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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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 8: Carl Schmitt’s Politics and the Nazi State
Lindsay presents a short essay by Schmitt from simply titled "Politics" that leaves little doubt that his politics were Nazi politics.
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The Book of Woke: The Basis of Critical Constructivism
James Lindsay takes you through a series of bullet points outlined by Kincheloe so you can better understand what "Woke" is.
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The Communist Manifesto, Volume One
Host James Lindsay takes you through the main body of the Manifesto of the Communist Party: preface, chapter one, and chapter two.
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The Dialectic of the Strong Gods: A Review of R.R. Reno’s Return of the Strong Gods
Given this book is dialectical and critical, but for a right-wing "traditionalist" imaginary, I think it qualifies as Woke Right unambiguously.
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OnlySubs: Yes, Paul Gottfried, Woke Is Marxist
In this episode of James Lindsay OnlySubs, my subscribers-only podcast, I take you through a Leftist argument posing as "right-wing" thought.
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Woke Right
We’ll fight for our values with the clarity and unity that have always defined us. The Woke Right is a detour, not our destination.
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How Woke Uses Political Warfare as Intelligence Operations
Host James Lindsay explains this important woke manipulative tactic so you can learn to see it and get out from under its spell.
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Exposing the MAGA Civil War
The MAGA Civil War is upon us, as many people have noticed. But what is it? Where did it come from? What are the sides, and who is right?
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OnlySubs: The Surprising Genius of “Woke Right”
James Lindsay goes through the surprising benefits of the term "Woke Right" for the Woke Right splinter threatening MAGA and conservatives.
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Douglas Murray, Dave Smith, and the Troubling Rise of Wokespertise
Wokespertise is a selective favoring of outsider narratives perhaps sprinkled with a generous dash of conspiracy theorizing.
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The Woke Right’s Elitist Coup: Inside the MAGA Civil War
By necessity, we begin here: Most of MAGA is not Woke Right. Few conservatives even lean Woke Right.
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Woke Right: MAGA’s “New Atheists”?
James Lindsay shows the history of New Atheism, comparing it against Critical Religion Theory, Marxism, and, ironically, the Woke Right.
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The Book of Woke: Critical Hermeneutics
James Lindsay takes you through another segment of what he calls "The Book of Woke," by Joe L. Kincheloe, a critical education theorist.
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Man With Three Faces: Politics, Pathology, and the Modern Selves
Most of the time, everyone believes they’re talking about the facts, the “what’s happening” level of conversation, but sometimes they’re really talking about something deeper.
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Can Nationalism Solve Our Woke Problem?
Is nationalism the answer to our Woke woes? Yes and no, and mostly no, and to be that guy, it depends on what you mean by "nationalism."
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The Book of Woke: Introducing Critical Constructivism
Host James Lindsay introduces a series exploring this book and exposing Woke for what it really is: a cult religious worldview.
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Stalin’s Soviet DEI Program
Communists don’t throw away destructive things that achieve their ultimate purpose of consolidating their own power.
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Welcome to the Two-Front War Against Woke
In this free-ranging episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay discusses the current landscape in the civilizational fight against Woke in all its manifestations.
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