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s05e48 | The Liberal Parasite – with James Lindsay and Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad)

Feb 3, 2023

02:30:54

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Carl Benjamin

James Lindsay

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The Political Economy of the Gnostic Project

01:20

British Sausages and Cumberland Sausage

00:47

Defining American Identity and Culture

01:20

The Human Condition Never Changed

01:58

Introduction

2min

The Five False Assumptions in Liberalism

2min

Is There a Rational Kernel in This Mystical Shell?

2min

The Parasitic Parasite of Liberalism

2min

The Parasite Is Already Latching on Its Fangs

4min

Anti Science Aggression - I'm a Leading Anti Science Activist

6min

Is Islam a Form of Political Ideology?

5min

The Problem of Ideology

6min

The Body Is the Prison for the Soul

5min

10.

I'll Let Carl Talk and Let You Guys Talk in Second

5min

11.

The Essence Under the Liberal Project Is That None of Us Is God

3min

12.

The Enlightenment Is Not a Bug but It Leaves a Massive Hole

2min

13.

I Swear to God and I Will Remake My Body in My Own Image

4min

14.

The Protagonists in a Story

5min

15.

What's the Point of Enlightenment Thinking?

2min

16.

How to Set Up a Shot in Manual Mode

2min

17.

The Intuitive Mode of Thought Is Where We Spend Most of Our Time

5min

18.

How Long Would It Take You to Square 37 in Your Head?

3min

19.

The Human Condition Never Changed

2min

20.

The Problem With Abstract Categoricals

3min

21.

I'm Afraid of the Sensational Side of Our Existence

5min

22.

The Parasitism of the Enlightenment

4min

23.

The Enlightenment Is a Blatant Gnostic Manifesto

5min

24.

The Enlightenment Delay Blame

2min

25.

Is It Possible to Separate the Thread of Gnosticism From Liberalism?

2min

26.

We're Not Going to Be Gods

6min

27.

Changing the Locus of Where We Begin

5min

28.

Is It Important to Take the Ideas Out of Space and Put Them in the World

1min

29.

The Gnostic Tradition Is Not Just a Negative

5min

30.

Human Frustration Isn't a Contingent Cultural Phenomenon

2min

31.

The Cultural Difference Between You as an Englishman and You as Americans

3min

32.

The Transgender Movement Is Asking for Unlimited Wisdom and Power

3min

33.

German Governance Is Diabolical

3min

34.

The Swabhi Impiety Test

3min

35.

The Problem Is This Is Not How Italians Think

3min

36.

I'm Not Mexican American but the Blacks Are Americans and the Whites Are Europeans

2min

37.

The Importance of Business Values in China

4min

38.

The Cooperative Ideology in China Is a Remarkable Technology

3min

39.

The Return of the European Powers Is Not Sensational

4min

40.

German Philosophy Is a Systematic Philosophy and the German Systemic Philosophies Grew Out of That.

3min

41.

The American Rationalism Is Infected With German Nosticism

3min

42.

What's Going on in the World Today and How Will It Affect Civil Rights Movements

3min

43.

The Parasite of the Civil Rights Act

5min

44.

The Bake the Cake Controversy

2min

45.

No Irish Signs - I'm Not Going to Shop There

2min

46.

A New Discourse on Black People

2min

Carl Benjamin ( @SargonofAkkad ) and James Lindsay ( @newdiscourses ) have built their online reputations criticizing (some might say toying with) the Progressive Left. But what do they think about the context in which Progressivism arose, namely, Enlightenment Liberalism? What are its faults and successes? What would they savage and salvage from modernity, to fix our current troubles and make way for a better tomorrow?

Mr. Benjamin's project: https://www.lotuseaters.com

Mr. Lindsay's project: https://newdiscourses.com

Mr. Lindsay's twitter: https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames

Mr. Benjamin's twitter: https://twitter.com/Sargon_of_Akkad

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