Let’s face it — nobody saw 2024 coming.* Especially the Left. Didn’t see 2020 coming either. Everyone just keeps getting caught with their pants down. Why? Because we guess; we pontificate; we have hypotheses about shit. What we haven’t done? Put some skin in the game.

Well, that stops now. Thanks to the magic of the internet and lax regulations, these days you can place a bet on pretty much anything via Polymarket. And we here at Jacobin have decided to go hard on predictions — by putting our money where our mouths are. The philosophers have only interpreted the world. The point, however, is to place an enormous bet on what will happen next and watch as the odds tilt in your favor.

We’ve had some big wins — “Will Trump say ‘tampon’ on the campaign trail?” (yes, at 7 percent odds). And some losses — “Will Kamala say ‘brat’ before August?” (yes, at 40 percent odds). But the important thing is, unlike other socialist publications, we’re taking action. We’re calling shots in the real world, not just contributing to “the discourse.” We’re literally betting on the brighter tomorrow we all want.