The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 146
One of the great paradoxes of Communism is that in the end, the state is supposed to “wither away,” leaving a stateless, classless society in which there is high functioning and little or no want. This circumstance is presented as different to the other stages of history, which are said to proceed through revolutionary overthrow of the existing system. In particular, socialism is meant to be born out of capitalism through a violent proletarian revolution that seizes the means of production and establishes itself as an all-powerful “dictatorship of the proletariat.” But this absolute totalitarian state is also exactly what’s supposed to “wither away” to make room for Communism. How can that be? In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay takes you through the fifth chapter of Vladimir Lenin’s The State and Revolution, written in 1917, to show you Lenin’s vision for socialism and his vague but terrifying plan for this magical transition. Join him on this maiden voyage into Leninism on the New Discourses Podcast.
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Quote ( James Lindsay ” In particular, socialism is meant to be born out of capitalism through a violent proletarian revolution that seizes the means of production and establishes itself as an all-powerful “dictatorship of the proletariat.” But this absolute totalitarian state is also exactly what’s supposed to “wither away” Unquote.
You advocate for a totalitarian organisation James
Its easy enough to see from where we are as of today that New Atheism is a social engineering operation that supplied the anti christian lobby which allowed the islamification of europe. Furthermore whether you like it or not America is following a european model of globalism via the WEF.
Denounce New Atheism or be recognised as part of the machine that engineered the downfall of the western world James Lindsay. Don’t just sit there like a stupid fag going on and on and on about this mixture of magic and social politics when new atheism IS the source of the design of metaphysical politics.
You site tends to dislike links, so below is a statement that can be sourced in several places ( including wiki ) – and is a set of statements by arch designer of new atheism A.C. Grayling – himself a former fellow of the WEF & top shit stirrer of this earth.
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” Among his contributions to the discussion about religion in contemporary society he argues that there are three separable, though naturally connected debates:
(a) a metaphysical debate about what the universe contains; denying that it contains supernatural agencies of any kind makes him an atheist;
(b) a debate about the basis of ethics; taking the world to be a natural realm of natural law requires that humanity thinks for itself about the right and the good, based on our best understanding of human nature and the human condition; this makes him a humanist;
(c) a debate about the place of religious movements and organisations in the public domain; as a secularist Grayling argues that these should see themselves as civil society organisations on a par with trade unions and other NGOs, with every right to exist and to have their say, but no greater right than any other self-constituted, self-selected interest group. ”
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So theres the metaphysics you spend every waking hour complaining about & its out of YOUR CAMP. Are you going to denounce New Atheism or just continue to bottom feed off Richard Dawkins its paymaster ? The magical politics you claim to detest and manufactured for europe by new atheism. Even modern thought crime comes from that lab James as all they had to do was :
1 – Fake an anti religious movement.
2 . Alter public perception until christianity was considered an ideological crime
3 – Is new in since the UK government changed only recently ( July 2024 ) bringing with them blasphemy laws forbidding words against Islam.
So James – how to YOU explain the way new atheism engineered thought crime models against christianity thus allowing islam to be installed in its place behind a firewall of blasphemy law ? I take it that brain of yours is capable of understanding how a the first abrahamic religion didn’t need to be usurped at all & that actually any fool could see that if christianity was cancelled then another main religion would move in – RIGHT. Your mind can also understand how this second religion is being deployed as a totalitarian weapon can it ?
Well explain why you support New Atheism! After all every article article & video you produce is based on an anti religious rant in some manner James – hardly ever do they stand on their own two feet.
But then again the agnostic attitude that knew the removal of christian religion would lead to Totalitarianism // ( and/ or would be one of the first indicators of such a regime ) is entirely absent from the new atheist brain.
How can you write article after article complaining about totalitarian metaphysics when its made by your own anti religious club ?