American Discontent

August 31, 2020September 5, 2020 The Armchair MutineerLeave a comment

A view of US politics as of August 2020.

Flyover Bourgeois GenX Man

May 28, 2020July 16, 2020 The Armchair MutineerLeave a comment

I’ve witnessed history being made four times in my half-century of life: the end of the Cold War, 9-11, the Financial Crisis of 2007-08, and now the Coronavirus pandemic. Those events—spaced roughly by 10 years—play outsized roles in public dialogue and analysis. They are omnipresent in people’s imaginations as they wrestle with current affairs. However,… Continue reading Flyover Bourgeois GenX Man

The Hazards of Political Belief Spectrums

July 11, 2017August 26, 2020 The Armchair Mutineer1 Comment

The graphic above is from a discussion on a UK website called The Student Room. Armchair Mutineer believes this is a good representation of the parameters of political beliefs reflected in contemporary society: communism on one end and fascism on the other. Clearly, the maker of the spectrum must be from Canada, but this graphic… Continue reading The Hazards of Political Belief Spectrums

BB Regrets…

In retrospect, after further thought and reflection, this was not even true at the time it was written. Under Vladimir Putin, Russian foreign policy was very expansionist and, as we all know today, played the central role in propping-up Bashar al-Assad’s government in the Syrian civil war. In comparison, so far the Chinese have avoided Middle Eastern embroilment.