Author / Benjamin de Jonge

Benjamin de Jonge ‘23 studies in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at bdejonge@wustl.edu.
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  • Republican Realpolitik

    As each day goes by, political power shifts further from the American left and the oppressed groups they represent. 2020 has been a string of defeats, with underwhelming responses to police brutality, millions losing their jobs and homes, and President Trump now seeking to cement a conservative stranglehold on the Supreme Court by appointing a…

  • Inside the Mind of a Young, Angry Leftist

    The status quo has shifted dramatically over the past four or five decades to one where inequality is rampant but ignored. Illegal wars are declared and immeasurable lives are lost, but are dismissed for the sake of ‘national security.’ The destruction of our planet remains on most governments’ peripheries despite fires encroaching on backyards. Undoubtedly,…