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 Communist Manifesto, Volume 2: The Principles of Communism
Join James for this clear look into the foundations of organized Communism and the principles upon which it was organized.
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The Dark Heart of Woke: Manufactured Alienation
Woke is a distorted consciousness born out of a sense of alienation and is therefore a way of seeing the world and acting in it.
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What Is the Mass Line?
Mao Zedong developed one of the most devastating dialectical techniques for mass mobilization ever conceived: the mass line.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 4: Nazi Worldview, Nazi Organization
Running until its catastrophic failure in 1945, the National Socialists under Adolf Hitler ran a societal experiment: the Nazi Experiment.
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Woke as Warring Narratives
James Lindsay reads from "The Book of Woke" to help you understand this bizarre and dangerous foundational perspective of Wokeness.
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Foundations of a Free Society
Even societies which apply enormous amounts of force claim to be the true champions of freedom even though others see them as authoritarian.
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The Parasitical Faith of Communism
I released a controversial podcast titled “Communism Is Not Atheist,” and a lot of people didn't really hear what I said in it.
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The Two Goals of Marxist Activism
James Lindsay explains why a Marxist insurgency against any institution is happy to achieve either of two outcomes: control or destruction.
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OnlySubs: The Idiotic “Spectre” of the Woke Right
In this episode of James Lindsay OnlySubs, my subscribers-only podcast, I take you through another exciting episode of reading the Woke Right in their own words with lots of commentary.
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Woke Right: Same Energy, Opposite Direction
One of the best ways to think of “Woke Right” without getting into the philosophical and technical weeds is “same energy, opposite direction.”
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How “Woke Right” Beats the Dialectic
Host James Lindsay explains why the Woke Left cannot use the framing "Woke Right" the way it uses other labels, like "Alt Right" or "Neo-Fascist Right," in effect short circuiting the dialectic they depend on to drive their activism.
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The Architecture of Marxist Beliefs
Woke Right has the same “architecture of belief” as Marxism, and this is to help people better understand why the Woke Right is “Woke.”
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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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How Liberalism Has Not Failed: Patrick Deneen Has Failed Conservatism
Liberalism now stands on trial, accused of engineering its own destruction—a charge that echoes ever louder amid the thunder of political turmoil.
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Exclusion as the Basis of Wealth
Host James Lindsay explains how this property, the fundamental right to exclude, is the basis for all wealth.
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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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Communism Is Not Atheist
Communism wants belief in God out of the picture while still believing in an idealized Communistic Man as a deity.
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