Michael McCarthy
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Ph.D. candidate in political philosophy. Union organizer @IndianaGrads
Bloomington, IN
Joined February 2018
Relevant again today
I actually did read Marx, Lenin, Smith, Veblen, Hobson, and Hilferding for an undergrad econ class. The prof who taught the course also did a racist impression of a Chinese prof in the department as a joke, though
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Interesting that the Wokest of Amerikkka's major spectator sports is having an especially compelling playoff season right now. Almost as if Wokeness is the way, the truth, and the life...
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I don’t care who wins this game. The touch foul calls SGA gets are really awful. They don’t resemble anything else that’s happening in the playoffs.
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Many are saying this
Materialism is facts and idealism, well honey, that’s feelings
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“Materialism=economism” strikes again
Materialism, the view that agents are motivated by their objective interests, has fallen out of academic fashion in the recent past. Achieving a genuinely egalitarian and democratic politics, however, depends on materialist theory. Read: https://t.co/4DBriCMzWO
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Airstrikes on Tel Aviv is the liberal position at this point
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Sadly, I am beginning to doubt Amerikkka’s commitment to IHL and do not believe this attack to be likely
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I think that international humanitarian law requires the U.S. government to attack Israel. Heck, it might even be a little cathartic, too
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Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman welcomed to Columbia College's graduation ceremony with sustained jeers and boos. Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":
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Welfare programs can’t be replaced by policies that redistribute income from some businesses to others, or from capital to labor — the primary function of the welfare state is to provide for children, disabled people, and others outside the labor force. https://t.co/7mQjE4Hkfb
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Welfare programs can’t be replaced by policies that redistribute income from some businesses to others, or from capital to labor — the primary function of the welfare state is to provide for childr...
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This is what Israel did to the only cancer hospital in Gaza — with the full backing of Joe Biden.
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones
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This one hits different today
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Joe Biden learning that he has cancer from the news. Don’t worry, he’ll forget it again
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