Thoughts on production, alienation, and ideology
I said earlier that I listened to Mike Duncan‘s podcast The History of Rome. Along with the podcast, I also picked up quite a few books on Roman history.
Sure, I could have spread those books out in the blog’s monthly reading list posts. But what’s the fun in that? Instead, I thought I’d create a special list for books on Roman history.
Enjoy!
The DSA skyrocketed in membership after the 2016 and 2020 Bernie Sanders campaigns. It went from a fairly obscure, irrelevant org of about 5,000 progressives and social democrats to 60,000 – and then later 95,000! – Berniecrats, social democrats, socialists, and other leftists by late 2020.
The org obviously likes to tout its growth when pitching to new members or talking to the press. But one thing it talks about far less: membership stalled at 95,000. And now it’s shrinking.
DSA isn’t shrinking as quickly as it grew. It still has around 85,000 members a couple of years after growth stalled and then declined. But, even though it doesn’t discuss the issue much in public, no doubt DSA leaders and staff are concerned about it.
Let’s talk about the big question, then: why?
Welcome to the first reading list of 2023! The monthly posts are back, and this one will feature a couple of philosophical works. And even a bonus movie.
So, without further ado, let’s get on to the first reading list post of 2023. And let me know what you’re reading in this new year.
In over 4 years of blogging, I’ve discussed lots of terminology, especially leftist terminology. I try to use terms in a consistent way that people within leftist debates understand.
However, like all analytic philosophers, I occasionally see the need to clarify terms. Some terms stand in need of tidying. Some of them a lot of it. Every now and then, I provide new (and hopefully better!) definitions for familiar terms. And at other times, I use more obscure terms, repurpose terms for new uses, or just create new ones.
And so, I find a need for a blog lexicon! I’ll use this post as an opportunity to collect lots of these terms in the same place. As a bonus, if I introduce additional terms in the future, I can add them to the lexicon.
As I’m sure many readers know, I use the ‘corporate world’ tag on blog posts where I discuss the business world and its oddities. For those who don’t know, check out the tag at the right (and at the bottom of this post). Over the last few months, I’ve read quite a few books – mostly fiction! – that address business world themes. Mostly criticisms of that world.
So, I hope readers enjoy hearing about some of those books. Read on for some thoughts on them!
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