On Feb. 28, U.S. President Donald Trump met with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss strategies for dealing with the Russo-Ukrainian War that has ravaged the streets of Ukraine since the Russian invasion over three years ago. What ensued can’t simply be described as a failed negotiation — the meeting put the embarrassing ineptitude of the Trump administration on display for the whole world to see.
It’s not enough for well-intentioned leftists to simply express that capitalism is an exploitative and destructive system and expect change. The good news is that there are two major camps of thought within the Western socialist world with compelling visions for what an alternative economy could look like — the problem is these visions are at odds with each other.
The behaviour of the Reddit community r/travisandtaylor goes far beyond fair criticism of Taylor Swift — it’s devolved into full-on hating for the sake of hating, with a dash of misogyny.
It’s not enough for well-intentioned leftists to simply express that capitalism is an exploitative and destructive system and expect change. The good news is that there are two major camps of thought within the Western socialist world with compelling visions for what an alternative economy could look like — the problem is these visions are at odds with each other.
