🔴 James Lindsay: How the Woke Right Is Leading Conservatism Toward Collapse
In this episode, Lindsay lays out how “wokeness” has re-emerged on the right in a new form — one defined by victimhood, forbidden knowledge, conspiratorial thinking, and identity-based power claims. Using concrete examples, he explains why this mindset undermines truth-seeking, corrodes political judgment, and ultimately leads to electoral defeat.
Tucker, Candace, Fuentes, Mental Illiness, anti-Semitism... All of it.
AI Chapters:
00:00 Introduction – James Lindsay and the Grievance Studies Affair
01:48 How Absurd Academic Hoaxes Got Published
06:12 The Dog Park Rape Paper Explained
09:56 Why Exposure Didn’t Lead to Reform
12:58 What Lindsay Means by “The Woke Right”
15:41 The Epistemology of Forbidden Knowledge
16:52 “Just Asking Questions” as a Worldview
18:06 Identity, Victimhood, and Resentment Politics
22:47 Conspiracy, Demons, and Fringe Beliefs Going Mainstream
27:10 Cult Capture, Narcissism, and Incentives
32:55 Nick Fuentes and the Acceleration Trap
37:58 Antisemitism, Immigration, and Scapegoating
44:38 The Political “Third Rail” Problem
49:22 Rogan, Podcasts, and Influence
01:01:35 Why This Leads to Electoral Defeat
01:10:48 The “Abscess” Metaphor – Internal Collapse
01:18:12 Final Warning and What Comes Next
