What happens when the worker leaves the factory? Capital externalises the cost of its own reproduction onto unpaid hours, private households, and invisible care work. Sleeping, eating, commuting, and child-rearing are not in the background of production but are its hidden, unremunerated foundation.
Read MorePolitical chaos is a calculated strategic resource—it’s how elites use unpredictability, information asymmetry, and rule-changing to suppress cooperation and maintain power. Game theory can be a lens for seeing through the spectacle, exposing how manufactured crises fragment opposition, monopolise attention, and normalise instability so that the real resource battles stay hidden.
Read MoreModern society confuses following procedures with actually doing what is right, turning ethics into box-ticking. Bureaucratic systems hide power, dull moral responsibility, and replace real human outcomes with the satisfaction of completing processes.
Read MoreThe comforting stories about “what it cost to become you” quietly turn personal biographies into moral invoices that justify high salaries. Along the way, we’ll explore a twist on socially necessary labour time to separate genuine needs from the class entry fees we pretend are necessities.
Read MoreThe popular myth of meritocracy in Australia is an ideological tool used to justify systemic inequality. Let's explore how education, work, and wealth are shaped not by a "fair go," but by underlying class structures that perpetuate privilege.
Read More"Capitalist realism" can help us understand why it's so hard to imagine life beyond capitalism. From cooperative success stories to recent economic crises, we'll challenge some common myths about human nature and explore how we might start imagining different possibilities for our future.
Read MorePropaganda is leading us in the West down a one-way road in the wrong direction. Perhaps things must get worse before they can become better, but I'm going to rant about the current state of things anyway.
Read MoreLet's look at the common, pre-fabricated arguments used to dismiss socialism and communism. We will dismantle these persistent myths one by one, from the idea that "it only works in theory" to the conflation of equality with sameness, using historical context and data to challenge the dominant narrative.
Read MoreGames can contain details that serve as commentary on the ideology of our times, whether intentional by the designers and developers or not. Let's explore some interesting ways in which commentary on society and its systems can manifest in games.
Read MoreWe’re going to trace the origins of profit through a simple batch of homemade ice cream. Building on our previous look at socially necessary labour time, we’re going to unpack the core concepts of Marxist political economy that explain how value is created, captured, and kept.
Read MoreLet's dive into concepts like creating value, setting prices, and making profits within the framework of capitalism. We'll also examine how capitalism has two key features different from earlier systems.
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