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New Discourses Bullets 114 - Elite Theory, Descriptive and Prescriptive
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 114 Are we ruled by elites? Must we be? Should we be? These are the key questions addressed by a school of thought that's sometimes called "elite theory," or, when answeri…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Can Nationalism Solve Our Woke Problem
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 113 Is nationalism the answer to our Woke woes? Well, yes and no, and mostly no, and to be that guy, it depends on what you mean by "nationalism." In fact, there are lots …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Book of Woke: Introducing Critical Constructivism
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 162 Woke isn't just a slang term describing Identity Marxist beliefs about the world. Woke is a worldview, a religion. The right name for the ideolo…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The State of Exception and the Unbound Executive
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 112 There's a political theory known as unbound executive theory. It originates with a German thinker, later turned Nazi, named Carl Schmitt. Schmitt, whose political theo…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Woke Nationalism and the Nazi Experiment
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 161 In many respects, things were not going well in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s in the wake of the First World War. The population was humiliated…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Deadly Fraud of Restorative Justice in Schools
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 160 If you had to narrow it down to a single reason our school classrooms and hallways have become so much more dangerous, rough, irreverent, and vi…
Published on 6 months ago
Agitation and Propaganda: The Battlespace of the 21st Century
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 159 By virtue of the technological world we inhabit, we live in a propaganda-saturated environment. In fact, whether we like it or not, we all live …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
The Road Away from Radicalization
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 158 Enough is enough. While there is much need for purposed action around the world to set our countries to right, we are rapidly realizing we've ha…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
We Are the Fake News Now
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 157 "We are the media now!" So we hear. Much of that media is social media, and social media is a psychological and political warfare battlespace. M…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 111 In the fight against the Woke, there is so much to be done. Luckily, there are also many hands eager to help in the work. Personally, as I travel the country and speak…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago