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Doug Bamford
@dougbamford.bsky.social
Teach adults - sign up! Political Philosophy, justice and taxation. Author of Rethinking Taxation (2014). Also interested in leisure/work, climate change ethics, public policy.
The image is 'recycled' from somewhere else, but perhaps you think its original provenance says something. The course is about the debate between pro growth and anti-growth arguments, between capitalism and socialism, between GDP and other measures of progress. For people to work out their own view.
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Thanks for the feedback! Though I wonder why you think that? 🤔
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Nice eyebrows.
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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when i call the guy a fascist, i'm not being edgy, or using a loaded word for the sake of it

i'm taking a standard, consensus model of the ideology from political theory & showing the degree of fit

www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"It is important to note that she only won the league, not - in fact - the league cup."
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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this Arendt quote gets at it too www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM