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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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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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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The Alchemy of the Dialectic
The dialectic is ultimately the engine of all Marxist and Hegelian thought and underlies the conflict between Fascism and Marxism.
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What George Washington’s Death Can Teach Us About Woke
George Washington died at his home on at the age of 67 froma a particularly bad and sudden upper respiratory infection.
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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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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 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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