New Catallaxy

Not a lot to say about this one, it’s quite self explanatory. Flares, long hair, massive quantities of illicit substances and many, many guitars, leavened with as much self-indulgence as required. Without even initially realising it, some of my favourite ever songs fit neatly into this genre, by artists such as Bowie, the Stones, Lou,…

I was with two friends on Friday over coffee. Re-education came up as it applies to communist China and the Uyghurs; to communist regimes generally. I thought, hello, we Australians have been subjected to massive re-education campaigns for some considerable time. Of course, re-education is to do with replacing truths, or at least the pursuit…

The Socratic Method I, and I’d imagine, quite a few on this site, went to university in those long distant years ago when it used to be place of learning and having great fun. I certainly look back at my time at uni (I want to Auckland University back in the late 70s/early 80s) with…

I will preface this piece by saying that I believe climate change to be the biggest scam in human history. At its core it is pure unadulterated Marxism, a religious cult dressed up as science, a theological and ideological tool constructed to destroy the West. It is designed to destroy humanity because it is fundamentally…

This is an excellent and brief presentation of midwits as a new political and social class in the early 21st century. Conservatives would do well to consider how to circumvent such behaviour which can really only occur by removing the incentives and/ or by imposing higher costs because we are typically its target. I heartily…