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What Is Socialism?
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 226 Popularity of socialism is rapidly on the rise, especially among American youth, but what is i…
12 hours ago
Why the Labor Theory of Value Is Wrong
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 188 Karl Marx turned an economic idea called the labor theory of value into a theory of resentment and exploitation. The …
2 days, 10 hours ago
A Defense of the Practicality and Morality of Interest
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 187 On both Left and Right, our young people are turning against the concept of interest, like money making money for bei…
4 days, 11 hours ago
On Power and Authority
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 186 There's a fundamental difference between mere power and legitimate authority, and that difference needs to be dragged…
1 week ago
Recognizing and Breaking Woke Faith
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 185 Woke beliefs, including in the potential success of socialism, antiracism, etc., are held on faith. That faith is jus…
1 week, 2 days ago
Totalitarianism and Its Purge Culture
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 184 Why does every totalitarian system enact so many and such brutal purges, even genocides, of its enemies? The reason i…
1 week, 4 days ago
Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Woke
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 225 We all know by now that Woke presents an inverted world and then traps people into it. The Wok…
2 weeks ago
How Woke Creates a Low-Trust Society
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 183 The price of a Woke society is having a low-trust society. There's a reason for this, and it's not just that Woke is …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Gender Ideology, Transgenderism, and "Doing Gender"
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 224 To view the issue optimistically, the medical front of the battle against gender ideology and …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Wages for Housework, Wages for Housewives
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 223 Should housewives be paid by the state to be housewives? In some sense, it's an issue that's i…
3 weeks, 3 days ago