Steve Owens·Jan 31When the Wolves Preach Merit: How Economic Ideology Became a Cover Story for OligarchyThere’s a particular kind of economic thinking that dominates how we’re supposed to understand the world. It goes something like this…
Steve Owens·Jan 21When “Machine Parts” Is Considered Progress: Why We Need to Replace CapitalismAn article crossed my desk recently that stopped me cold. A tech recruiter named Rosa was being celebrated for having a radical insight…A response icon4A response icon4
The Paratape Blog's·Dec 27, 2025The Productivity Trap: How Capitalism Sells You Happiness It Can’t Deliver.You wake up at 6 AM. By 10 AM, you’ve already checked emails 47 times, worried about missing a deadline, and felt that gnawing anxiety that…
Timothy Jackson·Dec 23, 2025The Hidden Rule of Business: Why All Real Profit Comes from a “Monopoly”Economic profit beyond normal returns comes from monopoly advantages — prime locations, regulation, exclusive rights, or strong brands…
Jacob Grow·Dec 7, 2025My Current Thinking on Communism Capitalism Artificial Intelligence and the Is Ought ProblemThis is my current thinking on these topics and it is possible that my views could change as I learn more. When I reflect on the tension…
Christen Rodgers·Sep 27, 2025Democratic Socialism? Well, Why the F*ck Not, Jim?Turns Out, ‘We the People’ Isn’t Capitalism or Communism
MS·Sep 17, 2025Of Children and Chattel: Unsettling Parallels in Adoption TransactionsAt its core, a chattel transaction is the transfer of ownership of a piece of property from one party to another, permanently severing its…
InCoping with CapitalismbyBecca Sutter ∞·Aug 14, 2025The Day We Stopped MindingHow surveillance became the air we breathe, and why the Fourth Amendment is gaspingA response icon1A response icon1
Andre Maurice Davis·Aug 6, 2025What is the Value of Service and is Underpaying Workers a Compromise for Slave Owners?The American Dream is hard to defend as a concept because generations. Attitudes change with times of social spotlight and social…A response icon1A response icon1
Britton Lee·Aug 4, 2025Self-Betrayal: What We Swallow to Stay Employed“Just be professional.” That phrase is everywhere — in interviews, performance reviews, emails, and office chatter. It sounds harmless…
