A 2-fer! Harnessing anger

by liberal japonicus Wow, three posts within 7 days. Truly, the world is going to hell in a hand basket. I earlier posted this, wondering about the current scandal de jour in the UK. If you aren’t up on it, that has “leveled up”, to quote a Conservative catchphrase. If you don’t know, previously, a … Read more

Was Freud right?

by liberal japonicus https://late-light.com/issues/issue-1/death-drive-nation Haven’t read a lot of Freud, though I may have to. Here’s the final graph, but fair warning, you will look really dumb if you just comment on this paragraph and not read the whole thing. That our headlong rush into a grim future of yet more death has been precipitated … Read more

Like the weather

by liberal japonicus Jan 6th that is, thinking of the joke about the weather: Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it. Which shouldn’t be taken as a statement of principle, just an observation. Anyway text of Biden’s speech, and the video and this analysis should get us started. Point to other … Read more

UK musings

by liberal japonicus I just made a comment equating the average pro Brexiteer with the typical MAGAite, which I think is true. However, I’m pretty sure that on the other side of the spectrum, there are pretty massive differences. A few articles from the Guardian. This, by Polly Toynbee, is a relatively cheery assessment of … Read more