In his widely influential essay Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher writes about the phenomenon that “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” Specifically, he categorizes the phenomenon as such, ‘capitalist realism’: the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political and…

The Barbie movie is kinda revolutionary. Now, not in the way one might think. Obviously, on the surface level, it is capitalist propaganda. Making fun of Mattel is just another way to reach extraordinary consumer profits. As the Wolf of Wall Street has made it obvious, “There is no such…

Humanity must forge a new nature. Many climate issues exist in 2023, as there are the worries of infectious and respiratory diseases, worsening droughts, and even national security threats. Thus, it is urgent that it is addressed. Among ways of fixing them, some believe that the best way to go…

One of the most prominent issues that exists today is the issue of racism. Today, racism does not exert itself most prominently overtly but much rather exerts itself in the public unconscious. It informs the decisions people make, thus reproducing the logic of racism within society without the individual even…

No. — One of the most obnoxious phrases that can be heard in any argumentative discussion is that “x might work in theory, but it does not work in reality.” In this essay, I seek to dispel that notion. One of the most common times such a line of argumentation is used…

Despite Karl Marx’s statement that “It is high time that communists should openly… publish their views, their aims, their tendencies,” the aims of communists have only become more and more confusing (Communist Manifesto 8). Is it to abolish class? Is it to get rid of significant wealth gaps? …

I have not studied Descartes for some time, but I was just thinking: if Descartes was to doubt everything, why couldn’t he doubt the fact that he thinks, therefore, he is? There are several things you can doubt: (i) That it is he who thinks. (ii) He, earlier in the…

I’ve been recently struggling with the concept of what it means to be I. Asking the question: what does it means when I say, I am, or, I am I? In his Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Basic Outline, Georg Hegel states that what differentiates humans from animal beings…

The New Year, as with every day anew, fills me with dread. It reminds me of my shortcomings, my failures, and my incapabilities. Every night, as the moon shows its face, I think to myself: if only I had done this or that–it fills my whole body with anxiety. Not…