The hunt for consciousness seems all-important and insignificant at the same time. It is all-important because consciousness—the state of being aware—gives us every experience we will ever have. It ...
In early August 2021, two rightwing politicians came out against Covid-19 vaccinations. On Fox News, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claimed that masks were not effective in preventing the spread of Covid. “The ...
Why do some voters vote against their own interests? Marxists called this problem “False Consciousness,” the idea that workers often act against their own interests. For instance, instead of ...
Why do some voters vote against their own interests? Marxists called this problem “False Consciousness,” the idea that workers often act against their own interests. For instance, instead of ...
In 2004, Thomas Frank published an insightful book titled What’s the Matter With Kansas? that documented how the working class abandoned its class interests to wage culture war. The proletarians ...
I’m old enough to remember the first feminist consciousness-raising groups that sought to raise awareness about the pervasiveness of sexism and the ways misogynistic bias was embedded in language, ...