I should add that "Citizens of Nowhere" with their internationalist media are not just South African Oligarchs like Musk and Thiel, or middle class professionals like myself, but also Refor… (View Post)

My barber is an Iranian Kurd, but definitely cuts my hair and takes my money. The money laundering going on through fronts like Turkish barbers, Taxi companies and American candy stores does rather m… (View Post)

Good article. I have had similar musings on Citizens of Nowhere and the effect of the Internet and Social Media on the national question. Benedict Anderson in his influential book "Imagined Comm… (View Post)

I wish I shared your confidence. A country stupid enough to vote for Brexit is stupid enough to elect Farage as PM. (View Post)

Yes, but as a friend of mine who worked in Uganda under Idi Amin, and then Milton Obote remarked, it was safer under Amin. Under Amin you just didn't criticise the government or Army, under Obot… (View Post)