There are no good options in the Middle East. I don't think Assad is the least bad. In Libya likewise, the Gadaffis were intending to massacre their enemies in the East of the country, which wou… (View Post)

An excellent article. The Process State is a system of outdoor relief for the upper middle classes. (View Post)

I don’t think Ottoman rule is analogous to a hypothetical German occupation of the UK. Greece was a part of the Ottoman state from the 15th to the 19th centuries, and was recognised as such by other … (View Post)

The US constitution is what you would expect a group of classically-educated, slave-owning, aristocrats and professional people to devise, in 1776. The model they sought to reproduce was the Roman Re… (View Post)

Threads and Se7en are the two most disturbing films I’ve ever seen. (View Post)