Karl Polanyi's Great Transformation - Contents

Analysis of Karl Polanyi's Great Transformation

1. Why Government is Ruling-Class Conceit

2. The Appeal of Polanyi's "Double Movement"

3. Karl Polanyi: Capitalism as a Utopian Movement

4. Karl Polanyi: Great Depression Failure of the English System

5. Karl Polanyi: History of Exchange Prior to the Modern Market

6. Karl Polanyi: The Self-Regulating Market and Its Fictions

7. Karl Polanyi: Speenhamland and the Poor Law

8. Karl Polanyi: The Social Crisis of Poverty and Commodity Labor

9. Karl Polanyi: The Market Economy Means Annihilation of Land and People

10. Karl Polanyi: The Special Pleadings of the Laissez-faire Creed

11. Karl Polanyi: Land and Labor and the Resistance to the Market

12. Karl Polanyi: The Contradictions of Market vs. Self-Protection

13. Karl Polanyi: A World Without Markets in Labor, Land, or Money

14. Karl Polanyi: Critique of "The Great Transformation"

15. Perhaps the Wages of Liberalism is Cultural Death

16. What CAN We Do When Things Go South?

17. Is the Politics of "Crush or be Crushed" The Only Way?

18. McCloskey Again: 787 Pages For What?

19. Sorry Liberals, Protest is for People Outside the System

20. When a Lefty Comes to Visit

21. Blame Activism Culture for "Red Hen" Expulsion

22. Rich Kid Protesters are Not the Cry of the Oppressed

Policing -- Contents

The Reality of Policing

1. Dangerous Crime Family Uncovered in Britain
   
   
2. Brits Look Through "Broken Windows"
   
   
3. Feeding the Underclass in Britain
   
   
4. "Broken Windows" Eat My Dust
   
   
5. Decline of Violence and Guns
   
   
6. Liberals! Don't Push Yourselves Off the Cliff!
   
   
7. A Proper Government Cannot Allow "No Go" Areas
   
   
8. The Real Problem "Ghettoside"
   
   
9. Obama: Not Cloward-Piven but Jerry Lundegaard
   
   
10. Dolezal's Resignation: A Window into the SJW Mind
    
    
11. #BlackLivesMatter Means More Race Politics
    
    
12. Brussels: Look on the Bright Side
    
    
13. African Americans and the Ferguson Effect
    
    
14. Dear African Americans: Politics is Not the Answer to Your Problems
    
    
15. Muslim Problem Solved. Except...
    
    
16. African Americans: Please Don't Go into the Wilderness
    
    
17. Peace Be to the Deplorables
    
    
18. Bloomberg's Gaffes Tell Us the Truth about Politics
    
    
19. You Noticed: Our Rulers are Going Stark Staring Mad
    
    
20. Great Rebellion: Dems Have Actually Reversed Conservative Reforms
    
    
21. What Do You Say to a Progressive Seattle Politician?
    

Prophecy -- Contents

Analysis of Prophecy

1. Democrats Ride the Tiger of Progressive Rage
   
   
2. When Prophecy Fails: The Muellerites
   
   
3. Prophecy, Prophecy: All is Prophecy
   
   
4. Usually the Pessimists Are Right
   
   
5. Our Ruling Class's Unjust Sense of Entitlement
   
   
6. My Journey from Common Sense to Common Sense
   
   
7. Lenin's Philosophy of Force
   
   
8. Conservatism: What Comes Next
   
   
9. Will Medicare For All and Green New Deal Sell?
   
   
10. Waging Permanent Ideological War
    
    
11. The Millennial Cult Problem
    
    
12. Are Democrats Getting Desperate?
    
    
13. Pelosi's Far-Left Bill: The Bigger Problem
    
    
14. Humans are Ruled by Public Opinion, Not Science
    
    
15. Deep Sixing the Socialist Idiots
    
    
16. Riots and Mayhem: Be of Good Cheer
    
    
17. Suppose the Wildfires in California Are Not Due To Climate Change
    
    
18. Science, Climate Change, Politics, Prophecy and Reason
    
    
19. The Problem of the Left's Woke Religion
    
    
20. Postmodernism! We Hardly Knew You!
    
    
21. You Noticed: Our Rulers are Going Stark Staring Mad
    

Women in the Public Square - Table of Contents

Women in the Public Square: What does a "feminine sensibility" mean?

1. What Women Don't Want
   
   
2. Women are the Future
   
   
3. Georg Simmel, the Unknown Sociologist
   
   
4. Yes, What DO Women Want?
   
   
5. Then and Now: "And Mary Pondered These Things in her Heart"
   
   
6. Women and the Sexual Revolution
   
   
7. Used to be that Men were Fighters and Women were Lovers
   
   
8. Despite Univ Chicago Move, College PC Will Get Worse
   
   
9. The Liberal Post-election Meltdown
   Mostly the emotional reaction of liberal women
   
   
10. The Reign of Liberal Injustice
    Liberals actually believe in creating injustice to fix past injustice
    
    
11. Chelsea Clinton Proves My Two Cultures Theory
    
    
12. Are Women the Big Problem?
    They sure know how to stick in the knife
    
    
13. Or Is It Just Well-to-do Women That are the Problem?
    Because they can schuck off the real work to underlings
    
    
14. The Madness of "Redistribution of Power"
    
    
15. The Question of Women in the Public Square
    How about designing institutions to prevent women from abusing power?
    
    
16. That James Damore Guy
    He just doesn't belong in the feminine culture at Google
    
    
17. What Do #MeToo Want?
    
    
18. "Victoria" Series Celebrates Bourgeoisification of British Monarchy
    
    
19. What is this "Our," Kemosabe
    Liberals always want to put "our" in front of things
    
    
20. Protection in an Age of "Feminine Sensibility"
    Even when women are not in a male-headed household they expect to be protected
    
    
21. Ancient Myth and My Three Peoples Theory
    Can Three Peoples be meshed with Great Mother, Great Father, and the Son?
    
    
22. On Failing to Rewrite My "Three Peoples" Theory in the Light of Lefty "Privilege" Notions
    Leftism raises the status of the marginalized and lowers the status of the previously privileged
    
    
23. Dealing with Activism's "Affect" of the Week
    Humans act on affect. And how.
    
    
24. Our Big Woman Problem Again
    The public square entails risk; the private sphere is all about safety
    
    
25. What Women Want: Running the Clock Back
    With #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen we are reversing the sexual revolution
    
    
26. A Public Square with a "More Feminine Sensibility"
    Without the male culture of insult? Hmm.
    
    
27. The Transformations of Modern Life, For Men and For Women
    Men: from war to sports and careers. Women: from marriage and children to careers?
    
    
28. Melinda Gates Validates My Theory of the Sexes
    Melinda Gates hated that the men argued so much. So she "civilized" Microsoft
    
    
29. Abortion: Career is Not The Meaning of Life
    But the assumption is that abortion is about a woman "risking her future"
    
    
30. The Question of Women in the Public Square
    Do women really want to live in the public square, or rule world through their husbands?
    
    
31. Let's Check Out the Woman Question
    Maybe women will end up returning to wiving and thriving
    
    
32. Little Girls Believe What They Are Carefully Taught
    
    
33. The De-domestication of Woman
    But women are already re-domesticating themselves
    
    
34. Insurrection in Seattle
    
    
35. I Wonder What Women "Expect" on Currrent Mostly Peaceful Protest
    
    
36. What is the Good Life Better than the Left -- for Women?
    
    
37. Hamnet and "A More Feminine Sensibility"
    
    
38. Yes, Even the President is Expendable
    
    
39. Taleb on the Sacrificial Hero. But Whatabout Women?
    
    
40. What is the Political Future?
    
    
41. No, Women Have a Culture of Comformity
    
    
42. Women in the Public Square: Pelosi and AOC
    
    
43. The Intersection of Innocence, Victims, Chastity, and Complaint
    
    
44. Oh You Brits: How Could You!
    
    
45. Yes, Young Liberal Women Have Mental Health Issues. But...
    
    
46. "I Will Make You Safe"
    
    
47. The Question of Men, Women, Stress, Hierarchy, Complaint and Conformity
    
    
48. The Gender Gap in Free Speech

My Pure Theory of Politics - Table of Contents

My Pure Theory of Politics

1. Out in the Woods: America's Big Problem is Liberals
   Because you are not allowed to dissent from the liberal line
   
   
2. How to Unify America and the West
   It will probably be a war against Islam
   
   
3. My Solution is Language Nationalism
   One language, one culture, one nation
   
   
4. So-called Protest is Really War
   Because the left is all about power
   
   
5. The Problem with Politics
   It never knows when to stop
   
   
6. The Wages of Politics
   What is the point of politics with a middle class not that interested in power
   
   
7. Things That Liberals Are Getting Wrong
   Administrative State, culture war, equality, conceding elections
   
   
8. The Fault, dear Liberals, is in Your Religion
   We don't need no stinkin' religion of "activism"
   
   
9. When Your Faith is in Force
   You don't get to "promote everyone's needs" except with markets
   
   
10. The Three Ages of Trust
    Tribal trust, market trust, universal blockchain trust
    
    
11. If You Believe in Politics You Believe in Tribalism
    Politics is about rallying people to face an existential peril. Just like tribalism
    
    
12. Pick Your Tribalism: Nationalism vs. What?
    Nationalism, Globalism, or Identity Politics
    
    
13. Chantrill's Law of Incoming Rounds
    Suddenly liberals are experiencing incoming rounds
    
    
14. Real Power: "You Are Not Allowed to Say That"
    You think power is armies and soldiers?
    
    
15. What Will It Take to End the Progressive "Great Reaction?"
    When educated-class white women realize they have been had.
    
    
16. Emotion Rules the World, Scientists Say
    Even though everyone is in favor of logic and reason
    
    
17. Nationalism is the Movement to Counter the Dictatorship of the Educated Class
    But what else should we do?
    
    
18. The Right to be Nationalist
    And protect yourself from the educated class's hegemony
    
    
19. Understanding World History Through the Lens of Nationalism
    See, Henry VII had to recruit a new upper class. From the Commoners
    
    
20. The Trouble is That The Yellow Vests are Already Toast
    Because they are underlings
    
    
21. What if Liberals Abolished the Middle Class?
    Then there wouldn't be any deplorables as the enemy
    
    
22. Most Voters are Tribal
    And the tribiest tribe in America is the progressive tribe
    
    
23. When Things Go Wrong: Humanity's Basic Challenge
    How about designing things so they can respond to a "glitch"
    
    
24. The Knotty Problem at the Center of Western Politics
    How does the ruling class keep its old little darlings happy while romancing the new ones?
    
    
25. The Left's Religion of Political Power
    It's the old way of protecting yourself, before the Industrial Revolution.
    
    
26. Explaining "Hate:" My Pure Theory of Politics
    In politics, you always need an enemy to fight against
    
    
27. The Educated Class Have Had It Wrong Since Before World War II
    All political entities create themselves in war
    
    
28. Donald Trump Pivots to "Father of His Country"
    Because he will be fighting a "Four More Years" election in 2020
    
    
29. Nietzsche Like Europe; Zweig Liked Europe. So...
    It will never work, chaps
    
    
30. Strange Death of Europe. But Why?
    Because the diversity politics of the rulers is killing the nations
    
    
31. Imagining "No Left Left" in Europe
    Suppose people stopped voting for the left, like in Israel
    
    
32. And Now the Aussies
    The nationalist rubes win the election in Australia
    
    
33. Nationalism, Socialism, Patriotism, and So On
Who was right? Hitler our our modern globalists?


34. What All Rulers Do
Won't you join in our crusade -- and share the loot


35. Both Dennis Prager and Vox Day are Wrong on Nationalism
    Nationalism is the ideology put together by the victor's intellectuals
    
    
36. What Do You Think Parades are For, Lefties?
    They are to celebrate "us". Lefties celebrate things like LGBT with parades
    
    
37. You Create a Political Entity by Fighting and Winning a War
    Because the opposition throws in the towel and joins the war party
    
    
38. When the Other Shoe Drops
    After the ageing white leaders of the Democratic Party die off
    
    
39. I Will Fight For You." Politics as Protection
    It is not about a rational discussion of the issues
    
    
40. "Whoever Shows Up" Nationalism
    I think the nation is formed in the unity of war
    
    
41. The Politician That Trumps the Race Card
    Odd that we have a president named Trump. I wonder what God means by that
    
    
42. Women and Politics
    Politics is about force, and women are programmed to name and shame
    
    
43. The Left Led the Workers into a Wilderness
    Their miseries are a direct result of leftist policies
    
    
44. Leading Under Combat Conditions
    Marching towards the sound of the guns is a guy thing
    
    
45. The Big Problem with Politics in the Mature Welfare State
    Loot and plunder has gone about as far as it can go
    
    
46. Politics and Honor Among Thieves
    Yes, why didn't the IC give Trump a heads-up on Russian Collusion?
    
    
47. Suppose We Are Approaching the End of the Age of Politics
    and a future that nobody has a clue about
    
    
48. Government. It Always Comes Down to Force
    And Gentry experts seem to like it. Force.
    
    
49. How Do You Spell FBI? Exactly, KGB
    When you start using the government to teach people a lesson
    
    
50. Censorship, Police State Tactics: Rulers are Losing It
    And then they start doing stupid stuff
    
    
51. Worse Than Watergate. But You Knew That
     Because Nixon never got to use state power on his enemies
    
    
52. Obamagate: Putting the Racist Bugbear to Rest
    When all criticism is racism, you get to think that the rules don't apply to you
    
    
53. Pardon Barack Obama Now!
    Cos then the underlings will start to squeal
    
    
54. Remember Politicians Know Nothing
    Except when they are fighting a jolly old war
    
    
55. Humans are Ruled by Public Opinion, not Science
    Don't worry: opinion is just science reduced to rules of thumb
    
    
56. At the End of the Gramscian March Through the Institutions
    When you still haven't bent the arc of history towards justice
    
    
57. Understanding the Power of "Fascism"
    You call someone a fascist if you want to shut them up
    
    
58. The Problem of Our Gentry Experts
    They don't know how to act
    
    
59. But What is Fascism, Really
    It's when a subject group organizes against the ruling class
    
    
60. The Emperor's New Clothes and Race
    Some day some kid is going to ask Mommy why liberals lie about race
    
    
61. Rod Rosenstein: What Did He Know...
    Doesn't pass the smell test, Mr. Former Deputy Attorney Genera
    
    
62. The Only Thing That Politics Knows is Loot and Plunder
    But that's the old way, before the city and capialism
    
    
63. Gee, Why Would These Folks be Rebelling, Liberals?
    Cos the Wokie Bernie Bros want loot too.
    
    
64. Insurrection in Seattle
    And the first thing they do is set up borders and a police force.
    
    
65. Yes, Let's Have a Talk about Slavery
    What it's like for a white man to experience slavery. Fiction, of course.
    
    
66. Reign of Terror Means the Revolution is Failing
    Don't forget, everything lefties said would change the world, isn't
    
    
67. What is the Current Moral Revolution All About
    Yes lefties. After your "march through the institutions" things are still screwed up. How come?
    
    
68. What Do Voters Want?
    It depends on their class

Anatomy of Revolution -- Contents

Crane Brinton's The Anatomy of Revolution

1. Anatomy of Revolution: Introduction
   
   
2. Anatomy of Revolution: The Old Regimes
   
   
3. Anatomy of Revolution: First Stages and the Types of Revolutionists
   
   
4. Anatomy of Revolution: The Rule of the Moderates
   
   
5. Anatomy of Revolution: Accession of the Extremists and Reign of Terror
   
   
6. Anatomy of Revolution: Thermidor and Summary

Commentary on Revolution

1. Liberalism is Revolution Theme Park
   
   
2. Corporal Al Sharpton, File-closer for the Regiment of Race
   
   
3. Why Are We Helpless at the Feet of the New "Aristos"
   
   
4. On Witch Hunts and Reigns of Terror
   
   
5. Has PC Gone About As Fur As It Can Go?
   
   
6. The Dems are Breaking Rule One of Politics
   
   
7. Bathrooms and Gramsci and Thermidor
   
   
8. Trump's Loud Mouth: Not a Bug But a Feature
   
   
9. Liberals Want to Take Their Dollies Home
   
   
10. This is How Your World Ends, Liberals.
    
    
11. What Do "Toxic Masculinity" and "White Supremacist" Have in Common?
    
    
12. "Informal Social Control" and "Formal Social Control" and the Left
    
    
13. Remember: Reigns of Terror Mean That the Revolution Isn't Working
    
    
14. Things That Liberals Are Getting Wrong
    
    
15. Liberal Freakout, Pt. 742
    
    
16. Fumblegate: Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning
    
    
17. Things May Not Work Out for the Dem Extremists
    
    
18. You Want Conspiracy?
    
    
19. Our Ruling Class's Unjust Sense of Entitlement
    
    
20. My Journey from Common Sense to Common Sense
    
    
21. Lenin's Philosophy of Force
    
    
22. Suppose We are Approaching the End of the Age of Politics
    
    
23. Are Democrats Getting Desperate?
    
    
24. Censorship, Police State Tactics: Rulers are Losing It
    
    
25. Riots and Mayhem: Be of Good Cheer
    
    
26. Reign of Terror Means the Revolution is Failing
    
    
27. Angelo Codevilla's "Revolution 2020"
    
    
28. The Problem of the Left's Woke Religion
    
    
29. Why the Good Guys Always Lose: It's Not Their Fault
    
    
30. Direct Censorship, Reign of Terror
    

Human Rubble - Contents

The Human Rubble from the Rulers' Failures

1. Should Blacks Join the Culture War?
   
   
2. The Embarrassing Poor
   
   
3. Social Darwinism and Liberal Programs
   
   
4. A Brief History of Welfare
   
   
5. A New Kind of Corporate Welfare
   
   
6. How Would Corporations Become the Employers of the Poor?
   
   
7. Why Government is Ruling-Class Conceit
   
   
8. Karl Polanyi: Speenhamland and the Poor Law
   
   
9. Karl Polanyi: Critique of "The Great Transformation"
   
   
10. What CAN We Do When Things Go South?
    
    
11. A Short History of Safe Spaces
    
    
12. The Cruel Fate of the Ruling Class's "Little Darlings"
    
    
13. It Ends Not with a Bang, but a Whimper
    
    
14. Kevin Williamson is Wrong About the White Working Class
    
    
15. Trump: The Monday Morning Quarterbacks
    
    
16. My Theory of Slavery and Other Oppressions
    
    
17. Self-Deceit at the Heart of the Liberal World View
    
    
18. But What About the Issues?
    
    
19. The White Working Class Again
    
    
20. How Little Darlings Get "Hurled" to Cultural Perdition
    
    
21. Getting to the Why of Marxism
    
    
22. Great Enrichment Means Creative Destruction
    
    
23. One of These Victim Groups is Not Like the Others
    
    
24. The Power of Nostalgia
    
    
25. White Trash: The View from Mt. Olympus
    
    
26. My "1584 Project"
    
    
27. Oh No! I've Been Banned By Google!
    
    
28. When Government Screws Up: Skid Row Syndrome
    
    
29. Reducing Yarvin's Four Strata to Three Layers
    
    
30. Lower Class Lives on Gubmint Checks
    
    
31. The Eternal Misdirection of Leftist Politics
    
    
32. OK, Inequality is Bad. But Can We Do Anything About It?