Affordability—The Political Bigfoot
A crisis is 2008. A crisis is 2020. Mass unemployment, collapsing demand, shuttered businesses, and genuine economic paralysis.
We have the opposite. Unemployment is low, real consumption is up a trillion bucks, capital is flooding in, consumer confidence is rebounding, and poverty is at an all-time low. The only people calling this a crisis are the ones who need it to be one.
Why The GOP Should Embrace The Bourgeois Class
If the GOP wants to stay effective after Trump, it needs to remember an inconvenient truth about revolutions, reforms, and lasting political coalitions. These movements are rarely led by the poorest. They are led by the bourgeois.
Nothing to See Here Folks
Just weeks after President Trump and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sounded alarm bells about potential neurodevelopment risks linked to acetaminophen, Kimberly-Clark swoops in and buys Kenvue Inc.—the parent company of Tylenol—in one of the largest corporate takeovers in history. If you listen closely enough, you might hear the PR teams whispering, "Quick, change the narrative before anyone connects the dots."
Kansas City Fans Reject New Stadium Tax Increase: The Sports Bubble Is About to Bust
Working-class people are getting poorer. Most Americans do not have $500 in savings, nor can they cover an emergency $1000 expense, but you couldn't tell by the amount of money spent on sports every year.
Is the $71 billion North American sports industry a net positive for society?
Former Bernie Sanders Advisor Shows Why We Should Not Listen To Xperts
You cannot enjoy freedom without tolerating freedumb. As more people are allowed to reach the masses via X, there has been a rise in establishment-approved spokespeople, whom I'm calling Xperts.
SVB and Signature Bank Collapse: Let Losers Lose
Winners win. Losers lose. Such an easy concept to understand, but for some reason, hard to implement in practice.
Childish American Politics Keeps Moving Us Closer To Socialism
Here is another statement that is true about politics: it is an arena for adults. This seems like an obvious statement, but spoiled child syndrome runs rampant in American political discourse.