Archive - Freddie deBoer

I Am Asking for a Coherent Set of Consistent Principles That Are Equally Applied to the United States and Russia

"whataboutism" is a self-indicting critique

Mar 3, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

The War in Ukraine is Many Things, and One of Them is a Consequence of American Imperialism

parking troops and ordnance at the doorstep of other powers ensures future aggression

Mar 1, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

People Just Want to Feel Good About War Again

you can support a war while thinking critically about its public perception

Apr 18, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

Destruction is Still Mutually Assured

♫ atom bomb baby little atom bomb ♫

Dec 14, 2021 • Freddie deBoer

I'll Be Against the Next "Good War" Too

There is one big overarching question that hangs over the Ukraine situation.

Feb 21, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

War as Cope: Ukraine as Desert Storm, Iraq-Afghanistan as Vietnam

what role does Ukraine play in your life?

Sep 12, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

Digest, 2/26/2022: Everything Was Running Smooth

the fortieth digest

Feb 26, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

You Don't Have to Be a Marxist

like so many worshippers I venerate the dead

Dec 7, 2021 • Freddie deBoer

Capitalism's Productive Capacity is an Argument for Socialism

when our species gets this productive, how can we justify anyone being poor?

Feb 5, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

To Popularize a Movement, There Needs to Be a Movement in the First Place

what actually-existing political movement is "breadtube" inviting people into?

Feb 7, 2022 • Freddie deBoer

Where to Now, Chris? Where to Now?

pity the American liberal, so far from God, so close to Donald Trump

Dec 16, 2021 • Freddie deBoer

Demian: "Two Realms" and "Cain"

I said in the introductory post that Demian is a book long on philosophical musing, and that’s true.

Nov 3, 2021 • Freddie deBoer

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