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Both empirical scatology and critical eschatology can be useful methods to uncover, trace and map the causal relationships between extraction/abstraction and the rise of kakistocracy. As I have tried to… Read more.

It’s a dirty job but someone has got to do it (we care a lot) An anamnesis of kakistocracy requires an advanced scatological skill set. It is an empirical science… Read more.

The Joker and the Thief: Perhaps it is not surprising that Donald Trump has a background in real estate development; at least he knows something about the importance of estates.… Read more.

Motivated by wealth, power and appeal, the capitalist-imperialist-patriarchal Establishment is primarily engaged with controlling the modes of extraction and abstraction; that is with ensuring privileged access to resources such as… Read more.

Now it is compelling to enter into a metaphysical debate about monism and dialectics, but it may not be necessary as the very idea of dialectics stems from a monistic… Read more.

As I have argued before, critical history, in particular of the kind that embraces dialectical historical materialism, is considered dangerous to the establishment because it usually intervenes with its ability… Read more.

Avoiding the fallacy of misplaced concreteness is important, but so is avoiding the fallacy of misplaced abstraction. The fallacy of misplaced abstraction suggests that there is no material link between… Read more.

It is impossible to engage with critical historical analysis without a materialist framework. That is, it is pointless to talk about the virtuality of risk, for example in the light… Read more.

Why the future is bleak …. Since the re-election of Donald Trump as president of the United States of America, European governments – perhaps with the exception of Hungary –… Read more.