Sam Mace

theorymatters.substack.com/p/down-and-o... My latest exploring the relationship of poverty between Orwell's day and today

I have reached 1,000 subscribers on my substack! I'm feeling good

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

James Orr - Reform UK's ex policy chief - has stepped down from management roles at Cambridge university following media scrutiny The FT reported last month about complaints from two students. Orr has denied any wrongdoing and said his decision was voluntary as.ft.com/r/adb55c2d-2...

reflections on modern poverty by @thoughtgenerate.bsky.social theorymatters.substack.com/p/down-and-o...

“State sanctioned intimidation”.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/down-and-o... @chadbourn.bsky.social I thought you may find this of interest

New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social Tensions between Russia and Europe are rising. Putin is getting desperate. Could Kaliningrad be the flashpoint that sets off a wider conflict? samf.substack.com/p/watch-the-...

Damaged by repeated revelations of seeming grift, Reform is now trying to bypass the media by publishing its own paper, The Reformer, which will be sent for free to 15 million homes. There’ll be free content online engineered to appear high in Google searches.

Formal probe launched into Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Greek Grift Empire. Clock now ticking.

This is closely linked to why I don't have a billion dollars and never will, but if I had a billion dollars, I would just retire to my modernist mansion and not bother with this nonsense:

the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for

Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit.

France’s riots may carry echoes of 1789 and 1968, and of a long tradition of taking to the streets, but they are also the product of a stranger, more troubling side of contemporary France. France’s riots: revolution without utopia | @murielzagha.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/fra...

Excellent front page here

theorymatters.substack.com/p/a-reflecti... My latest where I argue Fukuyama's new book offered so much but delivered little and why he needs to keep writing.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/a-reflecti... My latest discussing Fukuyama's memoir and supposedly final book. I hope he authors more as he's left issues on the table.

Hegseth: “Theocratic regimes should never have access to nuclear weapons. Trump recognises that.” The man who last week was manifesting the Christian god in the Pentagon and calling for a crusade.

Important listen/watch 👇

theorymatters.substack.com/p/a-reflecti... My latest discussing Fukuyama's memoir and supposedly final book. I hope he authors more as he's left issues on the table.

Teaching at my old university for the first time today. It feels like a special privilege to come back to where I first learned about important thinkers and to lecture the next generation.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/a-reflecti... My latest where I argue Fukuyama's new book offered so much but delivered little and why he needs to keep writing.

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

In a matter of days Ukraine has retaken land on the frontline that it took Russia a year and tens of thousands of lives to occupy. Putin is on the back foot and desperate. Ukrainian intelligence says he’s now removed restrictions on the air campaign so they can target schools and hospitals.

Dada perfection

Writing up a module curricula for the third time, but it is the first time where I've felt I really know in-depth almost everything that I am teaching on all the weeks. It's a nice feeling, given the sheer diversity of material that is being offered.

New YouGov. The Reform decline continues. Third place soon. Lab 23 (n/c), Reform 21 (-2), Con 21 (+1), Green 14 (+3), Lib Dem 12 (-1)

theorymatters.substack.com/p/why-post-l... My latest where I assess a new book asking why post-liberalism has failed in the past and what it means for its future :)

theorymatters.substack.com/p/why-post-l... My latest where I assess a new book asking why post-liberalism has failed in the past and what it means for its future :)

Like all abusers, Trump hates it when people try to move out of his control.

Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing. Voter suppression is.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/a-weekend-... A short reflection on my birthday and visiting Hay on Wye

New post: Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes". There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend. So what is going on? (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...

I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 28% (+1) RFM: 23% (-1) CON: 21% (+2) LDM: 10% (+1) GRN: 8% (-2) SNP: 2% (=) RES: 2% (-1) Via @survation.bsky.social, 9-10 Sep. Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.

Bad to worse.

or to put it another way, good news for first time buyers

I strongly think this is priors based on generalities: if this was getting blanket coverage – which might be helped by the PM having come out strongly on it – I think the public would be much more strongly against it. Which is why it was such a failing to stay quiet. It will lead to more of this.

Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff.

www.amazon.co.uk/Carl-Schmitt... My first book is out! If you'd like a PDF, please do get in touch :) I welcome all feedback, both positive and critical :)

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-book-to-nowhere My latest where I question the value in academia through my own experiences.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-imposs... "Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP has sparked the armchair psychologising we should all want to avoid." My latest on PMs, their lack of power, and our willingness to blame a singular person for structural breakage in our politics

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-imposs... "Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP has sparked the armchair psychologising we should all want to avoid." My latest on PMs, their lack of power, and our willingness to blame a singular person for structural breakage in our politics