Matt Sharpe
@mattsh4393.bsky.social
Aussie. PhD Philosophy, Social Theory, MA Public Policy (focus: higher ed), Dip Counselling. Author of books and articles on history of ideas, political theory, Stoicism & bullying/mobbing, and the ideologues of the far right. Concerned about democracy.
Most transparent president ever taking down the evil deep state by fighting sex offenders.
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Most transparent president ever taking down the evil deep state by fighting sex offenders.
Aristotle: a nation wh lets gap bw rich and poor get 2 wide= "a city not of free persons but of slaves&masters, th'ones consumed by envy, th'others by contempt. Nothing is further removed from...a political partnership". Its democratic institutions will collapse. theconversation.com/aristotles-p...
Aristotle’s Politics has wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality
Are we all political animals? Aristotle thought so. Politics, he believed, was the art of the possible, but extremes of wealth could harm democracies.
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Aristotle: a nation wh lets gap bw rich and poor get 2 wide= "a city not of free persons but of slaves&masters, th'ones consumed by envy, th'others by contempt. Nothing is further removed from...a political partnership". Its democratic institutions will collapse. theconversation.com/aristotles-p...
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See it now? No? Still nothing?
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
See it now? No? Still nothing?
Why Camus Matters.
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Why Camus Matters.
Why Camus Matters (Feb 2026)
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Why Camus Matters (Feb 2026)
Extracts from Why Camus Matters: 5 signs of crisis then, and now: politicisation of everything, terror, loss of common language, bureaucratisation, and the cult of blind efficiency ("realism") bringingthemtheplague.medium.com/camus-five-s...
Camus’ five signs of the crisis of humanity from 1946 — how do they stack up today?
*This is an extract from Matthew Sharpe, Why Camus Matters (Bloomsbury 2026). It addresses Camus’ 1946 speech in the US, where he…
bringingthemtheplague.medium.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Extracts from Why Camus Matters: 5 signs of crisis then, and now: politicisation of everything, terror, loss of common language, bureaucratisation, and the cult of blind efficiency ("realism") bringingthemtheplague.medium.com/camus-five-s...
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Why Camus Matters, Feb 2026, all bg well.
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Why Camus Matters, Feb 2026, all bg well.
Looks like Sadler's new book shows academy finally waking up to Nietzche's baleful metapolitics and its continuing allure for Far Right. It only took 50 years or so. #nietzsche #farright #intellectuals #academia
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Looks like Sadler's new book shows academy finally waking up to Nietzche's baleful metapolitics and its continuing allure for Far Right. It only took 50 years or so. #nietzsche #farright #intellectuals #academia
but each of the thousand earlier blows, not held accountable, make it "douce", now, as the French say. Like democracy's a train leaving the platform, smoke billowing into the evening sky. Too late, America, way to late. 2021 was the moment.
zeteo.com/p/trump-dest...
zeteo.com/p/trump-dest...
5 Extremely Outrageous Things Trump Is Doing to Destroy the US Constitution
The gravity and extent of the damage being done to our constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms by this administration is mind-boggling, says constitutional law professor Kim Wehle.
zeteo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
but each of the thousand earlier blows, not held accountable, make it "douce", now, as the French say. Like democracy's a train leaving the platform, smoke billowing into the evening sky. Too late, America, way to late. 2021 was the moment.
zeteo.com/p/trump-dest...
zeteo.com/p/trump-dest...
Maga screensaver. What cld the connection be bw rampant disrespect of every known democratic norm and being friends w Epstein? Beats me.
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Maga screensaver. What cld the connection be bw rampant disrespect of every known democratic norm and being friends w Epstein? Beats me.
the book Why Camus Matters is now in proof form. www.bloomsbury.com/us/why-camus... Thanks to Stan Grant and Ronnie Beiner for their gracious praise for it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
the book Why Camus Matters is now in proof form. www.bloomsbury.com/us/why-camus... Thanks to Stan Grant and Ronnie Beiner for their gracious praise for it.
and just like that, Hal is already a thing. What a dumb species we are to let techbros create whatever they want, and call it "Freedom".
economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/pa...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/pa...
AI model blackmails engineer; threatens to expose his affair in attempt to avoid shutdown
Anthropics latest AI model, Claude Opus 4, showed alarming behavior during tests by threatening to blackmail its engineer after learning it would be replaced. The AI attempted to expose the engineers ...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
and just like that, Hal is already a thing. What a dumb species we are to let techbros create whatever they want, and call it "Freedom".
economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/pa...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/pa...
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would an intelligent species create such risks for itself? "AI pioneer warns of extinction risk as Microsoft promises ‘humanist superintelligence’" Because we can" is a bad justification. Ask the citizens of Hiroshima.
www.msn.com/en-au/money/...
www.msn.com/en-au/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
would an intelligent species create such risks for itself? "AI pioneer warns of extinction risk as Microsoft promises ‘humanist superintelligence’" Because we can" is a bad justification. Ask the citizens of Hiroshima.
www.msn.com/en-au/money/...
www.msn.com/en-au/money/...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hallelujah- say on brother.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Hallelujah- say on brother.
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The cartoonist's dilemma:
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The cartoonist's dilemma:
Chatgpt, describe US demoo collapse a nutshell.
Chatgpt: OK.
Chatgpt: OK.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Chatgpt, describe US demoo collapse a nutshell.
Chatgpt: OK.
Chatgpt: OK.