cakeism
the thing about doordash and uber is they just added a phenomenally overpriced middle-man to what was already a working system
there is absolutely a world where someone builds a centralized rideshare or delivery app that isnt inherently exploitative
there is absolutely a world where someone builds a centralized rideshare or delivery app that isnt inherently exploitative
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
cakeism
Probably the best summary of American cakeism
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Probably the best summary of American cakeism
British politics has been defined by cakeism since 2016.
This policy, the replies to this, Keir Starmer’s ‘the petrol retailers are being naughty’ statement, Ed Davey’s fuel duty tax cut, Kemi Badenoch’s fuel duty tax cut, John Swinney’s price controls…is there anyone in British politics who understands “the Iran war means we have less stuff”?
The Green Party’s pivot from environmentalism to class politics in action: a demand to “prevent British holiday makers from being hit by jet fuel shortages”
May 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
British politics has been defined by cakeism since 2016.
Colonialism and cakeism are a heady mix.
September 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Colonialism and cakeism are a heady mix.
Cakeism is a incurable disease 🦠
September 24, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Cakeism is a incurable disease 🦠
'To govern is to choose'.
What we used to say before discovering Cakeism.
What we used to say before discovering Cakeism.
June 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
'To govern is to choose'.
What we used to say before discovering Cakeism.
What we used to say before discovering Cakeism.
Cakeism as fiscal policy
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Cakeism as fiscal policy
Austerity, first-past-the-post single member districts, & a decade of 🇬🇧/🇪🇺 cakeism
What’s wrong with England?
June 23, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Austerity, first-past-the-post single member districts, & a decade of 🇬🇧/🇪🇺 cakeism
It's another outing for cakeism.
August 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It's another outing for cakeism.
Absolutely classic example of Brexiteer cakeism. "I've left the club, how dare you stop me using the clubhouse and pool?"
Andrew Rosindell loses legal bid to keep his office in Romford Tory association office despite his defection to Reform UK - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
March 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Absolutely classic example of Brexiteer cakeism. "I've left the club, how dare you stop me using the clubhouse and pool?"
Americans on all sides of the political divide are basically consumed by different variants of strategic cakeism
April 25, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Americans on all sides of the political divide are basically consumed by different variants of strategic cakeism
Of course this is nonsense.
- Copenhagen Criteria demand formal commitment to the euro
- As indeed does the acquis.
- There is no opt-out
- And given it's a formal commitment, what do you imagine the join debate in the UK will be about?
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- Copenhagen Criteria demand formal commitment to the euro
- As indeed does the acquis.
- There is no opt-out
- And given it's a formal commitment, what do you imagine the join debate in the UK will be about?
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July 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A form of Cakeism, which we British seem to excel at.
August 27, 2024 at 8:13 AM
A form of Cakeism, which we British seem to excel at.
It’s colonial cakeism.
September 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
It’s colonial cakeism.
The UK will never abandon cakeism
July 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The UK will never abandon cakeism
Two of them being FRSs is the icing to the cakeism.
August 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Two of them being FRSs is the icing to the cakeism.
Climate cakeism - claiming to be very seriously committed to addressing the climate emergency and at the same time…..
Leo Varadkar writing today that the shackles are finally off in boosting the most polluting sectors... but it's OK cos they're committed to the Climate Act 🤔
www.thetimes.com/article/597b...
www.thetimes.com/article/597b...
January 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Climate cakeism - claiming to be very seriously committed to addressing the climate emergency and at the same time…..
Long thread on how Brexitism started and evolved over 75 years, drawing from Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's 'Continental Drift'.
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
November 10, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Long thread on how Brexitism started and evolved over 75 years, drawing from Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's 'Continental Drift'.
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
Ah, just cakeism in a different way.
April 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ah, just cakeism in a different way.
Stick cakeism. Wants his stick, also wants to chase it.
December 29, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Stick cakeism. Wants his stick, also wants to chase it.
the UK electorate is drunk on cakeism with a political class unwilling to be serious about what tradeoffs the people actually need to make in favour of feeding that cakeism
May 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
the UK electorate is drunk on cakeism with a political class unwilling to be serious about what tradeoffs the people actually need to make in favour of feeding that cakeism
Cakeism - you can have both.
July 7, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Cakeism - you can have both.
July 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM