JoeWrote March Roundup

Top posts, movie recommendations, and assorted nonsense from The People's Republic of JoeWrote

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March’s Top Posts

With over 2k reads, March’s most popular post was this one, comparing our refusal of socialism to the Luddite movement.

By Refusing Socialism, We've Become a Society of Luddites

The top premium post was this review of Jack London’s The Iron Heel, and what we can learn from London’s eerily-accurate predictions.

[BONUS] Spoiler-Free Review of Jack London's "The Iron Heel"

Movie Recommendation

I highly recommend you check out Emily the Criminal on Netflix. It’s about a young woman, who, faced with the inescapable poverty of American Capitalism, ventures into the world of white-collar crime to pay her student loan debt. It’s thrilling and the acting is phenomenal, plus the themes of exploitation and labor rights are constant throughout.

This month I read Contact by Carl Sagan as part of an online book club. The story is great and Sagan is a fantastic writer not afraid to share his unconventional thoughts on religion, world politics, and economic planning. You can read my full review here.

Music Recommendation

The weather is getting warmer, meaning country music is about to get its short reprieve from the constant deprivation. Check out this feel-good track from Adam Doleac.

Worth a Read

The NYT confirmed the long-time conspiracy theory that Ronald Reagan worked to keep the Iranian hostages imprisoned to bolster his election campaign. This flew under the radar, so it’s definitely worth your attention.

From the Archives

New readers will appreciate this piece examining the over-funding of American cops. With in-detail looks at how the police budgets of four major cities stack up against international budgets, the data provides a clear picture that the cops are severely overpaid.

The Cops are Overfunded. Here are the Charts to Prove it.

Metrics

JoeWrote gained 70 subscribers this month, one of the best months in recent memory. Welcome to all our new members, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped us grow by sharing on social media.

Memes and other Assorted Nonsense

Clint Eastwood doing the world’s biggest “no-no.”

Department of HomeGoods Security @joemayall

Isn’t this the number 1 thing not to do with a gun?

Cringe.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley @teslaownersSV

.@elonmusk knows how to get down

A fan favorite.

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