One of my MRes proposals was looking at tyrants in literature, going through the history of tyranny and when it was acceptable and unacceptable and discussing neoliberalism and tyranny in Discworld -… (View Post)

I did my undergraduate and post graduate dissertations on Pratchett - if you or any PBers want to fund my PhD (in this world of telling art students that they have low value degrees), I'd happil… (View Post)

I mean, a ceasefire isn't just about shoring up his Muslim vote - African American voters and middle class white liberals really want a ceasefire too! And yeah, this election could be a weird on… (View Post)

There's a great part in Pratchett's Going Postal where a character describes the con the men who own the Grand Trunk are playing - I don't have the book in front of me, but it's a… (View Post)

I think I've seen maybe one or two people make the suggestion that capitalism is a bad system of organising the economy (from the left) in this forum? I get the vibe that the majority of PB are … (View Post)