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1 month ago |
newdiscourses.substack.com | James Lindsay |New Discourses
Imagine a sociopolitical movement that divides the population roughly into two essential classes: the oppressive “great power” class and the marginalized minority classes, who are said to be oppressed by the powerful. Now imagine that movement tells the population—and especially those minority classes—the following story. You are oppressed by the great power and its chauvinistic beneficiaries. Our movement sees this and thinks it’s a great injustice.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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America, we're losing our sons. A decade ago, the Woke Left arose rapidly in feminist circles and stole many of our daughters, and now the reaction is here, a "Woke Right" that is drawing our sons to Fascism, hatred, and Nazism. It can no longer be denied, and it must be confronted. What draws our young men, and also our young women, to this Woke Right …
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -16:44Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Our present circumstance is a political warfare battlefield, like it or not. That means we are inundated with propaganda from all sides.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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How Critical Theory Came to the United States | James Lindsay
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Difference Between Mao and Stalin | James Lindsay
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Jan 17, 2025 |
newdiscourses.substack.com | New Discourses
It is upon us: the fight against Woke is now a two-front war. On our Left, we have Woke Marxism that hasn't gone away. Arising rapidly from our Right, we now also have a Woke Fascism that threatens to ruin everything we've accomplished. Those of us who love America now have to fight the battle against Woke on two fronts: Woke Left and Woke Right. In thi…
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -13:40Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. There are many ways we could conceive of Leftism, and one of the best is that it is a covetous relationship with power. It's easy to understand how toxic and bad that is, if not evil. Yet here we are at a crossroads in world history, and we're being led toward precisely that pit. There's a popular line out there now that goes something like this: "the Left wants power, and conservatives don't.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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This clip from the "EVILution of Communism" workshop captures a compelling moment as a former social justice advocate recounts her journey of unawokening and asks for guidance on moving forward after leaving the woke ideology. James Lindsay offers insights into the challenging yet liberating process of breaking free from ideological conformity.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -14:03Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. America is at a crossroads, and how it chooses may affect the fate of the entire world. Though there are different ways to conceive of the choice that lies before us, one is that we will have to choose between catharsis and civilization. It's unlikely we can have both, so this choice is incredibly important and deadly serious.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -14:51Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Queer Theory, which is to say Queer Marxism, is a religious cult, as discussed at length in The Queering of the American Child. So what's the role of the drag queen in this cult?