Author: jonwuka

  • Why Should We Care About a Bill?

    Why Should We Care About a Bill?

    Why would the passing of a law do anything to change public opinion? Not only that, why would a bill being filed – one that’s a longshot to pass – be enough to do that? Shouldn’t these actions simply be seen as other opinions?

  • What Is a General Strike?

    What Is a General Strike?

    Among those who talk a lot and think they know, the general strike is seen as a pie-in-the-sky idea, like fully-automatic luxury gay space communism. I’m a guy who talks a lot and thinks he knows, but I don’t agree that the general strike is a pie-in-the-sky idea. I don’t agree that we should stop…

  • For Fun: A Proposal for a New American Government

    For Fun: A Proposal for a New American Government

    Let’s imagine you came to me and said “J, we need a new government. We have to think up a better government structure that would have a chance at creating a better society as what we have in America today. Can you give me a proposal for a new structure for the government?”

  • How to Win the Culture War

    How to Win the Culture War

    You cannot win the culture war by fighting on the battlefield of culture. It’s how most wars are won so I understand why you want to do this. But that is not how the culture war works.

  • A Non-Grand Thesis of Luxury Politics

    A Non-Grand Thesis of Luxury Politics

    My goal with this work is to explore this question: How does a smaller group of people manage to rule over a larger one? Why is “there are more of us” not enough to create change? My answer to that question is “the subjugation effect” and this work is my attempt to explain what that…

  • Deleuze, Nietzsche, and a New Drive

    Deleuze, Nietzsche, and a New Drive

    Why do I want to do this? I have said this before, too. It’s because these ideas are conservative ideas. They are the conservative justifications for their political agenda. As such, they have no value for those who want real justice.

  • Why Democrats Blame the Victim

    Why Democrats Blame the Victim

    Why is it that Democrats, especially online, blame Muslims and trans people and their supporters for Harris’s loss?

  • Why Normal People Often Don’t Fight Fascism

    Why Normal People Often Don’t Fight Fascism

    It’s not as simple as “they’re secret fascists”

  • Commentary: Historia Civilis – The July Revolution (1820 to 1830)

    Commentary: Historia Civilis – The July Revolution (1820 to 1830)

    Historia Civilis just put out a new video on the July Revolution in France. I always look forward to Historia Civilis videos and this one immediately got me thinking about the role of legislature and the possibility of revolution.