Culture
The Decline of the Imperial Aesthetic
The Plattenbau, being the remnant of an overcome social order, encapsulates the anachronism that is mid-century modernism.
Game Over
Industrialized leisure is yet another candidate for the title of the secular age's surrogate religion.
Sarah Jeong and the Only Direction
The radicalism that is mainstream in the American press is not Marxism. It's something more cynical.
The Power Elite’s Queer Liturgy
"Pride Month" provides the most concrete examples of elites sanitizing their power through a conspicuous devotion to inclusivity.
A Different Grim Future
Cyberpunk was born from left-liberal anxiety. But as dystopia unfolds, that same ethos is powerless to do anything but applaud.
The Aeneid for Incels
Someone like Elliot Rodger is not an alien from outer space. He is produced by the society around him.
The American Question
The one thing we all have in common is that all our ancestors left home
Slipping Slavoj
Forsaken by the Left, the once-hot philosopher needs to revisit some of the big questions
