Dialectics, Vol. 1: Quantity Becomes Quality
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay walks through this dialectical form and connects it to the Woke you deal with today.
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Why the Labor Theory of Value Is Wrong
Karl Marx turned an economic idea called the labor theory of value into a theory of resentment and exploitation. The thing is, it's not just that Marx was wrong for adopting the labor theory of value; it's that the labor theory of value itself is also fundamentally wrong.
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A Defense of the Practicality and Morality of Interest
On both Left and Right, our young people are turning against the concept of interest, like money making money for being loaned out. This is an emergency, frankly.
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On Power and Authority
There's a fundamental difference between power and authority, which needs to be dragged into our political discussions against Woke.
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Recognizing and Breaking Woke Faith
James Lindsay offers some suggestions for how to engage in light of this proper understanding of Woke thinking.
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Totalitarianism and Its Purge Culture
Why does every totalitarian system enact brutal purges, even genocides of its enemies? The reason is the logic of the systems themselves.
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How Woke Creates a Low-Trust Society
James Lindsay points out examples of how Woke ideology advances itself by trading against societal trust, which then undermines that trust.
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Epicycles and Conspiracy Theories
James Lindsay explains epicycles and how we can learn to spot them to figure out which kinds of conspiracy theories are likely to be false.
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Michel Foucault and Woke Mental Illness
Surely you have noticed how Woke acts like a mental illness. Second, it actually valorizes mental illness for real.
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How the Communist Manifesto Explains the Red-Green Alliance
James Lindsay explains the relevance of intersectionality, the Red-Green Alliance, and Palestinianism (or the "Palestinian Cause").
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A Short, Comprehensive Definition of “Woke”
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay breaks it all down, making Woke easier than it ever has been before.
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Traditional Versus Critical Theory
James Lindsay breaks down the point of this essay and the nature of Horkheimer's comparison between these two ways of thinking.
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The Anatomy of a Critical Theory
This little segment of Horkheimer's thought allows us to dissect the Critical Theory and clearly understand its anatomy and consequences.
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A Short Defense of the Moral Institution of Profit
James Lindsay invites you to understand the goodness of profit and to start teaching it to others, especially our young people.
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Resisting Welfare Mentality
James Lindsay presents a compelling X post on "welfare mentality," exposing the reality of free enterprise versus socialism.
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Reading the DSA Platform
James Lindsay reads quickly through the entire DSA party platform so that people can hear for themselves just how crazy it is.
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An Accessible Summary of Critical Theory
James Lindsay explains the nature of Critical Theory in a way that will leave you clearer than ever on this menace to our society.
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The Nature of Islam’s Attack on Israel
Why are the various Islamic states around Israel so frequently hostile to it? Why is Islam itself coded with antisemitism?
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The Inseparable Relationship Between Islam and Islamism
A heated and important discussion rages about the two parallel terms "Islam" and "Islamism." Are they the same? Is there some difference?
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The Unwelcome Arrival of Woke 2.0
A "Woke 2.0," is arising. Its focuses will be a return to old-school Marxist standbys like class theory, materialism, and "anti-imperialism."
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