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The quality and depth of the writing in Jacobin's stories is what keeps me coming back. They go very in-depth in each story and aren't afraid to use a diction t
by abvdasker 8y ago
The quality and depth of the writing in Jacobin's stories is what keeps me coming back. They go very in-depth in each story and aren't afraid to use a diction that's probably a bit more academic than the average American is comfortable with. Each piece is exactly as long as it needs to be, and they don't dumb down the content or try to soften their ideological views the way most mainstream publications do.
I especially love that the subject matter is political but not reactionary, taking a longer view of social and economic issues rather than just producing articles focused solely on the outrage of the week. Only the writing in The New Yorker is better.
- shanghaiaway 8y agoIt's a leftist publication, of course it's not reactionary. It's Marxist, of course it uses obscure language.
- randallsquared 8y agoThey meant "reactive". (I also thought that "Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive." was one definition of reactionary, but not according to https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reactive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reactive and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reactionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reactionary ).
- uxp100 8y agoI thought so too, but at the very least it is confusing in this context.
- zozbot123 8y ago> I especially love that the subject matter is political but not reactionary And for those who do like reactionary subject matter, there is a nice alternative publication - which is of course named Jacobite https://jacobitemag.com/ https://jacobitemag.com/
- thanatropism 8y agoI don't know why you got downvoted. Jacobite is more like a collective blog in the style of Quilette, but it's medium-to-frequently-high quality.
- ahartmetz 8y agoYou don't deserve the downvotes. There is too little intellectual conservatism - it's good to read about it even if you don't agree. Progressive vs. stupid is not a productive discussion for society.
- icebraining 8y agoI don't think that's the kind of "reactionary" that abvdasker was talking about. A better word might be "reactive" (rather than proactive).