Emmet PenneyinThe KernelThe Transmission FetishWhy is the Biden administration proposing transmission solutions for generation problems?5 min read·Aug 27, 2021--2--2
Emmet PenneyAn Oligarchy of Sob StoriesSob stories are the American aesthetic of double standards.7 min read·Dec 11, 2020--1--1
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: Making a Grown Man Blush7. A Pit Stop on Good Rulers5 min read·Nov 16, 2020----
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: The Virgin Just Man vs. The Chad Unjust ManThrasymachus says the quiet part loud here. Ruling as such doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with ethics.3 min read·Sep 22, 2020----
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: Art and InterestAre pilots — captains of ships — pilots because they sail or because they rule over the sailors?2 min read·Sep 15, 2020----
Emmet PenneyThe Challenge of Thrasymachus: Knowledge and AdvantageKnowledge and Advantage2 min read·Sep 8, 2020----
Emmet PenneyThrasymachus: Irony, Cowardice, and StrengthThrasymachus calls Socrates a coward and argues justice is the advantage of the strong over the weak.3 min read·Sep 1, 2020----
Emmet PenneyThe Wolf of the Republic: Introducing ThrasymachusThrasymachus is perhaps the most important interlocutor Socrates encounters in The Republic.3 min read·Aug 25, 2020----
Emmet PenneyPolemarchus The Problem of PowerPower and the friend-enemy distinction revisited.3 min read·Aug 18, 2020----
Emmet PenneyMagic Eight Ball Politics: Kamala Harris and the Success of OligarchyWhy would the Democrats need the working class anyway? What threat do they pose to their power if out from under their aegis? None.6 min read·Aug 13, 2020----