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Joe Dusbabek

Hanging by a (Narrative) Thread: Friendship in Post-Truth ‘Murica

Do we construct social media bubbles, or do they construct us?

7 min readApr 4, 2019

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Hanging by a (Narrative) Thread: Friendship in Post-Truth ‘Murica

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Joe Dusbabek

A Tale of Two Symbols:

The emblematic dualism of the American flag.

5 min readNov 8, 2016

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A Tale of Two Symbols:

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Joe Dusbabek

Stokely Carmichael on Economic Exploitation, Riots, and #BLM

Ferguson. Baltimore. New York City. Baton Rouge. Falcon Heights. Milwaukee. These are just some of the places.

16 min readSep 6, 2016

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Stokely Carmichael on Economic Exploitation, Riots, and #BLM

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Joe Dusbabek

Hillary Clinton, Chomsky, Symbolic Elections, and Corporate Stand-In Presidents.

Every Presidential election, we see a certain kind of rhetorical logic coming from both parties in reference to the candidates from the…

13 min readAug 8, 2016

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Hillary Clinton, Chomsky, Symbolic Elections, and Corporate Stand-In Presidents.

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Joe Dusbabek

On Losing the Fear of Death

It probably would have interested most classical philosophers that people in the modern era tend to behave the same way once they grapple…

7 min readJun 29, 2016

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Joe Dusbabek

Leon Trotsky on Fascism and Class Consciousness in America: Transposing Socialist Theory to Today’s…

Published in 1944, a little-known pamphlet written by Leon Trotsky titled “Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It” laid out a historical…

9 min readJan 20, 2016

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Joe Dusbabek

On the Social Obligation of Being a #SJW

One of the perverse side effects of being a young adult in the 21st Century is that many of us have been raised to appreciate floaty ideals…

5 min readJan 17, 2016

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Joe Dusbabek

Rigging the Vote: Why Your Voice as a Citizen in the United States Isn’t Heard (Part 1)

Have you ever thought about why all of our political representatives generally suck? Or why cities (which overwhelmingly hold the majority…

9 min readNov 5, 2015

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Joe Dusbabek

The Communist Manifesto: A Review

Taking Marx into the 21st Century

7 min readAug 13, 2015

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Joe Dusbabek

Joe Dusbabek

Psychonaut, writer, polyglot, husband, friend, horticulturalist, philosopher. I am putting myself back together and trying to hang on to wonder in the process.

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