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 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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Life in Herbert Marcuse’s World
Probably the most influential Marxist thinker of the 20th century was the Critical Marxist Herbert Marcuse.
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Free OnlySubs: Why Every Day Is January 6 Now
In this episode of my subscribers-only podcast, James Lindsay OnlySubs, which I'm taking out from behind the paywall and making available to everyone, I walk you through the crucial paragraphs of Marcuse's essay in light of this ridiculous and ridiculously dangerous pronouncement.
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Sustainability: The Tyranny of the 21st Century
Sustainability is going to be the buzzword of the century. Everywhere we turn, we hear about sustainable practices in business and industry, sustainable foods and agriculture, sustainable energy, and so on.
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Critical Theorists as Grand Inquisitors: The Logic of “Repressive Tolerance”
In this fourth and final part of his four-part lecture series about "Repressive Tolerance," James Lindsay takes the reader from the darkest point of the essay, which was the exciting climax of Part 3, through the end of Marcuse's argument.
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Repressive Tolerance: Left Good, Right Bad, What Could Go Wrong?
In this third part of James Lindsay's lecture series on Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," we see how the essay takes a particularly dark turn.
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One Pill, Two Pill, Red Pill, Blue Pill: Herbert Marcuse and the Administered Society
In this second part of his annotated reading of Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," James Lindsay reads and explains the portion of the essay where Marcuse defines the "administered society" that he claims we live in.
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How Not to Resolve the Paradox of Tolerance
The logic of the left today is overwhelmingly rooted in a single essay published in 1965 by the neo-Marxist philosopher Herbert Marcuse.
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