Protests, Riots, and Discursive Bubbles

You agree with the protestors, you'll find plenty of examples on-line of protestors doing noble and heroic things. Think the protestors are nothing more than Antifa scum? You'll have this assumption reinforced when all of your friends post pictures and video of masked rioters breaking windows and flipping cars. Think the police are heroes? You'll get all kinds of footage of police being heroic. Think the police are fascist scum? Yeah. You'll be able to download outrageous acts of brutality.

June 5, 2020 0

A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 4

Chapter 2: The Sociological Perspectives Section 1: The Functionalist Perspective

June 2, 2020 0

It’s Probably So. Isn’t it, Joe?

The question is, do we believe in the principles and mission of the #metoo movement, or not? Do we accept that to believing the woman is the best policy, or not? There's nothing situational about it.

May 5, 2020 3

Will Corona-virus Change Society as we Know It?

What will the social world look like Post Corona-virus?

April 25, 2020 0

Another Brief Lesson on Statistics

It's Called a "Bell Curve" for a Reason

April 20, 2020 0

A Brief Lesson on Statistics in an Era of Flattening Curves and Virus Projections

And a Reminder that Statistics Don't Lie. People Lie...Sometimes Using Statistics

April 19, 2020 0

Friedrich Engels: The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State

A lesson on applying theory to the real life world. Engels applies the Marxist concept of Historical Materialism to understanding the family and the imposition of male dominance

March 27, 2020 1

Not One Thin Dime for Big Corporations

Corporations demand the most Laissez-Fair capitalism they can get--until things go wrong. Then they want socialism for themselves while they fight paying for it for everyone else. If big corporations want capitalism, then let them have it.

March 23, 2020 0