How Society Works
Host James Lindsay endeavors to explain what actually makes societies work and why totalitarian systems do a poor job of running them.
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New Discourses Bullets
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Heroism and Honor in the Fascist Mind
Central to the psychological and social construction of both Fascists and Nazis are the concepts of heroism and honor.
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Fascism and the Naturalistic Fallacy
Underneath the hood of Fascism is a heavy insistence that its program aligns with various aspects of Nature.
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The Creepy Real Meaning of Fascism as Corporatism
Father of Italian Fascism, Benito Mussolini, is famous for having remarked that Fascism can be summarized simply enough as "corporatism."
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Fascism Is Progressive
Fascism is a progressive ideology. It would be most appropriate to say that it is progressive by reactionary means, in fact.
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Explaining the Long March Through the Institutions
The Long March Through the Institutions is a Marxist strategy for infiltrating the West through its institutions.
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Critical America Theory, Left and Right
You can have a Critical Race Theory about race, a Critical Gender Theory about sex, even a Critical America Theory about America.
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Forced “Friendship” Under the Friend-Enemy Distinction
The friend-enemy distinction is the underlying organizational principle of the Marxist Left, radical Islam, and the Fascist Reactionary Left.
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The Poison of Negative Idealism
Negative idealism explains why "critical" movements like Communism, Fascism, and Woke of all types trend toward violence.
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True and False or Us Versus Them?
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explores this idea of "us versus them" out loud and explains its relevance to politics, society, and education.
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Why Communists Do the Red-Green Alliance
As normal people who value ideological and logical consistency, we tend to find movements like the Red-Green Alliance (Communists and Islamists) and "Queers for Palestine" confusing.
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Woke Interpretation and “Lived Experience”
James Lindsay revisits the topic of "lived experience" and explains how it manifests outside of Leftist enclaves and without the cutesy name.
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All Roads Lead to Woke
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay dives into this construction and how it sets up other Woke "magic spells" (like affordance traps) to get you to do their bidding.
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Ideological Psychopathology
It goes without saying at this point that "Woke" activists appear to exhibit a suite of psychopathological traits and behaviors, but why?
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What Werewolves Can Teach Us About Political Warfare
A small number of bad actors who have an informational advantage over a much larger population have a gigantic strategic advantage.
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What is the Woke Right?
Right-wing elements have arisen and begun bear Woke behavior while claiming Right-wing status and conservative values.
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The DARVO of “You’re Divisive!”
DARVO is an acronym that refers to a particular abusive behavior that applies when the abuser is caught or called out.
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21st Century Communism
Communism hasn't died, despite what many would have you believe. It has evolved and adapted for the 21st century.
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Don’t Trust Woke Language
Host James Lindsay gives a very simple instruction: start being a lot more suspicious of Woke words and agendas.
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Reflexivity: Leftism in the 21st Century
There's a new dialectical game in town that allows Marxists worldwide, and in the Chinese Communist Party, to transcend classical Marxism.
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