In this Direct Interview, John speaks with Doug Stokes, Professor of International Security and Strategy at the University of Exeter. As the liberal global order is further eroded by identity politics and woke ideology, Professor Stokes and John consider the impacts of these progressive movements and a way […]
With wealth inequality soaring and the power of the elites growing, is society returning to the feudal era? The demographer and geographer Joel Kotkin joins Steven Edginton in this week’s Off Script podcast to discuss his theory of “neo-feudalism”.
Progressotards never seem to learn that compulsory secularization is precisely how you fuel religious extremism. By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz A new law, put in place on Saturday in Canada, is causing concern that it may criminalize the dissemination of the Bible. The concern is that Bill C-4, the […]
It’s interesting how the critique of totalitarian humanism, or at least components of it, that I developed in the 2000s is now finding its way into mainstream discourse as well, and not just on the “far-right” or among ordinary conservatives, but also among centrists (James Lindsay), liberals ( […]
By Christopher F. Rufo City-Journal A Reuters data scientist questioned the Black Lives Matter narrative—so the company fired him. Zac Kriegman had the ideal résumé for the professional-managerial class: a bachelors in economics from Michigan and a J.D. from Harvard and years of experience with high-tech startups, a […]
Robby Soave details the latest academic freedom violation on a college campus.
Krystal and Saagar weigh in on the Patton Oswalt saga that saw the comedian post a lengthy apology for posting a picture with longtime friend Dave Chappelle after online backlash
By John Whitehead and Nissa Whitehead, Rutherford Institute “Tyranny does not flourish because perpetuators are helpless and ignorant of their actions. It flourishes because they actively identify with those who promote vicious acts as virtuous.”—An academic study into pathocracy Disgruntled mobs. Martial law. A populace under house arrest. […]
By Samantha Jones New Discourses I have a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies, but I’m not woke anymore. I write under a pseudonym because, if my colleagues were to find out about my criticisms of this field, I would be unable to find any employment in academia. That someone […]
Jerome Blanchet Gravel, Westphalian Times The essayist and journalist Jérôme Blanchet-Gravel recently published his book “Un Québécois à Mexico” (Harmattan). For the occasion, Quebec Nouvelles columnist Simon Leduc interviewed the author. What prompted you to write a book about your experience in Mexico, and more specifically in the […]
Krystal and Saagar look at the latest figures on the Omicron covid variant and how states have responded including a New York healthcare policy that discriminates based on race
And it is amazing how many supposedly “progressive,” “anti-authoritarian,” or “speak truth to power” types took the bait. At times, I’ve wondered if my theory of “totalitarian humanism” (of which therapeutism and scientism are components) was overstated. It turned out I understated it.
Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, joins The Realignment to discuss the differences between debates over political correctness in the […]
Rebel News Founder Ezra Levant alleges he was denied a mortgage from a bank due to his political views.
The Sinophobia of the right-wing seems to be representative of the fact that the uber-imperialists cannot stand the idea that any other state might be able to challenge Anglo-American hegemony on even the most peripheral level. Althought it is true that “woke” ideology is finding its way into […]
It’s interesting to listen to Christian Parenti, an actual Marxist and the son of US Marxist-Leninist icon Michael Parenti (the Noam Chomsky of the actual commies rather than the anarcho-liberals), discussing the relationship between Herbert Marcuse and PC culture, and the cult-like nature of the “woke” liberal-left subculture. […]
Columbia linguistics professor John McWhorter argues that a new religion disguised as antiracism is hurting Black communities and weakening the American social fabric.
Kim Iversen breaks down New Zealand’s newest public health policy.
Is football the next target of totalitarian humanism? By Joel Mathis The Week In April, Phillip Adams killed six people — including two children, ages 9 and 5 — then turned the gun on himself, dying at the age of 32. On Tuesday, we learned a likely reason […]
By Michael Lind, Tablet The iconoclastic gestures of the woke left bear an alarming resemblance to the excesses of the French Revolution. I spent the first third of my career among conservatives and the next two-thirds among progressives. At first, I thought both parties were equally cynical and […]
By Greg Lukianoff Reason The P.C. culture of the ’80s and ’90s didn’t decline and fall. It just went underground. Now it’s back. The 1994 movie PCU, about a rebellious fraternity resisting its politically correct university, was a milestone. Not because the movie was especially good—it wasn’t. It […]
This is exactly what I predicted would happen when the George Floyd riots/protests were going on last year. It seemed to me at the time that the totalitarian humanist sector of the ruling class was trying to weaponize the protestors, rioters, and general “Left” against Trump, with the […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish We need a racial politics for 2119, not 1619. Latinos will lead the way. Of all the acronyms, euphemisms and sophisms pioneered by critical theory, one of the most revealing is the term “black and brown people.” You hear it all the time […]
Where totalitarian humanism meets the therapeutic state. But good news for the cartels. If I were an international drug lord, I would already be laying the foundation for market entry into New Zealand’s tobacco black market, which I am sure the Pacific drug cartels are already doing. By […]
This interview with Yarvin, the de facto intellectual leader of the “neo-reactionaries,” is interesting but it also demonstrates the limitations of that milieu. What Yarvin offers here is a high-quality and reasonably accurate analysis of the socio-cultural and political role of the technocratic class, or what has been […]
Briahna Joy Gray speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek & author of a provocative new book titled Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy. A self-described “former woke,” Batya is now skeptical of left media culture that feels increasingly elite & distant from journalisms […]
Apologizing for a coincidence is stupid it could have been all sorts of things $9.11 or $6.66 they are just numbers people
CJ Hopkins, Consent Factory Pathologized Totalitarianism 101 So, GloboCap has crossed the Rubicon. The final phase of its transformation of society into a pathologized-totalitarian dystopia, where mandatory genetic-therapy injections and digital compliance papers are commonplace, is now officially underway. On November 19, 2021, the government of New Normal […]
Because they don’t know how to mind their own business and they’re often not as “kind” as they let on. By David Robson, BBC Have you ever come across someone who is incredibly kind and morally upright – and yet also deeply insufferable? They might try to do […]
By Richard Hanania Those opposed to the social revolution need to understand how we got here, and present an alternative vision. In American Affairs, I review Woke, Inc., by Vivek Ramaswamy. I find him an interesting and compelling figure, but I think that his critique of wokeness and […]
As we awaited the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, Batya Ungar-Sargon and I discussed the argument in her book Bad News that wokeness serves the economic interests of wealthy liberals. Listen Here.
Robby Soave breaks down why elites’ obsession with political correctness can actually end up hurting marginalized communities.
By Connor Grubaugh, Tablet When it entered office, the Biden-Harris administration promised to “lower the temperature” of America’s divisive conflicts over race, identity, and recognition. While Biden’s campaign appealed to moderates, however, his policies and appointments so far show him embracing a progressive “anti-racist” agenda fundamentally at odds […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the tweet that has NPR in hot water.
Saagar and guest host Kyle Kulinski give their thoughts on the claims made by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei about creeping authoritarianism in the United States
Tom Woods Show Paula Wright joins us to discuss feminism in its various forms, and what if anything it commits people to other than equal access to opportunities for women READ MORE
By Billy Binion, Reason Fanta Bility’s death has revived an under-the-radar debate about the doctrine of transferred intent. Two Pennsylvania teens are staring down first-degree murder charges after a bullet killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility outside of a high school football game in August this year. Neither Angelo “A.J.” […]
By Damon Linker, The Week How much freedom would you be willing to give up to live a life nearly free of risk? I found myself pondering that question as I perused a recent article in The Washington Post that reads in places like a press release from the […]
Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, details how a recent New York Times opinion piece exposes legacy media’s corporate bias.
In the new book ‘Woke Racism,’ author and professor John McWhorter argues that the idea of ‘wokeness’ and antiracism has become a new religion for liberals. McWhorter joins Morning Joe to discuss.
On today’s What America’s Thinking, Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss cancel culture and whether it is a winning electoral strategy.
Krystal responds to the woke racism casually being talked about on MSNBC as pundits react to the GOP winning in Virginia especially with non-college educated white voters
Krystal and Saagar bring elections expert Kyle Kondik back on the show to discuss the impact woke politics had on the VA election results and his new book on house elections
My tentative assessment of the Virginia election is that, at least in some geographical areas, the essence of the culture war is shifting from the Right vs Left to the Center vs Left. The culture of the US has moved considerably leftward over the past decade, and elite […]
By Joel Kotkin, Spiked American progressives are provoking a furious backlash. Over the past decade, the woke agenda has crested like a giant tsunami, covering virtually the entirety of academia, the media, the corporate world and even the military. The Gramscian concept of ‘the long march through the […]
Krystal and Saagar are joined by author and writer Batya Ungar-Sargon to discuss how elite driven, woke media can threaten democracy and perpetuate the class war
This article (from 2016) illustrates the limitations of conventional leftist class analysis. The left always seems to assume that the right-wing of the ruling class is the entirety of the ruling class. Yes, there are right-wing sectors in the ruling class that fund “anti-PC” movements. Yes, there are […]
By Paul Gottfried, Chronicles Imgard Furchner, a 96-year-old resident of a special care facility in Germany, is being investigated as a war criminal. She will appear in court in a wheelchair, which is now her customary way of moving about, the Swiss magazine DieWeltwoche reports. She did try […]
This is an interesting article that, I think, illustrates both the strengths and limitations of modern “conservative” critiques of the new ruling class. Angelo Codevilla’s theory was half-right. “Some scholars such as Charles Murray and political commentators such as Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson have come to use […]
By Matt Taibbi The press tries and fails to hype a crisis into existence over Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special. First, there were the numbers. Over the course of the last week, news commentators predicted a huge demonstration of Netflix employees in protest of comedian Dave Chappelle’s The […]
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