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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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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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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Who Are We, and What Does That Mean About Politics?
When we face the question of what makes us who we are, different people have different answers. Some see ourselves as receptacles of tradition. Others see us as a self to be discovered in the world. Still others see us as blank slates who can become whatever we can dream.
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Ideological Psychopathology
It goes without saying at this point that "Woke" activists appear to exhibit a suite of psychopathological traits and behaviors, but why?
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 11: Dictatorship by Reichstag Fire
An undeniable part of the Nazi Experiment is that it operated a fascist-style dictatorship for its infamous "racialist worldview."
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What Is an American? | James Lindsay
Due to unwanted pressure from the "Woke Right," we're now facing a deliberate attempt to redefine American identity.
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Why Fascist Economies Can’t Work
James Lindsay dives into Fascist economic models on a variety of levels, using economic theory and historical examples to make his point.
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Big Government Can’t Produce Abundance
Expanding the influence of government over the economy will not produce an economy more capable of solving problems real people have.
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The Essence of Critical Theory
Critical theory is a tool for delegitimizing a real thing for not being some kind of sociopolitical ideal thing that cannot even exist.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 9: The Centrality of the Jewish Question
Host James Lindsay takes you through Hitler's infamous 1939 speech to the Reichstag as well as a lesser-known letter Hitler wrote in 1919.
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Left and Right with Society in the Balance | James Lindsay
What are "Left" and "Right," politically? Where does political extremism come from, on both sides, in our present era of polarization?
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The Difference Between Left and Right
The thing is, while radicalism and political violence are not (at present) "both sides" problems, temptation is a both-sides problem.
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Sociognosticism and the Black Magic of Aleksandr Dugin
In this episode, James Lindsay explains Aleksandr Dugin's concept of sociognosticism in order to makes sense of it.
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Real Communism Can Never Be Tried
"Real Communism has never been tried!" "Real Communism" can never be tried, so this old canard isn't saying anything interesting at all.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 7: The Nazi Rejection of Paperwork Germans
James Lindsay examines Hitler’s Mein Kampf in his Nazi Experiment series, exposing how totalitarian ideas resurface today in woke and populist movements.
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The Seven Criteria of Cancel Culture
James Lindsay lays out seven criteria for cancel culture that can help you identify when it's occurring so that we can better resist them.
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The Russian National Socialism of Aleksandr Dugin
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay reads through this short essay to introduce you to "Duginism."
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