David Lay Williams
Political theorist at DePaul and author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx (Princeton, 2024). Essays in NY Times, Washington Post, Time, Bloomberg, etc. Jazz Guitar, New York Mets.
- I really love this piece, as I firmly believe in the power of the arts to speak truth to power. The ruling class demand that artists now "shut up and sing" for them is revealing -- we are their servants, nothing more or less.
- “You can sense, particularly from characters like Knowles, a cloying desperation to be seen as important, shiny media figures in their own right. They want the glow of stardom, and they hate the people who have it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
- Definitely not just envy! It's been an absurd rhetorical strategy employed by defenders of the oligarchy, as they continue to dismantle this democracy.
- "is it all just envy" no. it's these dumb bastards trying to use their ill-gotten gains to wreck our fucking country www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-all-ju...
- Pleased to have this new piece today in @liberalcurrents.com.
- I’ve written a new piece for @liberalcurrents.com in response to an open letter from the economist Donald Boudreaux. I address ways in which criticisms of egalitarianism err. It’s not enough to accuse them of envy or economic illiteracy. There are serious moral, social, and political concerns.
