New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 151
Being a very effective propagandist doesn’t just rely on having a powerful message. It also depends on trust. Thus, the ideal propagandist is, in fact, a “trusted voice.” In the realm of “Woke,” which is to say with regard to critical theories, that trusted voice tends to take on a particular form. He is a critic, one who calls out the embedded corruption of the system all around him. The mode in which this happens in our world today comes from Antonio Gramcsi’s “organic intellectual.” Of course, Gramsci was a father of the Western Marxist tradition, and his organic intellectual is a man of the people who really understands why things aren’t right. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay breaks down this idea and presents it in terms that are relevant and timely, both on the Left and Right. Join him to learn all about it.
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James is incorrect to decry gnostic thought.
Not all gnostics are occult or cultish.
If they appear that way, it might be because their work was suppressed into secrecy.
Conspiracy theories more generally is a subject in a cesspool. And that’s on purpose. Some very good researchers have discovered some very real “conspiracies” and so have developed very real enemies.
In the case of current events, both the pro-Israel people complain about cultish behavior of their antagonists, and the anti-Israel people complain about the same things.
James is not widely read enough to fully discuss these issues. Very few are. Possibly not even myself. But be assured, there is more to be discussed that is not being That’s not to say that James is wrong about Woke. But he is wrong about gnostic thought and many things directly related to that.