I think it's really important to hash this point out because people still have agency. And like all aspects of life, everything has trade offs, right? Absolutely. But avant-gardists, you know, get followed by more people. Once a path has been forged, they're easier for other people to follow. Things don't, things are not that fixed and social norms are not absolutely set in stone. I think the right is hopefully, the conservatives in particular are hopelessly confused on technology. There are some deep tensions there which need to be taken out and shaken considerably.
Mary Harrington is a writer who sometimes goes by the moniker of ‘Reactionary Feminist’. She is a Contributing Editor at Unherd and the author of ‘Feminism Against Progress’ available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684514878/
Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.
00:00 Intro
01:44 The Central Case of Mary’s New Book
12:53 What Does Feminism Mean Today?
17:30 The Unspoken Costs of the Sexual Revolution
26:00 Are Women Waking Up to These Issues?
31:56 The ‘Cyborg Revolution’
46:15 The Argument Against the Contraceptive Pill
53:32 How the Left React to Mary’s Case
1:08:05 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?