The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 152
On December 3, 2024, James Lindsay revealed to the world that he had perpetrated a hoax against the nominally “Christian Nationalist” magazine American Reformer in which he had rewritten a significant portion of the Communist Manifesto to flatter their “Woke Right” ideology. In the ensuing days, the hoax has caused quite a stir on the conservative side of the internet, generating a completely unexpected response in which, in addition to deflecting from the hoax and bashing James, many ostensible conservatives launched into robust defenses of Marxist analysis, critical theory, and postmodernism. How good was the hoax, though, and what did it actually say? In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay reads through a rough side-by-side comparison text he prepared showing how close the hoax actually was so you can hear and decide for yourself. Join him and see if you agree that the hoax was good.
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Are you okay? The conservative internet isn’t even talking about this. I wouldn’t know it happened if not for your posts. I genuinely don’t understand it.
This is why I love James.
He’s not afraid to poke and prod the rot that is neo Marxism and how it infects both sides of the political spectrum.
The fact that now even the right (or woke right though they doth protest) is coming at him the same way that the woke left did; the striking of that nerve, is very telling.