The Left/Right Spectrum is Still Dead: My Brother's a Muppet
The family WhatsApp is on fire again. Because I posted the latest grim proof we're sliding toward the abyss: "Absolute bombshell. UK PM Keir Starmer confirms he is actively coordinating with Donald Trump to build a massive 30-nation military coalition to force open the Strait of Hormuz. They are using the ceasefire as cover to prepare for a massive escalation against Iran." https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2042571062823604513 My brother Ryan, full of the confidence of a man who's never been wrong about anything in his life, types back: Fine. Agreed. But then he drops the line that makes me want to put my phone through a wall: I reply exactly what I've been saying for years: "For fuck's sake. If you think Starmer is hard left, the words have no meaning. He's a Davos globalist piece of shit. Neoliberal globalism isn't left." Ryan, undeterred, fires off his three "indisputably hard left" policies: Plus the escape hatch that does s...