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Noblesse Oblige and the new Optimates
A recent Atlantic article by David Brooks (2024), in its criticism of the new meritocracy, claimed: “In some ways, we’ve just re-established the old hierarchy rooted in wealth and social status—only the new elites possess greater hubris, because they believe that their status has been won by hard work and talent rather than by birth. Read more
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Matches small-dollar contributions from everyday citizens
Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed an interesting trend among students at my school: many are becoming increasingly critical of campaign funding. The numbers for this cycle have been objectively insane. Vice President Kamala Harris, for example, raised a billion dollars in just a few short months—an impressive achievement by any measure. However, the Read more
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The wealth gap phenomenon
One of the largest phenomena in politics is the growing wealth gap in our country. Throughout my humanities courses, this idea has begun to surface in subtle ways, but recently it has appeared in full force in the form of Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Thus, a great opportunity presented itself to study the philosophy surrounding the Read more
Comentarii de rebus publicis: a mixture of various commentaries encompassing all sorts of topics from current events to Roman and Greek archaeological updates to fun tidbits of information and some of my random ideas.
