Jay’s Diatribe: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Face Of Socialism

    The Face Of Socialism

    In February 2021, when Kamala Harris had been vice president a little more than a month, she took part in a virtual celebration of Black History Month. She took the occasion to say this: “We have always fought for equality. But now we are also talking much more rightly about equity, understanding that we must…

  • What Is America Coming To?

    What Is America Coming To?

    In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev, head of the Soviet Union said to and about America: “Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept communism outright; but, we’ll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have communism. We…

  • Socialism in America

    Socialism in America

    “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, with knowing how it happened.” –Norman Thomas – six-time presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America

  • Fishing

    Fishing

    There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. –Steven Wright

  • Shoes

    Shoes

    I just bought these shoes from my drug dealer. Don’t know what he laced them with, but I’ve been tripping all day.

  • All Lives Matter

    I’m so sick of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. My live matters, yet I’m not black. In fact, all lives matter. If you have to put a color in front of “Lives Matter”, then you’re a racist. I’m tired of black folks playing the race card. Simply because of the pigment of my skin,…

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