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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What Freedom of Speech Is and Isn’t
Host James Lindsay addresses the issue of freedom of speech in principle in this new episode of New Discourses Bullets.
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Is Woke Real, or Is It a Psyop?
One of the more difficult experiences we all face is how hard it is to tell whether something on the internet is "real" or a "psyop."
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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 American Idea
America is based on the idea that free men and women can govern themselves by taking personal responsibility.
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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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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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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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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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Introducing the Nazi Experiment
In knowing that the Nazi Experiment was abjectly evil, we lost sight of why and how it was evil.
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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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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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A Message to MAGA Youth
James Lindsay sends an important message to young conservatives, warning them of how they might be being used, only to be discarded later.
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What is Agitprop?
Host James Lindsay discusses the concept of agitprop to show you how to spot influence campaigns you might encounter online or in the news.
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Elite Theory, Descriptive and Prescriptive
James Lindsay dives into the various faces of elite theory and elitism and gives a trenchant warning against a rising tide of elitist thought.
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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 State of Exception and the Unbound Executive
Join James Lindsay understand how the "post-liberal" factions on Left and Right both increasingly think about executive power.
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Everyone, no matter how small they feel against the global threat we all face, can make a huge difference.
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The Propaganda of Telling the Truth, Falsely
Propaganda takes many forms, and one of the most common is what can be called "telling the truth, falsely," or "being right, wrongly."
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