Socialdem. 21st Century

I know this is years old, but, damn, it’s funny:[embedded content]Realist Left on Twitter @realistleft Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookLord Keynes on Twitter @Lord_Keynes2Alt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left on Facebook An Alt-Left closed Facebook discussion group can be accessed through this page as...

This mainstream Republican repudiation of free trade, open borders and Neoconservatism on Fox News is an historical moment in American history:[embedded content]Just listen to the attack on the neoconservatives here. The fact that the neoconservative Paul Wolfowitz – the architect of the 2003 Iraq war – is probably voting for Hillary is one of those Orwellian moments when people should look from the faces of pigs to humans, and humans to pigs, and see no difference.In another stunning...

I’ve noticed this increasingly this year, especially more and more Breitbart articles hostile to free trade, such as, say, this.And now we have this fascinating article in Breitbart from James P. Pinkerton:James P. Pinkerton, “Part II: A Manifesto for the 60 Percent: The Center-Right Populist-Nationalist Coalition,” Breitbart.com, 14 September 2016.This is essentially a call for Keynesian economics, served up in ways attractive to conservatives, and it is a very good thing indeed to see...

This is going to be yet another profound social and ethical question of the 21st century, given the extraordinary developments in gene sequencing, genetic engineering, stem cell research, and IVF as described here: Henry T. Greely, 2016. “In 20 to 40 years, most Americans won’t have sex to reproduce. Get Ready.” Vox.com, September 16.The implications of the reproductive technologies described here are stunning, and profoundly disturbing.The worshipers of free markets and libertarians should...

Matias Vernengo is interviewed on Keynes and the history of Keynesian economics here:“Matías Vernengo on John Maynard Keynes and the Evolution of Keynesian Economic Thinking,” Economic Rockstar.Realist Left on Twitter @realistleft Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookLord Keynes on Twitter @Lord_Keynes2Alt Left on...

See here.This article examines Britain, where it appears that between the ages of 22 and 29 women on average earn about £1,111 more per year than men of the same age. This presumably reflects the fact that (1) more women than men go to university now and (2) pro-feminist hiring practices are all the rage now too.But why, historically, does a gap in average earnings exist and continue to exist after the age of 30? The Third Wave Feminist propaganda holds that this is caused by the capitalist,...

The latest outrageous atrocities in America as described here follow the pattern of disaster unfolding in Europe.A sensible analysis of the disaster in Europe that America can learn from:[embedded content]

In a recent interview here:[embedded content]Realist Left on Twitter @realistleft Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookLord Keynes on Twitter @Lord_Keynes2Alt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left on Facebook Alt-Left on...

A Swedish charity organisation called IM has treated the Swedes to this new TV advertisement:[embedded content]Amongst its jaw dropping statements:“There is no turning back. Sweden will never be what it was before. It is an understanding of what the world actually looks like – that Sweden is needed as a safe place for people who need refuge.”“Everyone needs to be integrated, established Swedes too.”And yet about 80% of the population of Sweden consists of native born Swedes. Now they are...

Amongst the Alt Right and SWJs we have eerie similarities: (1) selection of a chosen group, who are blamed for much of the evil in society;(2) the belief that the chosen group unjustly (secretly or openly) controls society and its institutions for its own benefit only and oppresses everybody else;(3) direction of the most extreme, irrational and pathological hatred for this group, sometimes with homicidal rhetoric, which both groups respectively defend as “edgy humour” (see here).The only...