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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How the Friend-Enemy Distinction Poisons Politics
Carl Schmitt captured the essence of totalitarian politics in his book The Concept of the Political (1932). It is the distinction between friend and enemy. The poison of this kind of thinking is in the ugly fact that the declared enemy must be treated as the declared enemy once a political faction has declared one, and anyone who doesn't go along with that declaration declares himself one of the enemy.
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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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OnlySubs: The Critical Theory of the Woke Right
James Lindsay takes you through much of another "Woke Right" essay about Carl Schmitt by C. Jay Engel and published on American Reformer.
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The Woke Cult of Transgression
The principle of the cult of transgression is defined by Herbert Marcuse in “Repressive Tolerance”, where he calls it “liberating tolerance."
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