Dan Vitkus
@danvitkus.bsky.social
Literature Professor, historical materialist, eco-theorist, solarpunk
I may be reading in too much. Sorry! I am just so tired of "it's always all about race" identitarianism, and I thought I caught a strong whiff of that failed approach in your post. But I'm glad you see Obama as culpable, etc.
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I may be reading in too much. Sorry! I am just so tired of "it's always all about race" identitarianism, and I thought I caught a strong whiff of that failed approach in your post. But I'm glad you see Obama as culpable, etc.
The jargon of admin-speak, the clichés of essentialist identity politics, the euphemisms, the reductive knee-jerk “decolonization,” the virtue-signaling, the crude “anti-Western” parochialism, the relentless, smug usage of acronyms—it all obscures clear thinking and promotes the admin-bloat
February 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The jargon of admin-speak, the clichés of essentialist identity politics, the euphemisms, the reductive knee-jerk “decolonization,” the virtue-signaling, the crude “anti-Western” parochialism, the relentless, smug usage of acronyms—it all obscures clear thinking and promotes the admin-bloat
Yes, cities are great. Yes, abolish the EC! But is racism the core problem, the fundamental original sin? No. There, I think you are mistaken. Slavery and racism came into existence because of capitalism. Class struggle is the core material structure. And Obama is so lame.
February 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Yes, cities are great. Yes, abolish the EC! But is racism the core problem, the fundamental original sin? No. There, I think you are mistaken. Slavery and racism came into existence because of capitalism. Class struggle is the core material structure. And Obama is so lame.
#3 is puzzling. Neoliberal Obama was a hugely disappointing president. A lesser of evils and a sellout. Is that your point?
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 AM
#3 is puzzling. Neoliberal Obama was a hugely disappointing president. A lesser of evils and a sellout. Is that your point?
Not at all! Hello to you, too!
February 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Not at all! Hello to you, too!
And Newsom is not someone we can trust. His track record is that of a neoliberal stooge, an establishment figure who cares about gaining power, not helping the common people.
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
And Newsom is not someone we can trust. His track record is that of a neoliberal stooge, an establishment figure who cares about gaining power, not helping the common people.
Real pigs don’t deserve this association with human scum!
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Real pigs don’t deserve this association with human scum!
And at its core, a neoliberal project designed to empower the corporate military-petro-industrial-ecocidal complex and wipe out any public or private alternative to the unrestrained power of the 1%.
February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
And at its core, a neoliberal project designed to empower the corporate military-petro-industrial-ecocidal complex and wipe out any public or private alternative to the unrestrained power of the 1%.
Yes, I have read Porkopolis, and it is a great book! I think that those scholars publishing in early modern animal studies who are interested in literature and culture are particularly blind to class and political economy. Those who write about more recent periods may find it harder to ignore?
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Yes, I have read Porkopolis, and it is a great book! I think that those scholars publishing in early modern animal studies who are interested in literature and culture are particularly blind to class and political economy. Those who write about more recent periods may find it harder to ignore?
At first glance, I see in this collection a move toward "politics" that does not emphasize class, does not employ a political ecology of the left. And without an emphasis on the way that capitalism and the 1% are the main forces causing animal suffering, etc, well... But I will take a closer look.
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
At first glance, I see in this collection a move toward "politics" that does not emphasize class, does not employ a political ecology of the left. And without an emphasis on the way that capitalism and the 1% are the main forces causing animal suffering, etc, well... But I will take a closer look.
Yeah, it was about class, labor, and pride in Latin American history and identity. A thumb in the eye of MAGA and racial capitalism. Mainstream journalists like you, Chris, could learn a few things from his show...
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Yeah, it was about class, labor, and pride in Latin American history and identity. A thumb in the eye of MAGA and racial capitalism. Mainstream journalists like you, Chris, could learn a few things from his show...