Video: Inside the Radical Left—James Lindsay Breaks Down Critical Social Justice

American Thought Leaders: James Lindsay

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Why are mathematicians saying 2+2 doesn’t necessarily equal 4? Why are protestors toppling statues of not only slave owners but also abolitionists? Why were executives at a leading nuclear research lab in America sent to mandatory training that described “focus on hard work” and “striving toward success” as problematic aspects of white male culture? In this episode, James Lindsay joins us for a deep dive into what’s going on in our culture today. With Helen Pluckrose, he co-wrote “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody.”


Key Points

00:00 How critical social justice demands compliance 1:42 The "Sokal Squared" Hoax 7:13 How Black Lives Matter is related to this ideology 13:43 How the meaning of words has changed 20:52 Hostility towards liberalism and Western culture 25:44 Why topple statues, including statues of abolitionists? 28:27 Ideology fueling Antifa 36:50 Why doesn't the book cover cultural Marxism? 43:06 Why these ideologies are so cynical 51:36 The paradigm of power 54:50 Why the West isn't allowed to criticize other systems or cultures 1:00:23 Why are people saying 2+2 doesn't equal 4?

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