Posts from ‘January, 2010’

As our political parties prepare to reverse poles, with the Republicans going more libertarian individualist, and Democrats going more centralized moral activist, discussion proliferates on the question: what really are the differences between conservatives and liberals? I’d posit this: there’s two layers, both involving a means-ends argument. Conservatives believe individuals are the means to a [...]

As part of our exploration of American politics, we’re interviewing some of the up and coming figures of American politics. Today’s interview is with Alex Birch, a writer and activist with CORRUPT, a think-tank for reversing modern decline. Hi, Alex, and glad to have you with us. How do you describe your political orientation? I’m [...]

Not much time to write today, so even more plain-spoken than usual — which means all 14 of you out there will even be appalled. There’s a lot of bloviation about collapse going on, and people like it, because it implies an easy answer. The old stuff just explodes; we then build something new. It [...]