Liberalism is dead. At least it should be. It has long outlived its usefulness as the dominant political paradigm and no longer serves as the leading edge of progress. Liberal economics has overreached, driving inequality, monopolisation, and insecurity. Liberal social policy has likewise overreached, fuelling division, weakening shared norms, and placing institutions under strain. Together, these failures suggest the liberal settlement has reached its limits and requires correction.
My Parrhesia
Lament For Pearl
A short poem about the tragic and terribly sad circumstances in which Janis Joplin died.
If Not Multiculturalism, Then What? Transculturalism – Lessons from Mechelen
Immigration is reshaping Europe. Numbers are high. Tensions are rising. Where multiculturalism was intended to resolve this by having diverse communities integrate and live side by side in harmony, in practice, it has far too often led to separation and disconnection. Despite best intentions, multiculturalism has failed. This begs the question: if not multiculturalism, then what? Mechelen, a small town of 85,000 inhabitants in Northern Belgium, serves as a good example.
An Open Letter to My Friends on the Left in the UK
Dear friends, I write to you not as an enemy, nor adversary, but as a brother, a fellow anti-fascist, and progressive who shares your hope for a better, more humane world. And I trust fully you understand that hope must walk hand-in-hand with honesty, and such honesty obliges me to speak to you plainly.
An Ironically-Sincere Metamodern Confession
Around my neck hang two symbols: a crucifix and a pendant engraved with the last letter of the Greek alphabet - Omega (Ω).