Hey everyone, announcement here: I started a podcast! I'm calling it a podcast because it's planned to be an episodic, audio project, but it isn't a conventional podcast. The project is taking clips from news, other podcasts, etc, and then utilizing my soundboard by chopping up the clip and adding in sound bites. For me, … Continue reading Podcast: “The Society Show with Christian Patterson” Episode 1
In this short post, I wanted to highlight three common misconceptions about Marx. These aren't only misconceptions held by conservatives, but also by leftists. These ideas are based on other people's ideas that supplemented Marx's writing. So, they're not exactly wrong ideas in terms of how Marxism as historical force progressed, but they aren't ideas … Continue reading Misconceptions about Marx
Christian Patterson2019-03-08Underground Mall One of the most common arguments I hear from pro-capitalists is that capitalists earn their money, and they deserve all of the profits they get. In this post, I'll do my best to debunk that idea. On a surface level, it's easy to think "if you made that much money, then you earned … Continue reading Why Rich People don’t earn their Money
Christian Patterson 2019-02-16 Underground Mall Download link here, for free: https://gumroad.com/l/sFNSi I used to write a lot of scattershot poetry. I would write and write and write, until I struck something that I thought I was strong. Then, I would release a tremendous amount of ebooks that were collections of the poems I didn't have … Continue reading New Poetry Ebook – “Lord Forgive Me”
Christian Patterson2019-02-15Underground MallSupplemental Introduction:I posted this on reddit and got some pushback, so before the post, I wanted to clarify a few things, because the pushback was rooted in misunderstanding my approach:1. This post is through the lens of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall (TRPF) in general. Although I'm approachimg it … Continue reading The Activision Blizzard layoffs and the ‘Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall’
Christian Patterson2019-02-12Underground MallIf you read my old blog (I'm assuming you didn't), you would know I wrote a lot about Peter Thiel. I plan on writing about him a lot more on this blog, and just haven't yet. I don't use this lightly, because I always avoid reducing my politics to something mystical, and I … Continue reading Peter Thiel’s Syllabus: Part One – Intro
Christian Patterson2019-02-08Underground Mall I wanted to do a quick Marxist reading of an episode of The Office. I was struck by how this episode has a lot to say about class and gender. The episode opens with women's day at the office, where corporate ballbuster Jan comes in to lead a very Cheryl Sandberg version … Continue reading Episode analysis: The Office “Boys and Girls” – the intersection of gender and class
