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”

The Charlatan Problem: The Kind of People Even Leftist Thinkers Warned Us About

At this point, I’m just gonna say it outright. Figures like Luigi Mangione and the copycats and arsonists being compared to him? These are exactly the kinds of people that early socialist and leftist thinkers warned about. Yeah. Even within leftist theory—within the very traditions that some people think they’re representing—there has always been aContinue reading “The Charlatan Problem: The Kind of People Even Leftist Thinkers Warned Us About”