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What Is Socialism?

Popularity of socialism is rapidly on the rise, especially among American youth, but what is it? What is its relationship to Communism? What about Marxism? Why is it so popular even though it never works? Is Woke really related to socialism?

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Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Woke

James Lindsay turns to the three elements of classical rhetoric, to reveal what Woke is and how it works in a whole new profound way.

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Michel Foucault and Woke Mental Illness

Surely you have noticed how Woke acts like a mental illness. Second, it actually valorizes mental illness for real.

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A Short, Comprehensive Definition of “Woke”

In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay breaks it all down, making Woke easier than it ever has been before.

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Traditional Versus Critical Theory

James Lindsay breaks down the point of this essay and the nature of Horkheimer's comparison between these two ways of thinking.

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The Anatomy of a Critical Theory

This little segment of Horkheimer's thought allows us to dissect the Critical Theory and clearly understand its anatomy and consequences.

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OnlySubs: Why I Really Read All This Stuff

In this episode, I take a few minutes to talk with you about how my mission is empowerment and education, and why this perspective matters.

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Traditional and Critical Theory According to Max Horkheimer

James Lindsay brings you through some of the text of Max Horkheimers essay so you can understand Critical Theory from its birth.

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An Accessible Summary of Critical Theory

James Lindsay explains the nature of Critical Theory in a way that will leave you clearer than ever on this menace to our society.

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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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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 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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True and False or Us Versus Them?

In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explores this idea of "us versus them" out loud and explains its relevance to politics, society, and education.

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Why Communists Do the Red-Green Alliance

As normal people who value ideological and logical consistency, we tend to find movements like the Red-Green Alliance (Communists and Islamists) and "Queers for Palestine" confusing.

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Woke Interpretation and “Lived Experience”

James Lindsay revisits the topic of "lived experience" and explains how it manifests outside of Leftist enclaves and without the cutesy name.

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All Roads Lead to Woke

In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay dives into this construction and how it sets up other Woke "magic spells" (like affordance traps) to get you to do their bidding.

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The Book of Woke: The Production of the Woke Self

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The Book of Woke: The Production of the Woke Self

What gets called Woke, especially on the Left, is a complete worldview (or ersatz theology) that therefore provides all the usual philosophical elements.

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Saving American Liberty: All Sessions

Watch James Lindsay and Michael O’Fallon in Dallas, TX, recorded August 22–23, 2025, to learn more about this rising threat and how we can save American liberty.

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What Woke Really Means

Even though it's a term without a stable meaning as it evolved, "Woke" is increasingly coming to mean something quite specific and precise.

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What Is Socialism?

Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Woke

Michel Foucault and Woke Mental Illness

A Short, Comprehensive Definition of “Woke”

OnlySubs: Why I Really Read All This Stuff

Introducing Woke Nationalism

Explaining the Long March Through the Institutions

Critical America Theory, Left and Right

The Poison of Negative Idealism

Why Communists Do the Red-Green Alliance

The Book of Woke: The Production of the Woke Self

What Woke Really Means

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