It’s kinda amusing how “left populism” just means “smallholder interests” now.
Establishment Democrats spent a full year complaining the Left forced them to be “woke.”
But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.
But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.
Democrats Cynically Wield “Wokeness” Against Graham Platner
Establishment Democrats spent a full year complaining the Left forced them to be “woke.” But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.
jacobin.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It’s kinda amusing how “left populism” just means “smallholder interests” now.
"Left wing populism" in a US context literally just means smallholder interest politics lmfao.
a reminder that Graham Platner is the grandson of the designer of the "Windows on the World" restaurant at the WTC, has considerable family money, and his main business is selling oysters to his mom's two restaurants. These people are fucking marks.
Graham Platner wants the Democratic party to become a party of working people again.
March 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
"Left wing populism" in a US context literally just means smallholder interest politics lmfao.
“What does abundance offer the Herrenvolk Yeoman Smallholder?”
Honestly nothing specific which is probably its best quality!
Honestly nothing specific which is probably its best quality!
I don’t always agree with of the broader political takes from some “abundance”-coded pundits but man the abundance critics are just pure nonsense merchants
like, what’s this guy’s deal? literally making up a guy to dunk on the idea that cities should build more housing and transit.
like, what’s this guy’s deal? literally making up a guy to dunk on the idea that cities should build more housing and transit.
December 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“What does abundance offer the Herrenvolk Yeoman Smallholder?”
Honestly nothing specific which is probably its best quality!
Honestly nothing specific which is probably its best quality!
the basic problem with marx as filtered through the american consciousness is that americans are fatally poisoned by jeffersonianism so everything gets read through the lens of whether it makes it easier or harder to be a yeoman smallholder
March 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
the basic problem with marx as filtered through the american consciousness is that americans are fatally poisoned by jeffersonianism so everything gets read through the lens of whether it makes it easier or harder to be a yeoman smallholder
Claude? Bourgeois.
ChatGPT? Lumpen.
Gemini? Gentry.
Deepseek? Comprador.
Hugging Face? Trick question. Superstructure.
Copilot? Smallholder.
ChatGPT? Lumpen.
Gemini? Gentry.
Deepseek? Comprador.
Hugging Face? Trick question. Superstructure.
Copilot? Smallholder.
i try not to post about things i happen to see that are on x
but sama going "claude is bourgeois" is like, really fucking funny
but sama going "claude is bourgeois" is like, really fucking funny
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Claude? Bourgeois.
ChatGPT? Lumpen.
Gemini? Gentry.
Deepseek? Comprador.
Hugging Face? Trick question. Superstructure.
Copilot? Smallholder.
ChatGPT? Lumpen.
Gemini? Gentry.
Deepseek? Comprador.
Hugging Face? Trick question. Superstructure.
Copilot? Smallholder.
like they're talking about jailing employers who employe undocumented immigrants, that's basically every middle american smallholder lol
November 10, 2024 at 12:32 AM
like they're talking about jailing employers who employe undocumented immigrants, that's basically every middle american smallholder lol
"but Black Dynamite, I'm a smallholder capitalist!"
Kind of funny that a *left wing* position on YIMBYism is that building more housing is bad because smallholder capitalists should be ensured high returns on their assets by the government regardless of whether that makes basic necessities completely inaccesible
September 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"but Black Dynamite, I'm a smallholder capitalist!"
The real bullshit job? Being a yeoman smallholder.
May 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The real bullshit job? Being a yeoman smallholder.
The fact that we've been denied control over the levers of social organizations in favor of the smallholder bourgeoisie and the titans of industry is why things are so fucked up!
March 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The fact that we've been denied control over the levers of social organizations in favor of the smallholder bourgeoisie and the titans of industry is why things are so fucked up!
Kind of funny that a *left wing* position on YIMBYism is that building more housing is bad because smallholder capitalists should be ensured high returns on their assets by the government regardless of whether that makes basic necessities completely inaccesible
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kind of funny that a *left wing* position on YIMBYism is that building more housing is bad because smallholder capitalists should be ensured high returns on their assets by the government regardless of whether that makes basic necessities completely inaccesible
Quick midharvest video, scavenging what grapes can be recovered between hailstorms. 🌱 #smallholder #viticulture
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October 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Quick midharvest video, scavenging what grapes can be recovered between hailstorms. 🌱 #smallholder #viticulture
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Islamism doesn't have an exact analogue in Euro-American politics, but it's the ideology of the conservative professional class and smallholder bazaaris at its base. Certainly not a working-class ideology!
March 15, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Islamism doesn't have an exact analogue in Euro-American politics, but it's the ideology of the conservative professional class and smallholder bazaaris at its base. Certainly not a working-class ideology!
it's "crazy how quickly "left wing economic populism" converges to "smallholder interests"
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
it's "crazy how quickly "left wing economic populism" converges to "smallholder interests"
Guys I’m starting to think a political tendency that fetishizes smallholder capitalists may have some troubling, far right sympathies.
fascinating to see Matt Stoller go from “Josh Hawley had some good ideas” to “I am a Nazi now”
February 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Guys I’m starting to think a political tendency that fetishizes smallholder capitalists may have some troubling, far right sympathies.
Put my order in with the young smallholder in the market for courgettes with flowers next week.
July 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Put my order in with the young smallholder in the market for courgettes with flowers next week.
9/ "To see who will really pay the price however, look not to the developed world or big emerging markets like India, but to the weakest links in the chain - the poor, agrarian, smallholder economies of Africa."
Read Tooze on the Fertilizer shock:
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Read Tooze on the Fertilizer shock:
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
March 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
9/ "To see who will really pay the price however, look not to the developed world or big emerging markets like India, but to the weakest links in the chain - the poor, agrarian, smallholder economies of Africa."
Read Tooze on the Fertilizer shock:
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Read Tooze on the Fertilizer shock:
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Review: Agricultural Extension for Resilient Smallholder Farming Systems: Mapping Evidence across Climate, Market, and Livelihood Shocks
Authors: Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
Keywords: rural advisory services; climate-smart agriculture; smallholder resilience et al.
doi.org/10.59978/ar0...
Authors: Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
Keywords: rural advisory services; climate-smart agriculture; smallholder resilience et al.
doi.org/10.59978/ar0...
September 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Review: Agricultural Extension for Resilient Smallholder Farming Systems: Mapping Evidence across Climate, Market, and Livelihood Shocks
Authors: Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
Keywords: rural advisory services; climate-smart agriculture; smallholder resilience et al.
doi.org/10.59978/ar0...
Authors: Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
Keywords: rural advisory services; climate-smart agriculture; smallholder resilience et al.
doi.org/10.59978/ar0...
Like class consciousness is frankly not motivating a lot of this stuff and to the extent that it does it’s smallholder class consciousness which is uhhh not a workers politics.
May 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Like class consciousness is frankly not motivating a lot of this stuff and to the extent that it does it’s smallholder class consciousness which is uhhh not a workers politics.
Less greenhouse gas emissions AND less food waste. My news to me good news for June 16 #EarthOptimism apnews.com/article/sola...
Solar cold storage helps African farmers cut losses and reach global markets
Kenyan smallholder farmers are reducing post-harvest losses and accessing global export markets through a pay-per-use solar cold storage model pioneered by Nairobi-based company SoKo Fresh.
apnews.com
June 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Less greenhouse gas emissions AND less food waste. My news to me good news for June 16 #EarthOptimism apnews.com/article/sola...
Ironically the society notionally closer to his model may have been the Roman Republic, which had a broader smallholder infantry class. But while VDH loves Roman civic militarism, he pointedly avoids discussion Roman cultural openness and incorporation, despite obvious USA parallels. 17/
June 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Ironically the society notionally closer to his model may have been the Roman Republic, which had a broader smallholder infantry class. But while VDH loves Roman civic militarism, he pointedly avoids discussion Roman cultural openness and incorporation, despite obvious USA parallels. 17/
progressive talent hunters when the nihilistic rural smallholder anti-everything populist is anti-Jewish
a picture of a boar 's head with a bomb coming out of it
ALT: a picture of a boar 's head with a bomb coming out of it
media.tenor.com
March 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
progressive talent hunters when the nihilistic rural smallholder anti-everything populist is anti-Jewish
If you're living in a red state and want out, this project is how you get yourself and others out. If you want to build any sort of socialist project in the US, snipping the smallholder land interest is vital
April 18, 2026 at 8:01 AM
If you're living in a red state and want out, this project is how you get yourself and others out. If you want to build any sort of socialist project in the US, snipping the smallholder land interest is vital
“Blackstone is keeping me from owning a home with a white picket fence. I am temporarily embarrassed smallholder. Also a Marxist btw”
August 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Blackstone is keeping me from owning a home with a white picket fence. I am temporarily embarrassed smallholder. Also a Marxist btw”
See: AI 2027 which basically posits that all white collar jobs get replaced by smallholder tech capitalism and nothing happens. *Deeply* reactionary underlying vision
August 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
See: AI 2027 which basically posits that all white collar jobs get replaced by smallholder tech capitalism and nothing happens. *Deeply* reactionary underlying vision
The concept of a leftist who thinks that the path to victory is increasing the influence and advancing the interests of the smallholder class
I don’t always agree with of the broader political takes from some “abundance”-coded pundits but man the abundance critics are just pure nonsense merchants
like, what’s this guy’s deal? literally making up a guy to dunk on the idea that cities should build more housing and transit.
like, what’s this guy’s deal? literally making up a guy to dunk on the idea that cities should build more housing and transit.
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The concept of a leftist who thinks that the path to victory is increasing the influence and advancing the interests of the smallholder class