My concern is the US government going all-in, on the side of Russia. (View Post)

A From Balmoral nearly made it to the top of the naughty list. (View Post)

They did so as a rhetorical device. Dickens and Carlyle were both defenders of the Confederacy, and took up the argument that the treatment of the British and US working classes was no different to t… (View Post)

I don’t find that in the least bit surprising. People who have been on the receiving end of injustice will often conclude that you’re either giving the beating, or taking it. (View Post)

You’re seeing pre-industrial rural life in rose-tinted terms. Pre-industrial societies (including Scottish clans and English villages), were only ever extractive. The agricultural and industrial revo… (View Post)