Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Video: Intellectual Roots of Wokism


Video: “The Intellectual Roots Of ‘Wokeness’”—Ryan Chapman (17 min)

2 comments:

  1. One problem he doesn’t seem to understand is that liberalism and marxism share a foundational belief in the blank slate, the idea people are created by their society or by their own choices. This rejection of human nature, biology and the genetic roots of most of our behaviours is why both liberals and marxist take transgenderism seriously. Liberalism is not the opposite of marxism, it seems that marxists are angry, frustrated, disillusioned liberals who decided that coercion is better at achieving their goals than freedom.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I hadn't thought of that issue, either, until you brought it up. Thanks for for the reminder.

      Delete

Peter Grant: "Is the left-wing politicization of our military a threat to our country?"

The short answer is "yes." He cites an article from Cynical Publius indicating that "the resistance" to President Trump...