ROTTERDAM – Why is it that refugees make it so damn hard to be pro-immigration? God forbid that another asshat drives into a group of people. A 23-year-old Afghan this time according to news sources. Or not. They might have arrested the wrong guy. I’ve been fascinated by radicalisation for a while now- I […]
If there is one thing we did not take away from this disastrous election season, it is a harsh lesson in cyber security. From Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server to the DNC hacks to the hacked e-mails of John Podesta, former chairman of the Hillary campaign, published by Wikileaks, they all have one thing in […]
ROTTERDAM – Since its foundation in 2006, Wikileaks has been the subject of much controversy. Although initially lauded by some for the whistleblower protection they offer and their efforts to promote transparency, Wikileaks and especially its founder Julian Assange, have been heavily criticised for their involvement in the 2016 American election. Wikileaks published documents and […]
ROTTERDAM – We’re all on the crazy train to dystopian urbanism, stacked like boxes in cities angrily tweeting about the political elite and how they all fucked us over. We’ve come to the point where we prefer strongmen over endless debate. Left- and rightwing have entrenched themselves so deep their political message feels like a […]
ROTTERDAM – Imagine you’re sitting across from someone at a party who just proclaimed that immigrants are ruining this country. You just forced down your glass Merlot and tried to not get into this shit, but you just can’t help yourself, and you ask him (it’s always him) why he might think that. ‘Cause it’s […]
ROTTERDAM – Nederlandse nieuwste controversie is ontgroening. Om de paar jaar komt er een studentenvereniging in het nieuws vanwege enige wanpraktijken: eerstejaars die teveel alcohol of water drinken, in brand worden gestoken, met hersenletsel in het ziekenhuis worden opgenomen.. je kan het zo gek niet bedenken of het is een keer gedaan tijdens corporale ontgroening. […]
ROTTERDAM – In lieu of the first American presidential debate, I decided to write this next piece about the businessman and his political career. Mind you, this is not specifically about Donald J. Trump, although it in a way very much is, since he embodies everything that is modern business and simultaneously everything that’s wrong […]
ROTTERDAM – If there is any capitalist principle, it has to be the profit motive. It defines the outline our global economy and actually most that happens in it as well. Corporations are one of the most routine ways to socially organise in our societies. We call it ‘entrepreneurship’, and we’re in love with it. […]
ROTTERDAM – If anything motivated me to write this series, it’s annoyance. I do consider myself an optimist of sorts, even if the state of the world depresses me sometimes, -too often these days. The newspapers, and TV, the blogospheres and the tweets, the on-line articles and the reclusive rants, everyone seems to have completely […]
ROTTERDAM – The Quetta hospital in Pakistan got bombed today by a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. At least 64 people died, and by now even the righteous calls for attention to terrorism and its victims in far-away deserts have seized. I’ve heard them say apathy is the curse of postmodern civilisation, […]
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