https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com Politics is one of the only practical disciplines where none of the main concepts have clear, coherent definitions. We define ourselves with terms like "left” and "right" and we believe in things like "democracy," “markets,” "capitalism" and "socialism" even though we don’t really know what any of these words actually mean. This series aims to make sense out of the political muddle that we've inherited from media, academia, and from decades of cold war propaganda, so that we can figure what it is that we want when it comes to politics, and how we can achieve it. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:29:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 103179918 Politics is one of the only practical disciplines where none of the main concepts have clear, coherent definitions. We define ourselves with terms like "left” and "right" and we believe in things like "democracy," “markets,” "capitalism" and "socialism" even though we don’t really know what any of these words actually mean. This series aims to make sense out of the political muddle that we've inherited from media, academia, and from decades of cold war propaganda, so that we can figure what it is that we want when it comes to politics, and how we can achieve it. WorldWideScrotes worldwidescrotes@gmail.com no what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairsPolitics is one of the only practical disciplines where none of the main concepts have clear, coherent definitions. We define ourselves with terms like "left” and "right" and we believe in things like "democracy," “markets,” "capitalism" and "sociali https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/10-5c/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:10:37 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1156 Continue Reading →]]> 1156Scroteford This segment outlines the role that bargaining power plays in: 1. how social classes and economic hierarchy emerged around the world in cultures that initially had tribes made up of equal families 2. how authoritarian kings and emperors emerged, where... Continue Reading → IMG_5376 scroteford noThis segment outlines the role that bargaining power plays in: 1. how social classes and economic hierarchy emerged around the world in cultures that initially had tribes made up of equal families 2. how authoritarian kings and emperors emerged, where... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/q2/ Thu, 14 May 2026 12:20:57 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1140 Continue Reading →]]> 1140Scroteford How did human societies go from socially liberal, gender equal band societies to male dominated, gerontocratic, socially conservative tribal societies? Why did some societies maintain gender equality despite adopting gerontocracy and tribalism? Part 2 of a 4 part series tracking... Continue Reading → IMG_5232 scroteford noHow did human societies go from socially liberal, gender equal band societies to male dominated, gerontocratic, socially conservative tribal societies? Why did some societies maintain gender equality despite adopting gerontocracy and tribalism? Part 2 of a 4 part series tracking... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/q1/ Tue, 12 May 2026 21:54:08 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1132 Continue Reading →]]> 1132Scroteford Can we stop our civilization from collapsing into more and more inequality and less and less democracy? Are our only choices to be ruled by an owner class of infantile, out of touch zillionaire lunatics, or else an intellectual class... Continue Reading → IMG_5187 scroteford noCan we stop our civilization from collapsing into more and more inequality and less and less democracy? Are our only choices to be ruled by an owner class of infantile, out of touch zillionaire lunatics, or else an intellectual class... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/chomsky/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:43:24 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1123 Continue Reading →]]> 1123Scroteford Why was Noam Chomsky – scourge of the american elite – BFFs with Jeffrey Epstein, the personification of the worst aspects of that elite?   Why was Chomsky giving Epstein advice on how to deal with attacks against him in... Continue Reading → IMG_4735 scroteford noWhy was Noam Chomsky – scourge of the american elite – BFFs with Jeffrey Epstein, the personification of the worst aspects of that elite?   Why was Chomsky giving Epstein advice on how to deal with attacks against him in... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/tallywankers/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:53:31 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1117 Continue Reading →]]> 1117Scroteford As inequality gets worse and worse, hostility for elites is at all time highs, and huge majorities of voters want higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy to pay for social programs, all the conditions are perfect for the left to be... Continue Reading → Left Doo Doo Pile scroteford noAs inequality gets worse and worse, hostility for elites is at all time highs, and huge majorities of voters want higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy to pay for social programs, all the conditions are perfect for the left to be... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/adamsmith/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:35:39 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1094 Continue Reading →]]> 1094Scroteford Today, free markets are championed as the foundation of capitalism, while socialists argue that free markets cause growing inequality and exploitation of the working classes, and thus need to be constrained by the state, or else abolished entirely. But in... Continue Reading → scroteford noToday, free markets are championed as the foundation of capitalism, while socialists argue that free markets cause growing inequality and exploitation of the working classes, and thus need to be constrained by the state, or else abolished entirely. But in... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/cooperatives/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:57:47 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1078 Continue Reading →]]> 1078Scroteford In this episode we outline:  How to build enough affordable housing for everyone using an existing housing model that’s proven to work. How to pay for it. How to convert existing market rate housing into affordable housing. How we can... Continue Reading → IMG_3821 scroteford noIn this episode we outline:  How to build enough affordable housing for everyone using an existing housing model that’s proven to work. How to pay for it. How to convert existing market rate housing into affordable housing. How we can... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/12-3/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:01:26 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1049 Continue Reading →]]> 1049Scroteford In this chapter of Secret History of Israel/Palestine, we look how the small urban elite stole much of region’s land from it’s rightful peasant owners, turning them from an independent tribal peasantry, into a class of impoverished, indebted tenants on... Continue Reading → IMG_3536 scroteford noIn this chapter of Secret History of Israel/Palestine, we look how the small urban elite stole much of region’s land from it’s rightful peasant owners, turning them from an independent tribal peasantry, into a class of impoverished, indebted tenants on... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/12-2/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:30:03 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1028 Continue Reading →]]> 1028Scroteford Who were the people of Palestine and what were their lives about in the late 19th century, before the first Zionists began arriving from Europe in the 1880s?   This episode focuses on the fellahin – the peasants of Palestine... Continue Reading → IMG_3070 scroteford noWho were the people of Palestine and what were their lives about in the late 19th century, before the first Zionists began arriving from Europe in the 1880s?   This episode focuses on the fellahin – the peasants of Palestine... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/dumbundance01/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:50 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1023 Continue Reading →]]> 1023Scroteford In the book Abundance, left liberal authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson identify unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape as an important factor in why there is a shortage of housing across the USA. Very quickly, billionaires and powerful donors have... Continue Reading → IMG_2346 scroteford noIn the book Abundance, left liberal authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson identify unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape as an important factor in why there is a shortage of housing across the USA. Very quickly, billionaires and powerful donors have... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/diabetesanddominance/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:18 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1009 Continue Reading →]]> 1009Scroteford Why are human beings so greedy and why are our societies so hierarchical, if our ancestors were so fiercely egalitarian?    What is “human nature” in this regard? A new theory about inequality of wealth and power in human societies.... Continue Reading → IMG_2092 scroteford noWhy are human beings so greedy and why are our societies so hierarchical, if our ancestors were so fiercely egalitarian?    What is “human nature” in this regard? A new theory about inequality of wealth and power in human societies.... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/hello-fellow-jews-how-lies-about-oslo-led-to-the-destruction-of-gaza/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:33:20 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=1005 Continue Reading →]]> 1005Scroteford My message to Jewish supporters of the war in Gaza. (TIMESTAMPS BELOW)   TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE: PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS:  PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS:   KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS:  TRANSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED VIDEO... Continue Reading → scroteford noMy message to Jewish supporters of the war in Gaza. (TIMESTAMPS BELOW)   TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE: PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS:  PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS:   KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS:  TRANSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED VIDEO... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/leftrightforever/ Fri, 30 May 2025 13:19:27 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=979 Continue Reading →]]> 979Scroteford Market Exit, like many others before him, tells us that the left-right political spectrum is obsolete and does more harm than good. That’s because he doesn’t know what they mean. This video explains: 1. What the political left and right... Continue Reading → IMG_1371 scroteford noMarket Exit, like many others before him, tells us that the left-right political spectrum is obsolete and does more harm than good. That’s because he doesn’t know what they mean. This video explains: 1. What the political left and right... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/riseoftheright/ Thu, 01 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=953 Continue Reading →]]> 953Scroteford Why are nationalist / populist / far right candidates and parties getting elected all around the world?  Why isn’t the populist left enjoying the same success? Why does inequality keep getting worse nomatter who gets elected? PAYPAL ONE TIME OR... Continue Reading → RIGHT WANGERS scroteford noWhy are nationalist / populist / far right candidates and parties getting elected all around the world?  Why isn’t the populist left enjoying the same success? Why does inequality keep getting worse nomatter who gets elected? PAYPAL ONE TIME OR... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/12-1/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:00:27 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=944 Continue Reading →]]> 944Scroteford This series focuses on those aspects of the origins of the Israel/Palestine conflict that partisans on both sides mutually ignore. This episode examines jewish life in Europe and the conditions leading to the rise of Zionism until the first wave... Continue Reading → scroteford noThis series focuses on those aspects of the origins of the Israel/Palestine conflict that partisans on both sides mutually ignore. This episode examines jewish life in Europe and the conditions leading to the rise of Zionism until the first wave... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/abcqna/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:27:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=926 Continue Reading →]]> 926Scroteford This is a Q&A where I respond to questions and critiques about episode 12: The ABC’s of Israel/Palestine (https://youtu.be/OLr_VCqnId0) and also go off on a whole bunch of related tangents. TIMESTAMPS BELOW! BIBLIOGRAPHY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102834580 (no paywall) I purposefully don’t monetize... Continue Reading → 89F8300F-C5B1-4948-A962-EDF2B7D86E1B scroteford noThis is a Q&A where I respond to questions and critiques about episode 12: The ABC’s of Israel/Palestine (https://youtu.be/OLr_VCqnId0) and also go off on a whole bunch of related tangents. TIMESTAMPS BELOW! BIBLIOGRAPHY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102834580 (no paywall) I purposefully don’t monetize... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2024/04/23/brainstorm-whostartedit/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:34:41 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=912 Continue Reading →]]> 912Scroteford What was supposed to be an informal QnA about the “Israel/Palestine ABCs” episode, turned into a What is Politics “live” brainstorm session à la Matt Christman “grillstream,” where I discuss my arguments and readings on who and what started the... Continue Reading → E3E260FF-249D-4A6C-9EA9-6AC55C990BE0 scroteford noWhat was supposed to be an informal QnA about the “Israel/Palestine ABCs” episode, turned into a What is Politics “live” brainstorm session à la Matt Christman “grillstream,” where I discuss my arguments and readings on who and what started the... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2024/03/05/12-from-never-again-to-there-are-no-uninvolved-civilians-the-abcs-of-the-israel-palestine-conflict/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:33:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=894 Continue Reading →]]> 894Scroteford Elites use identity, particularly national identity, as a way of advancing their own interests, often against the interests of the populations that they pretend to represent. But before we can understand this, we need an ABC of the conflict, to... Continue Reading → ABC scroteford noElites use identity, particularly national identity, as a way of advancing their own interests, often against the interests of the populations that they pretend to represent. But before we can understand this, we need an ABC of the conflict, to... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2023/08/10/9-2equity/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:45:30 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=864 Continue Reading →]]> 864Scroteford When ideas and movements that threaten to overturn established hierarchies of power are absorbed into elite institutions like Ivy League universities and for-profit corporations, they get transformed into ideas that support the status quo, while remaining cloaked in the language... Continue Reading → 6C2F19F8-C473-4781-8800-AEA19A795581 scroteford noWhen ideas and movements that threaten to overturn established hierarchies of power are absorbed into elite institutions like Ivy League universities and for-profit corporations, they get transformed into ideas that support the status quo, while remaining cloaked in the language... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2023/03/21/11-1-why-the-russian-revolution-failed-lessons-for-the-future/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:31:16 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=848 Continue Reading →]]> 848Scroteford The leaders of the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917 sought to establish socialism: a deeply democratic economic and political system where the employee/employer relationship is abolished, and where workers control their workplaces, the means of production and the... Continue Reading → 52F9E3CA-B8B9-4443-9B79-B055E3B528C2 scroteford noThe leaders of the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917 sought to establish socialism: a deeply democratic economic and political system where the employee/employer relationship is abolished, and where workers control their workplaces, the means of production and the... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2022/11/04/11/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:48:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=806 Continue Reading →]]> 806Scroteford Why has every communist country so far been a one party dictatorship?   Is it something inherent to Socialism or Marxism?   Is human nature incompatible with political equality?   Has “true” communism never been tried yet?  If so, then... Continue Reading → 918543E4-8B1C-4CFE-A888-E499E057E91E scroteford noWhy has every communist country so far been a one party dictatorship?   Is it something inherent to Socialism or Marxism?   Is human nature incompatible with political equality?   Has “true” communism never been tried yet?  If so, then... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2022/04/26/10-4/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:33:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=758 Continue Reading →]]> 758Scroteford In this episode we cover the rest of chapter 3 of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything. In this chapter, the authors claim that the seasonal social structures of the traditional Nambikwara, Lakota and Kwakiutl were... Continue Reading → 1ECE28D9-2860-4A43-80A7-75B235102EDC scroteford noIn this episode we cover the rest of chapter 3 of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything. In this chapter, the authors claim that the seasonal social structures of the traditional Nambikwara, Lakota and Kwakiutl were... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/10-3/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:36:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=691 Continue Reading →]]> 691Scroteford We cover the first part of chapter 3 of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything: ”Unfreezing the Ice Age”, and we investigate the authors’ claims that human inequality has no origins based on archeology from upper... Continue Reading → 02BEC9D7-1A62-492A-8DCD-1A62982ED83C scroteford noWe cover the first part of chapter 3 of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything: ”Unfreezing the Ice Age”, and we investigate the authors’ claims that human inequality has no origins based on archeology from upper... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/12/19/10-2/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:06:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=601 Continue Reading →]]> 601Scroteford In this episode we cover chapter 1 of David Graeber & David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything, entitled Farewell to Humanity’s Childhood; or Why This isn’t a Book About the Origins of Inequality. In doing so, we look at... Continue Reading → - COVER 10 scroteford noIn this episode we cover chapter 1 of David Graeber & David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything, entitled Farewell to Humanity’s Childhood; or Why This isn’t a Book About the Origins of Inequality. In doing so, we look at... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/10-1/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:02:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=564 Continue Reading →]]> 564Scroteford In this episode we read and critique the conclusion of Chapter 2 of Dawn of Everything, “Wicked Liberty: The Indigenous Critique and the Myth of the Noble Savage”, which was previously released in French in 2019 as La Sagesse de... Continue Reading → 1331F4F3-94C4-4119-A39E-7967E5CC2E90 scroteford noIn this episode we read and critique the conclusion of Chapter 2 of Dawn of Everything, “Wicked Liberty: The Indigenous Critique and the Myth of the Noble Savage”, which was previously released in French in 2019 as La Sagesse de... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/10/04/010-kandiaronk/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:01:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=544 Continue Reading →]]> 544Scroteford A critical reading of “The Wisdom of Kandiaronk, The Indigenous Critique, the Myth of Progress and the Birth of the Left” from David Graeber & David Wengrow’s upcoming book The Dawn of Everything. In this chapter Graeber & Wengrow argue... Continue Reading → 09 KANDIARONK COVER scroteford noA critical reading of “The Wisdom of Kandiaronk, The Indigenous Critique, the Myth of Progress and the Birth of the Left” from David Graeber & David Wengrow’s upcoming book The Dawn of Everything. In this chapter Graeber & Wengrow argue... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/07/20/inteview-fight-like-an-animal-arnold-schroeder/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:12:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=482 Continue Reading →]]> 482Scroteford Interview with Arnold Schroeder of Fight Like an Animal, a wonderful and endessly fascinating show that looks through 20 years of experience of hardcore climate activism, at why left political movements are so weak and ineffective and how to change... Continue Reading → E1ABCCDC-526C-42CA-8717-A85F3F11CF61 scroteford noInterview with Arnold Schroeder of Fight Like an Animal, a wonderful and endessly fascinating show that looks through 20 years of experience of hardcore climate activism, at why left political movements are so weak and ineffective and how to change... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/07/15/spitball02/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:31:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=375 Continue Reading →]]> 375Scroteford The terms “cancel culture” and “political correctness” are used to delegitimize ideas like gender equality and racial equality by conflating them with toxic dominance behaviour practiced by up-and-coming elites who disguise their power plays in egalitarian social justice language. In... Continue Reading → Print scroteford noThe terms “cancel culture” and “political correctness” are used to delegitimize ideas like gender equality and racial equality by conflating them with toxic dominance behaviour practiced by up-and-coming elites who disguise their power plays in egalitarian social justice language. In... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/spitball01/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=366 Continue Reading →]]> 366Scroteford The foundation of “cancel culture” and “political correctness” is the wage labour employment contract. ARTICLES QUOTED: Corey Robin, Chris Bertram and Alex Gourevitch 2012 – Life at Work, Crooked Timber Amanda Hess 2013 – How Sexy Should A Worker Be?... Continue Reading → 79BFF760-021B-4E77-94CB-6AF95F20C25E scroteford noThe foundation of “cancel culture” and “political correctness” is the wage labour employment contract. ARTICLES QUOTED: Corey Robin, Chris Bertram and Alex Gourevitch 2012 – Life at Work, Crooked Timber Amanda Hess 2013 – How Sexy Should A Worker Be?... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/008/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:15:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=334 Continue Reading →]]> 334Scroteford Human beings have free will, but our actions are constrained by material realities.  Understanding how material and practical conditions shape human behaviour can make all the difference between success and catastrophic failure when it comes to the whole spectrum of... Continue Reading → E74305AF-60F6-43C5-9F20-4735716F969D scroteford noHuman beings have free will, but our actions are constrained by material realities.  Understanding how material and practical conditions shape human behaviour can make all the difference between success and catastrophic failure when it comes to the whole spectrum of... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/11/27/pinkpilled/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:06:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=508 Continue Reading →]]> 508Scroteford What would happen if you could end sexism overnight by giving everyone a magic pink pill? Why we need to target material and practical conditions if we want to eliminate cultural hierarchies. A thought experiment about political strategy which lays... Continue Reading → 740EBBA0-D203-40A9-B2ED-E5B996E9BC14 scroteford noWhat would happen if you could end sexism overnight by giving everyone a magic pink pill? Why we need to target material and practical conditions if we want to eliminate cultural hierarchies. A thought experiment about political strategy which lays... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/007maledominance/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=313 Continue Reading →]]> 313Scroteford Why are hierarchy and male dominance so prevalent in human societies?  According to anthropologists David Graeber & David Wengrow, it’s because people were “self-consciously experimenting with different social possibilities,” and then we somehow got stuck this way.  Meanwhile according to... Continue Reading → 261F5077-52E5-4401-9DBA-000DAC29AD67 scroteford noWhy are hierarchy and male dominance so prevalent in human societies?  According to anthropologists David Graeber & David Wengrow, it’s because people were “self-consciously experimenting with different social possibilities,” and then we somehow got stuck this way.  Meanwhile according to... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/6-political-anthropology/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:30:47 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=254 Continue Reading →]]> 254Scroteford Everywhere we look, past and present we see hierarchical societies where some people have more wealth, more power, and more rights than others.  Was this always the state of the human world?  Is hierarchy in our nature?  Are egalitarian societies... Continue Reading → 0C68D487-1203-4E3D-9128-37BA4E09EA3D scroteford noEverywhere we look, past and present we see hierarchical societies where some people have more wealth, more power, and more rights than others.  Was this always the state of the human world?  Is hierarchy in our nature?  Are egalitarian societies... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/5-left-right-history/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:16 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=247 Continue Reading →]]> 247Scroteford This episode is for everyone who keeps writing to me to insist that one or the other wrong, incoherent, popular definitions of Left and Right is actually the correct one.   How do we know the left and right refer... Continue Reading → 0B8E1D76-2FF4-4E88-A8EF-32EE789FEE78 scroteford noThis episode is for everyone who keeps writing to me to insist that one or the other wrong, incoherent, popular definitions of Left and Right is actually the correct one.   How do we know the left and right refer... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/bleepbloop01/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:55:18 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=232 Continue Reading →]]> 232Scroteford Politicians’ dependence on police as a revenue stream, prosecutors’ dependence on police for convictions, and falling tax cuts on the wealthy combine to give police incredible power.  This is a key reason why they’re rarely punished, even for the most... Continue Reading → 8FE17909-1837-49A1-A7A6-FB1B2678D815 scroteford noPoliticians’ dependence on police as a revenue stream, prosecutors’ dependence on police for convictions, and falling tax cuts on the wealthy combine to give police incredible power.  This is a key reason why they’re rarely punished, even for the most... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/04/ Sun, 31 May 2020 22:48:13 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=209 Continue Reading →]]> 209Scroteford Definitions of political terms affect what we see and don’t see in the world around us, and turn us into effective or ineffective communicators and political actors. The definition of government that journalists and academics use makes us blind to... Continue Reading → 671D33CF-F0CF-4427-AA7B-CBDEF1773ED3 scroteford noDefinitions of political terms affect what we see and don’t see in the world around us, and turn us into effective or ineffective communicators and political actors. The definition of government that journalists and academics use makes us blind to... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/03/28/3-left-right-coronavirus-and-you/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:01:22 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=185 185Scroteford Most journalists and Doctor-Professor academics don’t really know what the left-right political spectrum is about, but you will after listening to this episode! FULL TRANSCRIPT tweeter: @WorbsIntoWords help! http://www.patreon.com/whatispolitics video version: https://youtu.be/P3cmjNrXWms https://archive.org/download/03leftrightandyou/03%20-%20LEFT-RIGHT%20AND%20YOU.mp3 6BF14568-745F-48BE-8219-5689E3BBB004 scroteford noMost journalists and Doctor-Professor academics don’t really know what the left-right political spectrum is about, but you will after listening to this episode! FULL TRANSCRIPT tweeter: @WorbsIntoWords help! http://www.patreon.com/whatispolitics video version: https://youtu.be/P3cmjNrXWms https://archive.org/download/03leftrightandyou/03%20-%20LEFT-RIGHT%20AND%20YOU.mp3what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/what-is-politics-and-why-should-i-care/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:17:25 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=145 Continue Reading →]]> 145Scroteford How can people who don’t have official decision-making power exert their influence over those who do?  A quick overview of some basic political concepts: POLITICS PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE POLITICS POLITIES GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACY AUTOCRACY CONSENSUS POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ECONOMICS CAPITALISM IDEOLOGY CLASS THE... Continue Reading → THUMBNAIL scroteford noHow can people who don’t have official decision-making power exert their influence over those who do?  A quick overview of some basic political concepts: POLITICS PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE POLITICS POLITIES GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACY AUTOCRACY CONSENSUS POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ECONOMICS CAPITALISM IDEOLOGY CLASS THE... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2019/12/06/01/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:40:00 +0000 http://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/?p=172 Continue Reading →]]> 172Scroteford Politics is unique among practical fields in that almost all of the main political terms are worbs: words that everyone (including academics and journalists) uses without really knowing what they mean. This rots our brains. It makes us easy to... Continue Reading → D97E3728-536B-44A6-8B6D-C0779CA1FFFF scroteford noPolitics is unique among practical fields in that almost all of the main political terms are worbs: words that everyone (including academics and journalists) uses without really knowing what they mean. This rots our brains. It makes us easy to... Continue Reading →what,it,politics,politics,economics,capitalism,socialism,chapo,trap,house,contrapoints,current,affairs