis of A or B, the outcomes need to be quantifiable.
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
Accelerationism isn't some fringe concept, its an application of game theory to cease power after creating instability that is actively being used by both major parties.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
The USPS needs saving, but not in the way currently being messaged.
Saturday, August 22, 2020
What happens with labels that don't have universal meaning? They get co-opted by capital. "Progressive" is a functionally dead term that has zero meaning and should never be used as a label.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Nation states are exerting significant resources to influence public opinion and you can't compete.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
As an individual you have power to influence your local community. The basic premise we'll focus on is hierarchical autonomy, which is a fancy name for nested power structures.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
If NCAA sports aren't cancelled nationally, players will likely rise up to expose the exploitation of "student athletes."
Saturday, August 08, 2020
Cops are an example of a government institution placing workers in a situation where they can be exploited.
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
The obligations of public servants requires an adherence to the public good, but when the institution for which they work requires service to a single class, the institution is degraded.
Saturday, August 01, 2020
Painting Black Lives Matter on the streets doesn't do anything and musings about Biden's VP selection.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Attributing class as the root of all evil excludes the vast majority of people that are unaware of the class struggle.
Saturday, July 25, 2020
A continuation on accountability, incentives and Joe Biden's ability to recognize wildlife. Trump passed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, you can do your own assessment: https://championsforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MOCA-8.1.8.2-English.pdf
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
If you cheat and win, who determines if you cheated?
Saturday, July 18, 2020
There are two blind squirrels attempting to find a nut, and the corporate world wins again.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
If one incompetent person disparages another incompetent person, it doesn't mean the second person isn't incompetent.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Let's suppose the Trump campaign and the GOP/Dem machine have determined defeat is imminent for Trump in November 2020. What's the play?
Wednesday, July 08, 2020
Neoliberalism is a form of corporatism where the interests of capital are directly implemented by capitalists after the government defers to act in the public interest by ceding power to private interests.
Saturday, July 04, 2020
The gig-economy is an elaborate scheme to exploit labor.
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Large corporations devote significant resources to ensuring that their user base is engaged. This engagement drives profits, it doesn't drive anything else.
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Capital won the 2020 elections and nothing would have changed that.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Segregated bathrooms, drinking fountains and schools (among other things) were eliminated by Brown vs. Board of Education, but segregated bathrooms based on gender persist to this very day.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Should players decertify, or dissolve their unions and start their own leagues?
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
If you're rich, you want to take advantage of the opportunities afforded to you as a result of being rich.
Friday, June 12, 2020
How do you talk to a Karen about race relations?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
All workforces employed by government entities that serve the ruling class and enforce the class divide are bastards.
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Evaluating the economic incentives of various groups involved in the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
When presented with two terrible options, what's the better option? Don't play the lottery.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The effects of educational disparities will have long term socio-economic impact that will widen both the achievement gap and hinder societal advancement.
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Capitalistic motivations are inhibiting the collection of accurate scientific information which will cloud the judgment of policymakers and likely expose workers to unnecessary health risks.
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Why are N95 masks and toilet paper scarce?
Friday, April 24, 2020
"Essential workers" are economic hostages.