Radical Ideology as Therapy for the Humiliated Psyche
Among radical ideologies, it increasingly seems apparent, is a psychological structure that can only be described as psychopathological.
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Totalitarianism and Fantasies of the Sinless Man
Join James Lindsay for a uniquely deep look into the totalitarian mindset and the strange fantasies of Communism and Nazism.
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Where Communism Really Started
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay takes you through these documents and makes it abundantly clear that the Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote in 1848 had these ideas at their core.
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What Seizing the Means of Production Really Means
At the heart of the Communist project is "seizing the means of production." But what does this really mean?
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 15: Hitler’s Land Equity Argument for Lebensraum
In this episode of the series, host James Lindsay revisits part of the fourth chapter of Hitler's infamous Mein Kampf to reveal his thoroughly laid out arguments for why Germany must conquer Europe, particularly going eastward toward Russia.
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OnlySubs: James, Why Were You a Libtard?
Everyone who knows much about me knows I used to vote for Democrats, even in my thirties. How could I?! How could I be such a libtard?
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The Myth of the Blood, Vol. 2: Aryan Dynamism and the Living Revelation
In this episode of the podcast, host James Lindsay takes you through the last sections of the first chapter of Rosenberg's Myth (titled "Race and Race-Soul") to illustrate the complete Nazi rejection of monotheism.
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How Society Works
Host James Lindsay endeavors to explain what actually makes societies work and why totalitarian systems do a poor job of running them.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 14: Germany Is Not an Economic Zone
In this fourteenth volume of the Nazi Experiment series of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay takes us into the bottom third of the fourth chapter of Volume 1 of Hitler's Mein Kampf to show the parallels to what we face in our own day.
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Heroism and Honor in the Fascist Mind
Central to the psychological and social construction of both Fascists and Nazis are the concepts of heroism and honor.
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Fascism Is Progressive
Fascism is a progressive ideology. It would be most appropriate to say that it is progressive by reactionary means, in fact.
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The “Trusted Voice” as Gramsci’s Organic Intellectual
In the realm of "Woke," which is to say with regard to critical theories, the "Trusted Voice" tends to take on a particular form.
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Introducing Woke Nationalism
When we talk about Woke Left and Woke Right, while the essential core of being "Woke" is mostly the same, there are some key differences.
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Explaining the Long March Through the Institutions
The Long March Through the Institutions is a Marxist strategy for infiltrating the West through its institutions.
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OnlySubs: James Reads the Bible: Genesis 10-11
For many of the years I knew him, Charlie Kirk insisted with me that Genesis 1-11 provides the foundation for mankind and civilization.
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Critical America Theory, Left and Right
You can have a Critical Race Theory about race, a Critical Gender Theory about sex, even a Critical America Theory about America.
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The Israel Question as the Modern Jewish Question
The Jewish Question, which is "what do we do with the Jews?" rests on the presumption that they aren't wanted here, or maybe anywhere.
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Forced “Friendship” Under the Friend-Enemy Distinction
The friend-enemy distinction is the underlying organizational principle of the Marxist Left, radical Islam, and the Fascist Reactionary Left.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 12: Positive Christianity as the “Christian Nationalism” of the Third Reich
A "Christian Nationalist" movement is reaching into many legitimate anxieties of American Christians and turning them to its project.
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The Poison of Negative Idealism
Negative idealism explains why "critical" movements like Communism, Fascism, and Woke of all types trend toward violence.
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