Archive - Carl Beijer

Is this capitalism - or "technofeudalism"?

A belated discussion of Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis.

7 hrs ago •

Trumpism and "direct economics"

Quinn Slobodian gets the appeal of Trump's economics - but misses its weakness.

Apr 9 •

Trump's tariffs and the bourgeois state

Turns out the state has some autonomy from capital after all!

Apr 3 •

The EU must offer asylum to Luigi Mangione

The DOJ's pursuit of the death penalty against Mangione poses a grave threat to his human rights.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Marine Le Pen should be in jail

A brief response to David Broder's latest in Jacobin.

Mar 31 •

On central plannning and market socialism

Central planning and central management: not the same thing!

Mar 31 •

Wisconsin's DOJ must investigate Elon Musk's bribery scheme

There is no excuse for letting Musk operate with impunity.

Mar 28 •

Sanders: still wrong about borders

But don't look for open-borders capitalism for solutions to immigration, either.

Mar 26 •

These Bernie / AOC rallies are legitimately insane

And they're destroying another major argument against socialism.

Mar 23 •

You cannot be "violent" against inanimate property

Vandalism and violence are two different things!

Mar 22 •

Great man history and the 19th century debate over assassination

August Bebel makes the Marxist case against murder.

Mar 20 •

Khalil charged under legislation originally aimed at communists

Will today's Democrats learn the lessons of the past?

Mar 12 •

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