At the end of the day if the only thing you can conjure up is a list of ad hominems and can't actually grapple with the substantive politics of a thing (and this is broader than Platner "secret nazi" derangement) then you are incapable of seeing beyond self-indulgent liberal moralism.
Basically this. And capitalism.
Because yes.
A sprawling article in which I only get part way through the question.
Why Was There a Long Bernie Moment but not a Long Jackson Moment? Why was 2016 "Our Time" and Not 1988? open.substack.com/pub/chriskut...
Hopefully surpass! We have so much possibility.
RIP Jesse. Some personal reflections from my teen age experience of 1988.
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Just How High is the Sky? Does the US Left Have a Supporter Ceiling? Does DSA?
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With my unused masters degrees I generally think that wise.
Thanks for the kind words. Curious about your partners piece.
Nothing ever happens....or does it? @kutalik.bsky.social discusses "punctuated equilibrium" in our latest:
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That the Trump administration--a unique combo of deep incompetence and right wing authoritarianism--can "run Venezuela" is just Iraq and Afghanistan all over again. Imperial hubris that leads to mass suffering and more decline.
"I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist."
Watching our comrade Zohran be inaugurated with the whole family glued to the TV like it was the moon landing, is a hell of a beat for the long Bernie moment and DSA. We did this, friends.
I done wrote my a novel, literally. I grew with family rooted in a very different, entirely “analog” era of Texas than the one I was living at the end of the 20th century. My grandpa reveled in these stories of hard scrabble farm life in a bend of Rocky Creek outside Shiner 1
All I want for Christmas is to spend quality time with my boys--playtesting my new battalion level WW2 wargaming rules in 1/72 scale with giant backyard battles.
Is that too much to ask?
So drink your gin and tonic-ah
And smoke your marijuani-khah
If you really, really wanna-kah
Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Chanukah.
It's a shame that I read this on my birthday instead of the week or so I needed to do this ON MY BIRTHDAY. Also #RetirementPlans
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As a former Nevada Bernie 2020 field staffer this really hit. More Nevada moments.
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34 minutes into the count Zohran wins a majority in the largest mayoral turnout in 30 years. What a time to be a DSA member.
I have never wanted a spin off movie more then I do want one completely focused on Benicio Del Toro 's Sensei in One Battle After Another.
Back to things nerdy (escape is good actually). A review of my fourth book What Ho Frog Demons. (The Wodehousian characters in the intro make a return in my novella as protagonists). idlecartulary.com/2025/10/13/b...
Groundwork labubu lives to organize another day.
My latest article. This one on the movement to defend and expand democracy and Reconstruction:
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Do you know what's a good feeling? Voting to screw rigthtwingers and trolling my home state of Texas on No Kings Day 2.
Two bright comrades give us our marching orders 💕
@kutalik.bsky.social @surj.org
It is Wednesday, my dudes. Which means it's a great day to support an artist or author making stuff you like!
Instead of giving Disney+ money every month, maybe give some to @kutalik.bsky.social and the Hill Cantons project - a new book is brewing at last! 🤩
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I think you should get excited when I actually finish something lol.
And you can start now: dsausa.org/join
There is no organization, no network called "Antifa". But it's that vagueness of use by the Right that has sinister authoritarian implications. If no one is Antifa than any one against fascism is Antifa to them.
Several books in fact and very kind words. The novella is written (18k words). The Great Aviary rough draft is complete. Rough drafts for three other things exist and are getting feedback.
